Step by Step Tai Chi with Tiffany Chen

A GENTLE BUT POWERFUL WORKOUT FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES A daily ritual practiced by millions all over the globe, Tai Chi offers a wealth of health benefits. The low-impact, flowing movements sharpen the mind and strengthen the body, reducing stress and increasing flexibility. Regular practice can help lower blood pressure, relieve chronic pain, and improve sleep. If you’re an athlete, you’ll find that Tai Chi improves your focus and endurance. But to get the most out of a Tai Chi practice, expert instruction from the start is key. So is the ability to repeat sections over and over until they are second nature. International martial arts champion Tiffany Chen learned this 60-movement Yang-form practice from her father, Grandmaster William C.C. Chen. Her expertise and the unique features of this DVD make it ideal for beginners or others wanting to improve their practice. SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE learning segments with continuos loop option, complete form with dual audio tracks for movement or breath instruction, real-time practice for advanced students, and optional mirrored instruction for complete form and real-time practices.

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Tai Chi: Health for Life

Western medical studies demonstrate that Tai Chi – “the perfect exercise,” according to Time magazine – combats immune deficiencies, mitigates arthritis, improves circulation, decreases high blood pressure, and helps the elderly regain physical balance. This comprehensive guide reveals how and why. Rather than teaching a specific style of Tai Chi, the book gives readers the intellectual foundation and inspiration to use the practice as a potent preventative healthcare routine and regain control of their health. Written by one of the first Westerners to become a Taoist lineage master, the book is full of practical, down-to-earth information, and covers wide-ranging topics including choosing an appropriate style and teacher; using Tai Chi to boost mental stamina and improve workplace productivity; how it enhances sexual, athletic, and intellectual performance; Tai Chi’s relationship to Chinese medicine and Taoist philosophy; and how it can be used as a moving meditation and spiritual practice.

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Tai Chi Theory and Martial Power, Third Edition: Advanced Yang Style Tai Chi Chaun (Martial Arts-Internal)

A must for advanced students.

Tai Chi Theory Martial Power is the next level in Tai Chi Chuan training. This book is written especially for those who have learned the form, begun Pushing Hands, and now want to develop and refine their Tai Chi skills.

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The Art of Taoist Tai Chi: Cultivating Mind and Body

A spiral-bound manual illustrating the movements of Tai Chi, with text in both English and French. Master Moy Lin-shin demonstrates each movement.

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Dr. Chen’s Tai Chi 24 Forms Level 4

Who designed this exercise and why?

This set of Tai Chi forms was designed by a Chinas national martial art committee as one of the projects of the national fitness movement. It focuses on popularizing Tai Chi practicing among the general public to promote health and fitness with low or no cost. This set of 24 forms is the second half of the 48 forms based on combination of Yang, Chen, Sun and Wu styles. It is especially for people who have comfortably practiced 24 Simplified Forms I, II and III to continue to move up. It provides proper physical challenges and more health and fitness benefits.

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Tai Chi for Beginners

In this introductory program, Dr. Paul Lam presents an innovative 3 Step method that makes learning Tai Chi both easy and enjoyable for beginners

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Tai Chi Fighting Set (YMAA Taiji) 2-Person Matching Set

Tai Chi Chuan is practiced every day as a moving meditation by millions of men and women worldwide. However, its origins are in the martial arts. A fighting set is a sequence of movements which teaches the student how to apply the martial art in a real life fighting situation. This DVD comprehensively instructs and demonstrates the 88 Posture, 2-Person Fighting Matching Set for advanced Taijiquan (Tai Chi Chuan). This Fighting Set is a combination of techniques from pushing hands and the solo Taijiquan sequence, and it serves as a bridge connecting pushing hands with real fighting. Like pushing hands, it teaches you how to sense your opponent’s actions and intentions, and it also teaches footwork and how to set up your strategy, making your fighting skill more realistic and alive. Anyone who is proficient at a solo Tai Chi sequence and pushing hands should be able to learn this fighting set easily, and make it part of their practice routine. In ancient times, this form was taught by a few masters to only a handful of trusted students as a part of the final training of Taijiquan as a sophisticated and extremely effective fighting art. Special Features: Over 100 Chapter Selections • Narration: English or French • Multi –Language Menus Subtitles: English, French, Portuguese, Polish • Sildeshow of ancient drawings of the 88 Postures • Interactive YMAA Product Catalog with previews of all YMAA video titles

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The Chinese Art of T’ai Chi Ch’uan

T’ai Chi Ch’uan, which literally means ‘The Supreme Ultimate’, has proven itself over and over again to be one of the finest ways of improving health and creating tranquility throughout the entire nervous system, creating a deep peace of mind. This straightforward, clearly designed guide introduces all the different aspects of the art.

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Tai Chi for Diabetes – DVD

Designed to help prevent and improve control of diabetes. Supported by the Diabetes Australia This specially designed program by medical and Tai Chi experts focuses on the health benefits of people with diabetes. It is suitable for people with no prior knowledge of Tai Chi, is safe and easy to learn. According to traditional Chinese medicine, enhancing life energy (Qi) in the appropriate acupuncture meridians (energy channels) will improve diabetes. This program is also designed to enhance these meridians. The program includes a general introduction of Tai Chi and diabetes, warm up and cooling down exercises, Qigong for Diabetes, 11 basic movements and 8 advanced movements. Viewers can learn different part at their own pace using the easy-to-learn and step-by-step instructions. The set is based on both Yang and Sun style, selected to enhance Qi and provide the progressive exercises desirable for people with diabetes.

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Tai Chi Enlightenment

In Tai Chi Enlightenment, Arthur Romero has penned a martial arts guide for young people and those of a special calling who are interested in learning how knowledge and self-defense exercises can be applied to everyday life experiences. Today’s world can be viewed as a very fast, serious, and sometimes deadly place. The writings in this modern-day scroll contain tried and proven methods of form and philosophy on how to survive in life. It is written emphasizing the importance of walking in heaven’s light. Because some of the material is real and violent in nature, reader discretion is advised.

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