Motor skills

What are motor skills?
Motor skills are about moving your body skilfully. 'Gross' motor skills are things like walking and running. 'Fine' motor skills are more complex e.g. writing, typing, tying a shoe lace.

Surety
The goal with motor skills is accuracy, precision and control. Put simply: you want your body to perform the required task efficiently, confidently and comfortably. Motor skills are the outcome of practice and experience.

Using your body well
Motor learning is about the process of using the body, rather than simply exercising the body. Agility, mobility, relaxed spontaneous movement, balance, structure, alignment, biomechanics, efficiency, ambidextrous body use, joint health, coordination, skill, emotional wellbeing or psychological flexibility.

Aging...
As people get older their motor skills can diminish. Instead of being agile, physically dexterous and well coordinated, they become clumsier and less able to move freely. This notably affects the quality of life and accelerates a feeling of growing old.

Qigong
The simple-seeming qigong exercises featured in the syllabus gently train the body to move in a better way. Ergonomic, balanced, coordinated and comfortable - your body acquires new habits through the regular practice of basic movements. Key principles are adhered to throughout.