A 12-month pathway for practitioners who want to develop the technical understanding and teaching skills needed to guide foundational Health Qigong responsibly.
The pathway is delivered primarily online.
Livestream guidance, video review and assessment support are used when needed.
You do not need to live in South Africa.
This is not a fast-track instructor certificate.
Before learning how to teach a routine, you must first learn how to practise it.
The pathway develops through:
Learn
Understand the routine and its technical principles.
Practise
Give the body time to become familiar with the material.
Refine
Receive correction and improve technical accuracy.
Assess
Demonstrate your developing ability.
Teach
Learn how to guide someone else clearly and responsibly.
Progress is based on demonstrated ability—not simply on reaching the end of an online course.
The Coach Pathway may suit:
Previous teaching experience is not required.
Previous prescribed Health Qigong experience is also not essential because the pathway begins with the foundational routines.
Students who already hold recognised Health Qigong certificates may submit them for prior-learning review.
he pathway includes four foundational Health Qigong routines:
Eight Brocades
Five Animal Frolics
Six Healing Sounds
Muscle and Tendon Change Classic
These are not simply routines to memorise.
Coach candidates work towards understanding:
Learn and practise the four foundational routines.
Allow a minimum of:
16 active learning and practice hours per routine.
Many candidates require more.
Begin refining:
Support may include:
The Coach Pathway includes:
Chih 1–3 coach assessments
Assessment may be completed through:
Assessment inclusion does not guarantee a successful result.
Levels are earned through demonstrated competence.
Coach education develops practical teaching skills including:
The aim is not to make everyone teach identically.
It is to make sure the foundations are understood before they are passed on.
Coach candidates may be required to demonstrate:
Certification is issued when the required pathway and assessment standard have been completed.
Your Coach Pathway includes:
The following are not automatically included:
Sometimes a general lesson is not enough.
Private technical refinement can be booked separately with:
Amanda Lan
or
Dr Jeff Lan
Sessions may focus on:
60 minutes — R1,800
Available online or in Cape Town.
Most of the pathway can be completed from home.
You can:
Cape Town attendance is optional unless a specific external event requires otherwise.
SA Health Qigong works within the wider international Health Qigong environment.
Students who meet the relevant requirements may later explore:
These are separate from the basic SAHQA Coach Pathway.
International applications may involve:
Completion of the SAHQA Coach Pathway does not automatically guarantee an international Duan award.
12-month structured pathway with full certification access.
One payment for the complete 12-month coach pathway.
The training, technical requirements and included Chih 1–3 assessments are the same.
The difference is simply how you choose to pay.
There is no faster certification route for once-off payment.
President, SA Health Qigong Association
6th Duan International Health Qigong Technical Coach
9th Dan Chinese Martial Arts
Registered acupuncture and Chinese medicine practitioner
Vice President, SA Health Qigong Association
5th Duan International Health Qigong Technical Coach
7th Dan Shaolin Kung Fu
Both provide technical instruction, assessment support and coach development.
SA Health Qigong operates within the international Health Qigong community and participates in programmes connected with:
International recognition, applications and external certificates follow their respective requirements.
A Health Qigong coach should be able to do more than remember a sequence.
You should gradually learn to:
Understand the movement.
Perform it with growing competence.
See what another person is doing.
Explain without overwhelming them.
Correct without forcing.
And keep practising yourself.
That takes time.
The 12-month pathway gives you somewhere to begin.
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