YMAA 25-Year Anniversary 2-DVD (Kung Fu, Tai Chi) Chinese Martial Arts

Celebrate 25 Years of Excellence Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming established Yang s Martial Arts Association in 1982, and it has grown to 55 schools in 18 countries. Dr. Yang has written more than 30 books and 80 instructional videos, has taught thousands of seminars worldwide, and was voted by Inside Kung Fu magazine as One of the ten people who have made the greatest impact on martial arts in the last 100 years. To celebrate these great accomplishments, YMAA Publication Center presents this tribute DVD, compiled from video footage and photographs of Dr. Yang, guests, and YMAA students from around the world. The program contains dozens of performances of solo and group Kung Fu and Taiji sequences, award-winning demonstrations, and interviews with Dr. Yang and senior YMAA students. This comprehensive collection of rare archival footage includes Taijiquan, Baguazhang, Xingyiquan, Liuhebafa, Shaolin Long Fist, White Crane, and many weapons demonstrations. Special footage is included featuring Grandmaster Li, Mao-Ching, Grandmaster Liang Shou-Yu, Master Jou, Tsung-Hwa and Sifu Jeff Bolt. SPECIAL FEATURES: Six hours on Two DVDs – Detailed Biography and Interviews with Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming – Hundreds of Scene Selections – 50 Additional Minutes of Preview Trailers of All YMAA DVDs – Interactive Product Catalog YMAA Publication Center, Inc. is an independently-owned company. Proceeds from your purchase of this DVD will be donated to support the nonprofit YMAA CA Retreat Center, a 10-year traditional kung fu training program in Northern CA.

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Emei Water Tai Chi

Emei Water Tai Chi theory descends from Zhang Sanfengs Tai Chi 13 Forms, Wong Zhong Yues Tai Chi Fist Discussion; Zheng Mengqis Swimming on Land and Wang Zuanghungs Water Style.  Emei Water Tai Chi was created by Tai Chi Master and Qigong Master, Jack Fu Xueli, and his martial brother, Master Wang Fangxin.  It is based on the teachings of Grandmaster Lin Mogen combined with theories of the four legendary grandmasters above.  Learning Water Tai Chi will help you to understand the theory behind traditional Tai Chi.  Practicing Water Tai Chi will help you to achieve a soft body quickly and to be able to really feel the internal energy flowing like water.  You will learn the basic movements, 31 posture forms, push hands and applications.  This instructional DVD will help you to gain the real Tai Chi internal power that has made Tai Chi masters famous. 

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Mantak Chia Tai Chi 6 DVD Set

Sample videos of DVDs at PacificTao.com. In this short, easy to learn form, Master Chia reveals the real treasure of Tai Chi Chi Kung: the energetic movement that comprises the inner structure. Through the regular practice of Tai Chi Chi Kung you can learn to move your body effortlessly, utilizing energy or Chi, rather than muscle tension. By feeling the circulation of Chi through the acupuncture channels, muscles and tendons, your body learns more efficient ways of utilizing energy in motion. The Inner Structure of Tai Chi presents the 9 Levels of Tai Chi Chi Kung I, including: Yin & Yang Form, Rootedness Form, Spinal Cord Chi Transfer Form, Changing the Tendon Forms, Tan Tien Chi Form, Organ Healing Form, Skin Breathing & Bone Marrow Form, Inner Structure and Applications, and the Combined Form. Tai Chi II focuses on the discharge of energy and power, an often overlooked part of the tai chi practice. Exercises include: Five Direction Flow, Move From the Center, Flow with Unity, Discharge Energy, and Connect to the Earth. Also, Master Chia shows Single and Double Push Hands. He shows the energetic quality of the different directions of force, and the self-defense applications. Cultivation Tai Chi with Li Hechun is a Tai Chi workout video which consists of a flowing series of 24 movements.

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Tai Chi – The 24 Forms DVD

Learn the world’s most popular forms in an easy to follow instructional video. Based on Yang Style, it is suitable for people of almost any level of physical fitness and age. It includes: Step-by-step, easy to follow instructions of the complete 24 Forms Additional 6 Qigong exercises – especially beneficial for mental relaxation 7 Single Movements – to make learning the 24 Forms easier All movements demonstrated from the front and back and in close up views Demonstration of the complete set from the front and the back views by Dr Paul Lam

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Tai Chi for Back Pain

The Six Forms was designed for beginners to gain maximum health benefits in minimal time, composed by Dr. Paul Lam based on the world’s most popular forms, 24 Forms. The DVD is easy-to-follow and is suitable for people without prior knowledge of Tai Chi . Find out how much Tai Chi can improve the quality of your life by learning this program.

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Chi Kung: The Healing Workout with Dr. Jerry Alan Johnson

The Healing Workout: Chi Kung – soothing easy-to-learn exercises for lasting health and vitality. The sharpness of the mind, the strength of the body, and the clarity of the spirit are all essential for health and vitality. Chi Kung exercises work on all three. Chi Kung training combines the quiescent state of meditation with graceful Ta Chi-like movements in order to form energy building exercises. So effective are these exercises that today in China, Chi Kung is prescribed for ailments and illnesses as readily as medicine is administered in the West. So powerful are these exercises that for centuries Martial Artists have use Chi Kung to empower their fighting and athletic abilities. Yet these exercises are simple, gentle, easy-to-learn and are for all ages and levels of fitness and coordination. This program combines an award-winning collection of stunning nature footage with exercises demonstrated by Master Instructor Jerry Alan Johnson. Let the narration of actor and Tai Chi enthusiast John Saxon (Enter the Dragon) guide you while the sensuous music of Jonn Serrie stimulates you to new revelations of inner peace and self-fulfillment. Professor Johnson is licensed as a Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine (D.T.C.M.) in Beijing, China. Having practiced for more than thirty-three years, he is one of the few internationally recognized non-Chinese Grand Masters of Chinese Medical Qigong Therapy. He is President and Founder of the International Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He currently serves as the Vice-President of the World Academic Society of Medical Qigong, in Beijing China.

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Tai Chi 24 Forms with China Champion

This DVD features Master Wen-Yuan Mei, the China national champion, performing Tai Chi 24 Forms on the scenery location of the Shanghai Grand View Garden. With detailed instructions, multi-angle camera, and 145 still images, this step-by-step DVD supplies you with enough information to learn this martial art skill. The background music are also the masterpieces played by the China classic music award winners. It is a “Must Have” for Tai Chi fans. A practice CD with extra Chinese classic music is included with the package. DVD encoded region All.

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Tai Chi’s Candle Master

The ancient Chinese secretly trained in techniques that generate the explosive force of fa jin.The Taoist were noted for their use of the mysterious force called chi for strikes on the energy meridians of the body. The candle master details these hui huo or secret methods of training called lazhu fangfa or the candle method of Tai Chi. This is an introduction into the techniques and concepts of the candle method.

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Tai Chi for Life: Yang Style Tai Chi

Tai Chi is a traditional Chinese exercise that has been practiced for thousands of years as a way to soothe the mind and strengthen the body. It can be practiced by people of any age and the principles contained within the movements can be applied to create harmony in every area of our daily lives. In the Tai Chi for Life series, Master Guangzhi Xing teaches you to combine balance, coordination and breathing with harmonious movements as a way to renew and invigorate your body, mind and spirit. The most popular style of tai chi, Yang style is known for its smooth, harmonious movements which create a wavelike appearance in motion. On this DVD, Master Xing teaches you the Simplified Tai Chi 24 Form and the Tai Chi Sword 32 Form. Master Xing demonstrates from the front, rear and side views, performing the complete form then teaching the individual movements one by one with detailed instruction. The soft and flowing movements nurture a healing energy in the practitioner, which has led many people to practice Yang style for its health benefits.

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Qi Cultivation and the Secrets of Manipulating Energy, Chen Style Tai Chi Progressive Silk Reeling, Series I

Revered Internal System Offers the Gift of Enhanced Energy, Rooted Strength and a Cat-Like Grace of Movement Regardless of Your Chosen Martial Art Chen, the original Tai Chi style, has long been revered for its combination of fluid grace, high energy, explosive power and devastating martial applications. Yet until recently, the fundamental training required to truly generate these remarkable results remained the closely guarded secret of the Chen Family s own inner circle. This all changed when the leading modern-day Chen Style representative, Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang, decided to publicly reveal the true essentials behind Chen’s superiority as a martial art. Extracting and distilling the absolute core principles of Chen Style, he created the now-legendary Silk Reeling Qigong system. To quote Chen Xiaowang, Silk Reeling represents the foundational roots, as opposed to the leaves and branches, of true martial mastery. A focus on mastery of these foundational roots will allow you to more quickly develop high-level skills in ANY of the myriad martial forms you may then to choose to learn. Grandmaster Ren Guan Yi Chen Xiaowang’s most senior disciple and his leading representative in the US in turn passed this knowledge to Jose Figueroa. Master Figueroa is uniquely qualified to convey these essential cultivation secrets in a way that makes them immediately accessible to a Western audience. After over 20 years of dedicated classical Chen Style practice, as the co-author of three Chen Style books and with a highly extensive teaching background, Jose Figueroa is able to break down the Silk Reeling methods with extreme clarity, precision and attention to the crucial detail. According to the Chen Family, both superior movement and the mastery of Qi are grounded in impeccable body mechanics. Immense emphasis is placed on exact alignment, supreme coordination of movement, proper balance and a deep understanding of relaxation and tension in the body. Jose Figueroa has developed a careful progression of methods that ensure practitioners develop a solid foundation in each step of this powerful system. Individual movement sequences and techniques are demonstrated from three angles, followed by a highly detailed explanation of every key element needed to extract maximum benefit from that method. Diligent practice of Chen Style Silk Reeling can reward you with: Formidable leg strength and an unshakeable root The ability to move with a seemingly effortless, yet internally powerful grace A significantly enhanced overall coordination of your body A heightened sense of well-being A dramatically improved core balance The rock-solid structure and stored energy needed to develop striking power in your martial applications

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