Four paths into the same tradition — from a weekly online class to a full disciple year. Chosen with care, taught by senior lineage holders, open to anyone willing to begin.
Before a single form, you learn to stand. Zhan zhuang, diaphragmatic breathing, and the Eight Brocades. This is where every Wudang student begins — whether they are nine years old or ninety.
Learn the signature Wudang Taiji sequence, posture by posture. You'll study each transition from multiple angles, practice with a senior student, and receive weekly correction from a certified teacher.
Form becomes function. Through continuous, contact-based partner work, you develop sensitivity, rooting, and the capacity to neutralize incoming force. This is where Taiji stops being exercise and becomes an art.
After a year of grounded empty-hand work, students are introduced to the jian — the straight double-edged sword. The 54-form Wudang sequence deepens internal refinement and demands total body coordination.
The most senior students are invited into teacher training — learning to transmit the art to others. This is not a certification. It is a lifelong obligation to keep the tradition breathing, and the last stage you will ever complete.
For those beginning the path. Standing, breathing, and your first form.
Taiji, Bagua, Xingyi — taught as one continuous art, with weekly instruction.
Seven days of full immersion at Zixiao Temple — where it all began.
Every lesson we've ever filmed — at your own pace, no deadlines.
Every senior instructor at WUDANG is a certified lineage holder — trained on the mountain for at least fifteen years before teaching. They are also, crucially, patient.
Thirty-four years of practice. Formal disciple of the 23rd-generation abbot of Zixiao Temple. Teaches slowly, says little, corrects precisely.
Specialist in Xingyi and Bagua. Teaches from a small mountain studio in Sichuan. Former national champion who quietly left competition to study privately for nine years.
Trained as a physician before entering the monastery. Bridges classical Qigong with contemporary neurology and biomechanics research. Gentle, precise, and relentlessly honest.
I came in skeptical — I'd taken two other online Taiji programs and they felt like yoga with softer music. This is completely different. Master Li corrected something about my weight transfer in week three that I'd been doing wrong for six years. I felt it immediately.
I'm 61. I started with Foundation after my doctor suggested I needed to "slow down." I did not expect to actually change — at this age you assume the body is what it is. Six months in, I sleep deeper, my lower back stopped hurting, and I feel, genuinely, more like myself than I have in years.
The Mountain Week ruined me in the best possible way. One morning we stood facing sunrise over the temple courtyard for forty-five minutes. No one spoke. When it ended I realized I hadn't had a single intrusive thought the entire time. I cannot explain it. I think about it daily.
The honest answers to what we get asked most.
We answer every email, and usually within 24 hours. If you're unsure which program fits you best, we'd rather talk first than sell you the wrong thing.
hello@wudang.com →No. Our Foundation curriculum is specifically designed to meet beginners where they are — including people who've been sedentary for decades, people recovering from injury, or older students. Standing and breathing are the two first skills, and both are accessible to nearly everyone. If you have serious mobility concerns, we'd suggest a short call with our team first so we can recommend the right entry point.
For the Foundation tier, we suggest 15–20 minutes a day, five days a week. For the Disciple Year, plan on 30–45 minutes a day plus one 90-minute live class weekly. The honest reality: students who do 15 minutes daily progress faster than students who do 2 hours on weekends. Consistency matters much more than duration.
A quiet space about 6×6 feet. Loose clothing you can move in. For the sword curriculum (Year 2+), we'll recommend a training jian when you're ready — we don't sell them through the course, so you can buy from any reputable maker.
No. Wudang internal arts grew out of Daoist philosophical traditions, and we're not going to pretend otherwise — some of our vocabulary comes from that world. But our teaching is secular, practical, and non-denominational. Students of every religious background (and none) practice with us.
Yes. Foundation students who complete the first 100 days can upgrade to Disciple Year with prior tuition credited. Video Library subscribers can apply their subscription toward any higher tier within the first year.
We offer a 14-day refund window on all online packages, no questions asked. Retreat bookings are refundable up to 60 days before the start date. We'd rather you leave than stay resentfully.
Our lead instructors speak Mandarin; all lessons are professionally interpreted and subtitled by senior Western students who've trained for 10+ years. Weekly live Q&A sessions are led by English-speaking certified instructors who trained under the masters.
Every student who has ever trained on Mount Wudang began the same way. Eight centuries of teachers, one instruction: begin.