Description
Yang Style Short Form with All Long Form Moves (DVD)
With Tricia Yu
2-DVD Set 1 hour, 50 min © 2007
To learn more about Yang Style Tai Chi click here
DVD #1: Exercise for Lifelong Health and Well-Being: Yang Style Short Form, Cheng Man-ch’ing Lineage
90 minutes (See Related Items listed below for description.)
Includes:
- Introduction: history, philosophy, health benefits, and practical applications of tai chi
- Demonstration of the form: front view
- Teaching in five sections. Each section includes:
- Basic principles
- Step-by-step form review
- Perspectives for integrating tai chi processes into daily life
- Guided practice of each section
- Guided practice: back view
DVD #2: Yang Long Form Moves Plus Tai Chi Demonstrations and Interviews
60 minutes
Teaches additional movements from the Yang Style long form eliminated by Cheng Man-ch’ing in the 1930s. Tricia Yu learned this form in Taiwan in 1970, and teaches silently, the way she learned it. Insert these moves after Lady Weaves the Shuttles and before the final Snake Slides Down. The additional moves include Part Horse’s Mane, Needle at Sea Bottom, Spread Arms like a Fan, Turn and Strike Opponent with Fist, High Pat on a Horse, Hit the Tiger, Box Opponent’s Ears, and White Snake Puts out Tongue.
Includes:
- Demonstration of the form: back view
- Teaching silently in two sections. Each section includes:
- Basic principles
- Step-by-step form review
- Perspectives for integrating tai chi processes into daily life
- Guided practice of each section
- Plus: tai chi demos and interviews, including home super-8 of form in 1972, the first Tai Chi Fundamentals, and TV clips.
