Welcome

If You Train You Will Change

Kelley Graham's UCB Program is the result of a lifetime of deep inquiry into the human condition. The best Chinese esoteric methods meet Western neuroscience. Contact the deep inner landscape of your body to safely learn Meditation and Tai Chi Chuan. These mind-body practices are fully endorsed as effective for health by mainstream medical professionals. Look over our curriculum and call for an intake interview. Train to be fit. Train to be more comfortable in your own skin. Also. because fun.

Deconstructing Movement or Why Primitives

Over the decades of training and teaching I have generally held that constant change is important and have tried to avoid the traps of sentimentality and routine. As I am codifying these experiences into something concrete and reliably transmissible, students ask for simplification. I try, but really, I feel that simplifiction is the most compelling trap of all. I'll do it, but will also show how seeking simplification when embracing complexity and uncertainty might be better.

Bone Training

There are 3 distinct levels to fully separate the bones and meat. The UCB Bone Training Curriculum is complete. This is advanced work. Get started by attending UCB Live Beginner's classes.

How Do I Access The Class Archive?

Plex Media Server is used to deliver archived classes. Here's how to get access.

  1. You must be an 'Ongoing' student or have been personally invited by Sifu Kelley
  2. Go to https://plex.tv and create a free web account, do not install a Plex Server (unless you want one). If you want more streaming options, sign up for their excellent PlexPass
  3. Contact me with the email address or username you provided to create the Plex account
  4. I will send you an invite via Plex
  5. Login and 'Launch' the web app. There's a big button
  6. Approve my invite
  7. Find your content. Look for a server called 'KG's Media'

Enjoy your training!

UCB Strength and Cardio

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Weekly Live workouts with Sifu Kelley. Apply the UCB 5 Movement Primitives to practice footwork, kicking and punching. you will get strong and flexible.

TCB - ARCS Method

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Rediscover Natural Power and Grace

TCB - Tai Chi Boost is a series of gentle movements comprising a 'form' that improves posture and balance. Our neuroscience-based meditation methods increase mental strength. You can improve your mind-body integration to discover and maintain a new normal.

Subscribe to UCB Social

It costs (alot) to provide private, no-ads social media. Please subscribe to help support UCB Social. Optional :) Choose an amount. There is no difference between different payments. Paying more doesn't get you more. For those who use more resources, some will feel better paying more. New features and capacity will happen more quickly if more people contribute.

The Fighting Form

 

Forms are a series of movements that provide a way to understand essential mind-body concepts. Express the mental models of transformation and the movement primitives as you work fighting scenarios. Fighting forms are asymetrical. Train each side. Listen to your body during warmups in order to determine weakness. Train your weak side more. When performed slowly, note how the intention changes and the mental emphasis shifts. Understand the concepts when performed fast and slow, this is an important point for later accomplishment.

Fighting Concepts:

The 5 Mental Models of Transformation

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Can you get from here to there without a map? Without a clear path you are lost. Mind-Body training without a destination is lost time. The UnCarved Block Program provides a method to transform yourself. To become more comfortable in your own skin. To be more powerful and relaxed. Get more energy to live better. Return To The UnCarved Block.

Do You Have Uniforms, Ranking or Belts?

Ranking and belts, no. My UCB Program has 5 levels of accomplishment. Uniforms, not so much. Students can display their membership and level, optionally, on training shirts or street clothes. On the left sleeve is a low contrast UCB logo, indication of membership and level. New students have logo only. Only members can wear the logo. You can add your name if you want.

Each level is denoted by a simple vertical bar. Levels are:

  1. Standing
  2. Stillness
  3. Pearls
  4. Bones
  5. Emptiness

Instructors receive a circle. That's it.

See the embroidered shirt listing to buy.

UCB Program 8 Week Intro

Breathe->Stretch->Move. Train to be more comfortable in your own skin. This core 8 week introductory course will help you breathe better to stand better and stand better to move better.

Intro To Standing Meditation

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We all experience stress. Over time we develop painful habits to compensate. Learn to undo these painful habits.

Tai Chi Breath - Full Course

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The breath is the smallest movement. Breathing is a rhythm and a skill. During trauma, your rhythm interrupted and changed. Reestablishing your healthy rhythm is critical for full recovery and provides opportunity for improvement. Central to maintaining health, good lymphatic circulation is dependent solely on movement. This helps to establish a new view of the breath movement as a balancing lymphatic pump. This course is for anyone.

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