“Rising Crane Tai Chi Academy”
LEARN AUTHENTIC TAI CHI ONLINE
— taught the traditional way, step by step!
Train with a lifelong martial artist — a disciple of Master Deng Jan Gong of Southern China —
through structured, interactive video lessons filmed at his academy in the UK, in China, and beyond.
Build a real daily Tai Chi practice for balance, health, and calm… no matter where you live.
(All for less than the cost of a single in-person class.)
“Excellent, detailed and easy to follow. The movements are really well explained and demonstrated… a tremendously enjoyable course.”
– Oonagh Swannell
Tai Chi Student
“David was very explicit in every move — even knowing the form already, points were clarified for me.”
– Brenda Leaf
Tai Chi Student
“Brilliant introduction! I now do this every day!”
– Jenny Stone
Tai Chi Student
24/7 ACCESS TO ALL LESSONS & THE COMMUNITY.
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Hey, I’m David Rogers!
I’ve spent my entire life learning and teaching Chinese martial arts.
I began training back in 1984, and I’m proud to be a disciple of Master Deng Jan Gong — one of the most famous masters in Southern China. I’m fluent in Cantonese, and I still return to China regularly to further my studies in Tai Chi.
In 1995 I opened the Rising Crane Centre, where for twenty-five years I taught Tai Chi full-time and ran a clinic of traditional Chinese acupuncture. I’m a graduate of the College of Integrated Chinese Medicine — so when I teach you the health side of Tai Chi, it comes from real training in both.
Over those years I taught around the world — across Europe, Asia, America, and the Middle East — and coached national and international champions in Tai Chi, with students winning competitions in The UK, Europe and Hong Kong.
Then, in 2020, after 25 years of running a full-time school, I closed the centre to take a sabbatical and travel to China for an extended study trip.
The universe, however, had other ideas — the outbreak of Covid-19 happened immediately after!
That’s when I realised my next move: teaching online. I spent lockdown building my online academy and teaching free lessons on YouTube to help people through the pandemic.
And here’s what I discovered…
Online students who follow a structured curriculum — with the details properly explained — progress just as surely as students in the hall.
You don’t need a school in your town. You don’t need to rearrange your week around class times. You need clear, detailed, step-by-step instruction from a teacher who has actually walked the path — and a practice you can do every single day, wherever you are.
(Want to finally learn the full Tai Chi form you’ve always wanted to learn?
Just follow one lesson at a time, practise ten minutes a day,
and it is D-O-N-E, done!)
My sincere wish is to help my students reach their highest potential, by teaching to the same exacting standards I learned in China — while incorporating modern, scientific principles of coaching and physical training.
That’s exactly what I built the Rising Crane Tai Chi Academy to do for you.
See you inside,
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If You Can Relate to ANY of These Statements…
I made the Rising Crane Tai Chi Academy specifically to get YOU started on your path to real skill in Tai Chi — with your own daily practice!
“There’s no good Tai Chi teacher anywhere near me — and I’m not moving house to find one.”
“I’ve tried learning from random free videos, but nobody explains the details — the weight shifts, the breathing, the intent behind each movement.”
“I did a bit of Tai Chi years ago and always regretted stopping. I’d love to get back to it — properly this time.”
“I want a practice for my balance, my health, and my stress — something I can actually do every day, not just think about doing.”
“I worry I’m too old, too stiff, or too much of a beginner to start something like this.”
“I have an old injury (or a health condition) and I need a teacher who can show me how to adapt the practice safely.”
“I want to learn the REAL thing — authentic, traditional Tai Chi — not a watered-down fitness routine.”
Then keep reading — because everything on this page was built with you in mind.
If You’re Nodding Along, Thinking, “Yep, That’s Me!”
The Rising Crane Tai Chi Academy Was Made Just for You! When You Join, You Will Finally…
1
Learn an authentic Tai Chi form, step by step, from a disciple of one of Southern China’s most famous masters.
2
Match your breathing to your movement, so your practice builds calm, balance, and energy — not just choreography.
3
Build a daily practice you actually stick to — even if you only have ten minutes a day.
4
Improve your balance, flexibility, and strength with a program matched to your level — beginner or advanced.
5
Know how to adapt your practice safely around injuries and health problems, guided by a teacher trained in Chinese medicine.
6
Get personal corrections and feedback on your own practice — and prove your progress with optional testing and certificates.
Enrol in the “Rising Crane Tai Chi Academy” Today!
Save thousands over 1:1 lessons.
(that’s only $1.63 a day)
… for the instruction, corrections, and community you need to LEARN AUTHENTIC TAI CHI — then keep progressing as you build A DAILY PRACTICE FOR LIFE, with balance, health, and calm that grow month after month.
24/7 ACCESS TO ALL LESSONS & THE COMMUNITY.
NO CONTRACTS. CANCEL ANYTIME.
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Here’s What You Get When You Join
David Rogers’ “Rising Crane Tai Chi Academy” Today…
David’s Step-By-Step Tai Chi Curriculum
This is the step-by-step of EVERYTHING you need to learn authentic Tai Chi — the traditional Rising Crane way.
Every movement is explained AND demonstrated in detail: the weight shifts, the structure, the timing, and the breathing matched to every step — so you always know not just what to do, but why.
Highlights:
- Authentic Tai Chi, taught by a disciple of Master Deng Jan Gong of Southern China.
- Step-by-step video lessons — follow along at your own pace, pause and repeat any section.
- The details free videos never teach: usage, intent, and the corrections that fix bad habits before they form.
- Learn the names of the movements so the sequence sticks in your memory.
- A curriculum built from 25 years of running a full-time school — with new lessons added from David’s travels in China and beyond.
FULL 24/7 Access to the Rising Crane Community
Tai Chi is easier — and much more fun — when you don’t train alone.
Inside the community page you can connect with fellow students around the world, share your progress, ask questions, and stay motivated between lessons. I personally show up in the community every weekday, Monday through Friday, to answer questions and help students directly — so you’re never left waiting.
Highlights:
- Ask questions and get answers directly from David, Monday–Friday — no more guessing, and no more waiting.
- Train alongside students from all over the world, at every level.
- Accountability that keeps your daily practice alive.
Individual Video Corrections & Feedback from David
This is the piece that makes online learning actually WORK.
Record your practice, submit your video, and David will personally review it — showing you what you’re doing right and why, and exactly what to refine next.
Highlights:
- Personal corrections on YOUR practice — not generic advice.
- Fix small errors early, before they become ingrained habits.
- The same teaching eye that coached national and international champions — on your form.
Optional Testing & Certificates
Want a clear goal to train toward? When you’re ready, you can test your progress and earn certificates as you advance through the curriculum.
Testing is completely optional — but students who use it love the structure, the milestones, and the proof of how far they’ve come.
Highlights:
- Clear milestones that keep your practice moving forward.
- Certificates awarded to the same exacting standards David learned in China.
- Totally optional — train for goals, or just for the joy of it.
How to Establish a Practice with Even Only 10 Minutes a Day
The biggest myth in Tai Chi is that you need an hour a day to make progress.
You don’t. You need the right ten minutes — done consistently.
In this bonus, David shows you exactly how to structure a short daily practice that compounds: what to practise, in what order, and how to make it such an easy habit that skipping it feels strange.
How to Modify Your Practice with an Injury or Health Problem
Bad knees? A stiff shoulder? A condition that limits how you move?
You can still practise Tai Chi — if you know how to adapt it safely.
These lessons and instructions show you how to modify stances, depths, and movements around your body’s limits — from a teacher who is also a graduate of the College of Integrated Chinese Medicine and ran a traditional acupuncture clinic for 25 years.
How to Plan the EXACT Program for You — Balance, Flexibility, Strength & More
No two students need the same practice.
In this bonus, David walks you through planning the exact program for YOUR goals — whether that’s balance, flexibility, strength, calm, or all of the above — and whether you’re a complete beginner or an advanced student refining decades of practice.
You’ll finish with a personal training plan you can follow with total confidence.
Enrol in the “Rising Crane Tai Chi Academy” Today!
Save thousands over 1:1 lessons.
(that’s only $1.63 a day)
… for the instruction, corrections, and community you need to LEARN AUTHENTIC TAI CHI — then keep progressing as you build A DAILY PRACTICE FOR LIFE, with balance, health, and calm that grow month after month.
24/7 ACCESS TO ALL LESSONS & THE COMMUNITY.
NO CONTRACTS. CANCEL ANYTIME.
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Let’s Be Honest…
The Fee to Join the Rising Crane Tai Chi Academy Is a Drop in the Bucket Compared to What You’re Going To Get
Think about what learning this in person actually costs.
A single in-person group class typically runs $15–$25. Train twice a week and that’s $120–$200 every month — before you’ve even paid for petrol or parking.
Private one-to-one lessons with a genuinely qualified traditional teacher? $60–$100 per hour — if you can find one within driving distance at all.
And a study trip to train at the source in China? Flights, accommodation, tuition… thousands.
Inside the Academy, you get a curriculum built from 25 years of full-time teaching, direct lineage instruction from Southern China, personal video corrections on your own practice, a worldwide community, and optional testing with certificates — for a fraction of the cost of in-person classes.
But really, the most important thing to think about here is this:
What would it be worth to wake up every morning with a practice — one that steadies your balance, calms your mind, strengthens your body, and keeps growing year after year?
What would it be worth to look back twelve months from now and think, “I actually did it. I learned the real thing.” — instead of “I always meant to start”?
That’s the real return on this membership. The fee is just the door.
Got Questions? Check This Out…
I’m a complete beginner. Is this for me?
Absolutely. The curriculum starts from the very first step. ‘Level 1’ absolutely from scratch, showing you exactly how to warm up, breathe and stand.
Every movement is explained AND demonstrated in detail — students consistently describe the lessons as “detailed and easy to follow.” You’ll never be left guessing what to do next.
Am I too old (or too unfit) to start?
Tai Chi is practised well into people’s later decades — it’s gentle, low-impact, and famously good for balance and calm.
You train at your own pace, pause whenever you like, and repeat any lesson as often as you need. And Bonus #3 shows you how to plan the exact program for your level, whether you’re a beginner or advanced. (As with any exercise program, check with your doctor if you have health concerns.)
I have an injury / health problem. Can I still practise?
In most cases, yes — with the right modifications. Bonus #2 gives you lessons and instructions for adapting your practice safely around injuries and health problems.
David is a graduate of the College of Integrated Chinese Medicine and ran a traditional acupuncture clinic for 25 years, so the health side of the teaching is grounded in real training. (Always consult your doctor first about your specific condition.)
Can I really learn Tai Chi online?
Yes — if the teaching is detailed enough, and if someone actually checks your practice. That’s the whole design of this academy.
Every lesson explains the intent behind the movement and the things to watch out for — and with individual video corrections, David personally reviews YOUR practice and tells you exactly what to refine. That’s something even most in-person group classes can’t offer.
How do the video corrections work?
Simple: record yourself practising with your phone, submit the video, and David reviews it — showing you what you did right and why, and what to improve next.
It’s the closest thing to having a master standing in the room with you.
How much space and equipment do I need?
A living-room-sized space is plenty, and you don’t need any special equipment — just comfortable clothing and a device to watch on.
Even ten minutes a day is enough to make real progress (Bonus #1 shows you exactly how).
How long until I can do a full form?
That depends on you! Everything you need is inside, broken into clear steps — it just depends on how consistently you practise.
Students who follow one lesson at a time and practise a little each day are often amazed how quickly the full sequence comes together. Learning the names of the movements (taught in the lessons) helps it stick, too. And when you’re ready, optional testing gives you a milestone to aim for.
What if it’s not for me? Can I cancel?
Stay as long as the Academy is valuable to you — as in, you get more OUT of it than you pay FOR it.
There are no contracts. You can cancel your membership at any time, and you won’t be charged again.
How is the Academy membership different from just watching free videos online?
That’s a fair question — and one you should ask, so you can decide the best place for you to be.
Free videos show you the shape of a movement. They almost never teach the weight shifts underneath it, the breathing that powers it, or the mistakes that quietly build into habits you’ll spend years undoing.
The Academy is a structured curriculum: lessons in the right order, each one building on the last, with the details explained the way they’re taught in a real school — because it’s built from 25 years of running one.
And it goes far beyond videos: you get a community to train alongside, individual video corrections where David personally reviews your practice, and optional testing with certificates to mark your progress — none of which any free playlist can give you.
If you just want to dabble, the free videos are out there. If you want to actually learn — properly, progressively, to a real standard — the Academy is where that happens.
Enrol in the “Rising Crane Tai Chi Academy” Today!
Save thousands over 1:1 lessons.
(that’s only $1.63 a day)
… for the instruction, corrections, and community you need to LEARN AUTHENTIC TAI CHI — then keep progressing as you build A DAILY PRACTICE FOR LIFE, with balance, health, and calm that grow month after month.
24/7 ACCESS TO ALL LESSONS & THE COMMUNITY.
NO CONTRACTS. CANCEL ANYTIME.
DOORS CLOSE IN…
I WANT TO START TRAINING!Instant access · train on any device
My Final Parting Words to You…
“I Now Do This Every Day.”
Of all the reviews students have left, that’s the one that means the most to me.
Not “great production quality.” Not “nice camera work.”
“I now do this every day.”
Because that’s the whole point. Tai Chi isn’t something you watch — it’s something you do. And the students who write to me about better balance, calmer minds, and forms they never thought they’d learn all have one thing in common: they started, and then they kept going, one lesson at a time.
I know what it’s like to have plans knocked sideways. In 2020, after 25 years of running my full-time school, I closed the centre to travel to China — and the pandemic arrived immediately after. The universe had other ideas. So I built this academy instead, and it turned out to be the best thing I ever did: I can now teach students I could never have reached from one building in one town.
Maybe you’ve been telling yourself for years that you’ll start “when things settle down.” Friend — things never settle down. But ten minutes a day, starting today, will quietly change everything.
A year from now, you can be the student writing “I now do this every day.”
I’d be honoured to teach you.
Enrol in the “Rising Crane Tai Chi Academy” Today!
Save thousands over 1:1 lessons.
(that’s only $1.63 a day)
… for the instruction, corrections, and community you need to LEARN AUTHENTIC TAI CHI — then keep progressing as you build A DAILY PRACTICE FOR LIFE, with balance, health, and calm that grow month after month.
24/7 ACCESS TO ALL LESSONS & THE COMMUNITY.
NO CONTRACTS. CANCEL ANYTIME.
DOORS CLOSE IN…
I WANT TO START TRAINING!Instant access · train on any device