Personal CoachingYour goals. Your training. Your next breakthrough.
Make a technique come together. Understand what makes it work. Build strength or move with greater freedom. Personal Coaching in Peoria gives you individual attention, experienced guidance and a plan built around what you want to accomplish—in Shaolin Kung Fu, Tai Chi, fitness or movement.
Book a Complimentary ConsultationTell us what you want to achieve. We’ll help you find your next step.
What do you want to achieve?
Maybe you are ready to begin. Maybe you have put in the practice and want to get further. Bring your ambition, your questions and the skills you want to build.
“I want to start well.”
Learn with a coach who can give your questions and movements individual attention. Build confidence in what you are practicing and understand how to keep developing it.
“I feel stuck.”
You have been putting in the work, but something is not coming together. Explore the details with your coach, work through the challenge and give your practice a clearer direction.
“I want to master this.”
Give a form, technique or weapon focused attention. Refine the details, prepare for your next rank or pursue a skill you have always wanted to learn.
“I want to understand more.”
Go beyond remembering the movement. Study the principles and applications that give it purpose, with opportunities to learn directly from Master Workman.
Feel the movement. Understand the possibility.
There is a difference between repeating a technique and understanding why it works. Individual coaching gives you time to explore that difference: ask a question, try the movement, receive feedback and work through the connections with your coach.
In Shaolin Kung Fu, understanding a principle opens possibilities as distance, angle or the situation changes.
In Tai Chi, individual guidance helps you connect structure, song—the release of unnecessary tension—and rooting to how you move and interact. Explore how those principles come into play in push hands and martial applications, so the form becomes something you understand and can put to use.
Whether you are developing martial skills, strength or mobility, your sessions focus on your goals. A personalized plan gives you direction between sessions, so the work continues beyond your time with the coach.
The right coaching for your next step.
You do not need to choose a coach before contacting us. Tell us what you want to accomplish, and we’ll help you find the right fit.
Instructor Coaching
Start building your skills with individual guidance for beginning and intermediate training. Get focused feedback, answers to your questions and direction for your practice.
Senior Instructor Coaching
Bring your advanced training or a specific performance goal into focus. Work on the details of technique and develop the understanding behind your practice.
Master Coaching
Study directly with Master Chris Workman. Explore the principles, traditional methods and advanced applications of Shaolin Kung Fu and martial Tai Chi, with time to pursue your own questions.
- Master Workman’s teaching experience
- 35+ years
- Average training with Master Workman
- Instructors: 18 years
Our instructors have trained with Master Workman for an average of 18 years and continue their own study. Every two years, they must recertify at their current rank or advance. In personal coaching, you draw on that depth through focused corrections, answers to your questions, and guidance on the skills you want to develop.
Give a specific goal your full attention.
Specialized coaching intensives can focus on form development, Tai Chi push hands, self-defense, traditional weapons or rank-test preparation. Discuss the skills you want to pursue during your consultation.
Performance & fitness
Work on technique, speed, power and endurance for athletic activity or everyday movement. Set a practical direction for your training.
Mobility & movement
Focus on flexibility, mobility and movement limitations, with individual attention to how you move.
Health & nutrition habits
Build sustainable nutrition habits that support your body-composition and long-term health goals. Executive wellness coaching is also available.
From your goals to a training plan.
Talk with us
Tell us about your experience, what you want to accomplish and what has been getting in the way. We’ll discuss a suitable coaching approach during your complimentary consultation.
Build your plan
Your coach develops a training roadmap around your goals, with clear priorities for your sessions and the practice you do between them.
Keep developing
Receive ongoing instruction and feedback. Adjust the plan as your skills develop, with a clear focus for practice between sessions.
A few questions about coaching.
Can I begin personal coaching without martial arts experience?
Yes. Personal Coaching is available for beginners through advanced students. Beginning coaching provides individual guidance to help you build a foundation and understand what to practice.
How is coaching different from group classes?
Coaching focuses individual instruction on your goals and the details of your practice. You have time to ask questions, receive feedback and work through specific challenges, with a personalized plan for practice between sessions.
What can I focus on in coaching?
Coaching can focus on Shaolin Kung Fu, Tai Chi, form development, push hands, self-defense, traditional weapons or rank-test preparation. Performance, fitness, mobility and nutrition habits are also available areas of focus. Discuss your goals with our team to find the appropriate approach.
How do scheduling and the consultation work?
Begin by requesting a complimentary consultation. Our team will contact you to discuss your experience and goals and recommend a coaching approach. Coaching offers flexible scheduling; discuss session arrangements with the team before booking.
What have you always wanted to learn—or finally get past?
Tell us where you want to go with your training. Our team will contact you to discuss your goals, help you find the right coaching approach and arrange your next step. Start with a complimentary consultation.
Book a Complimentary Consultation