5 Seasons Autumn/Metal Phase Workshop

Name: 5 Seasons Autumn/Metal Phase Workshop
Start: 2025-10-26T09:30:00+00:00
End: 2025-10-26T13:30:00+00:00
Location: Shotover Country Park

Schedule

Sun Oct 26 2025 at 09:30 am to 01:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Shotover Country Park | Oxford, EN

⚔️🍁Autumn Metal Phase Shotover Workshop 🍁⚔️
Sunday 26/10/25
9:30-13:30
☯️ Metal Phase Qi Gong ⚔️& Dragon Transformation Sword 🐉 ⚔️ Basics
In the repeating series of Daoshu’s Five seasons Shotover Hill workshops, we practice unique forms and body movements linked to the characteristics and qualities of the five seasons as conceived within Chinese Wuxing theory. We will practice in secluded hill woodland to fully appreciate the connection with Nature.
This is the “Autumn/Metal” workshop, focusing on the element of Metal, the bodily organs of the Lungs (Yin) and Large Intestine (Yang), and functioning of the respiratory system and skin integrity. The metallic smell of leaf litter in Autumn highlights this particular stage of elemental transformation: this is a stage of coalescing, cooling, and solidifying. Stilling and solid structure simultaneously creates the potential for significant force and power. In Wuxing Qi Gong practice the animals linked to Metal are Snake within the moving sequences, and Tiger within the static sequences.
Within the focus on metal we will introduce the blade – the signature weapon of Wudang, the straight sword, or Jian. Sword practice is viewed as the peak of Wudang training, with the aim of merging the sword with the body, and in turn Shen, or Spirit. This is a mystical level of mind-body fusion characterised by clarity and focus. The still surface of the water while the body movements are the currents in the depths.
This Autumn we will explore Dragon Sword, Longhua Jian, 龙华剑. This style features in Grandmaster Kuang ChangXiu’s third level of gong fu practice, and is defined by coiling, oscillating body movements.
Swords (Jians) provided/bring your own.
Next workshop, “Winter/Water”- January/February during snowfall or heavy frost.
For more information on 5 Seasons Workshops, see:
www.dao-flow.com
[email protected]
Meet at the car park at 9:15 if you are new.
£15pp.