Code of Conduct for ISSA Certified and Affiliate Teachers
All teachers certified or affiliated under the ISSA Ip family tai chi organization agree to the following standards of conduct regarding the teaching and promotion of snake style tai chi chuan:
1. Teaching will be open and honest and dedicated to creating clear and creative methods of transmitting the basic principles of snake style tai chi chuan.
2. Teachers will openly demonstrate their skills so that students have visual support for the theory and principles they are taught.
3. Teachers will offer snake style training to all students without prerequisite training in other forms of tai chi.
4. Teachers will treat their students with respect, compassion and concern for their well-being.
5. Teachers will promote the fact that they themselves are students first and teachers second and are committed to their own development of snake style skills.
6. Teachers will promote the Bao Tak Fai Tai Chi Institute semi-annual seminars as a means to improve their student’s snake style skills and build community with other ISSA members.
7. Violations of the above code of conduct may result in expulsion from ISSA.
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