Thank you so much, DDR! You are such a wonderful teacher! Your graciousness, and “tai chi” gracefulness, and genuine willingness in sharing your skills and wisdom are greatly appreciated! It is really fun to learn from and with you! 🙏
Hello. I am dyslexic. I understand everything that you show me when you turn your back to me and behave like a regular class. Every other angle or mirror image or anything else is a complete confusion. I believe that you have done this whole 100 days Long before this comment but I thought I would add it anyway. Thank you.
David...once more you have done an excellent job on teaching this posture. Easy to follow along with. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and your time. I for one am really enjoying the 100 days of tai chi!!
First, thanks for the excellent videos. I studied and did tai chi for many years, but allowed my practice to lapse. Your videos are helping me recapture my practice. Question: in previous Yang style classes I studied, the form does incorporate a single whip in this move. I’ve seen lots of variations between teachers’ styles, but this seems particularly interesting. Can you elaborate? Is this part of the distinction between the 103 and the 108 forms? Thanks again.
Doing these reminds me of learning to drive. By that I mean trying to coordinate the different movements into one flowing movement. The various parts forming the whole. Funny you would mention a curiosity today; the other night I had a dream I was standing next to a stream watching the water flow around the rocks and a voice behind or beside me said "Consider how the water flows around the rocks unhindered, your Tai Chi must flow as the water does."
Thanks, that was a very unusual experience. I now use that as a litmus test of sorts: If it flows, I'm doing it right, if not..like you said, practice practice practice.
As part of my regular fitness routine, I do some calisthenic exercises and light weight training. Does this type of exercise inhibit my trying to internally move my qi?
David today you explained well but at the end you never finally did the movement again after you explained it. Please make sure to do the movement after you have explained it. Thanks.
Hi David, I did ask this question before but I guess it was the wrong video. Could you please elaborate about the differences between the Wudang style vs the other style. I would also love to have your take in a very ancient practice said to be the real origin of Tai Chi called Liu He Ba Fa also known as Wua Yu Tai Chi? Love your videos since the time you started teaching in Hawaii, then you went away for a while and found you again in a video teaching Tai Chi Balls, very nice. I guess I ought to try Tai Chi.net I also love the explanation, meaning and translation of every movement.
Hi Ana - thanks for your question. I love Liu He Ba Fa! Although I have not studied it extensively, it is part of the category of "internal" martial arts like Tai Chi, Xing Yi and Bagua. Another lesser known internal art is Ziranmen - "natural way" or "authentic boxing." Both Ziranmen and Liu He Ba Fa have fantastic changes of tempo and body postures that grow larger and smaller much more dramatically than most Taijiquan. I like to add those movements into our TaijiFit Flow practice. As far as your question on comparing Wudang style to other Tai Chi - I thought that was such a good question that I wanted to use it as a Question of the Day. I think a lot of people would like to know about this. Watch Day 19 lesson! :-)
Hi David, I noticed some of the video quality is kinda blurry, could that be the resolution? Especially the recap, it would be nice to have higher quality/resolution. Would that be possible to have a higher resolution to get a more crisp screen quality? Just a thought. Thank you.
I know - I've been so frustrated with the video quality - but we're waiting on a new camera that I hope will fix everything. Right now we're using a high end webcam, but the auto-focus isn't very good on it.
Is it just me or the movements seem to be getting more complex in this second part? Is that intentional? As far as Qi Gong goes, I find the moves to be less complex, more internal and healing, there is no martial aspect to it, no fighting intention, no opponent involved. I have more ease feeling the Chi in Qi Gong perhaps because I don’t have many years of practice playing tai chi...
Sifu Ross, it's not pronounced *_Tie Chee_* - that pronunciation refers to the philosophical treatise based on (氣) and this involves the qi field (chu-chong) referring, as it does, to the cultivation of an energy field, typically for healing. The ancient Chinese philosophy of *Taoism* , which emphasizes discovering a natural balance in all things and the need for living in spiritual and physical accord with the patterns of nature is at the heart of the way you are pronouncing (incorrectly) *chi/chee*. Now, Tai Chi {Ch'uan}, the martial art (Yang family) which you are demonstrating, is pronounced *Tie Gee chwen* (太極拳). What you are incompetently demonstrating is akin to saying that _jeans_ (denims) may just as well be _genes_ (DNA). You are a Tai Chi (Tai Ji) teacher & you should know better, Dorian Ross - students are being presented with a critical error that is taken seriously by both Scholars/Masters of Taoism, as well as Master/Scholars of the martial arts, which, after all, is where Tai Chi Ch'uan & the Tai Chi Philosophy (Lao Zi) originated.
I’m starting back to Tai chi with you this summer. I love your videos and appreciate your insight.
Thank you so much, DDR! You are such a wonderful teacher! Your graciousness, and “tai chi” gracefulness, and genuine willingness in sharing your skills and wisdom are greatly appreciated! It is really fun to learn from and with you! 🙏
Hello. I am dyslexic. I understand everything that you show me when you turn your back to me and behave like a regular class. Every other angle or mirror image or anything else is a complete confusion. I believe that you have done this whole 100 days Long before this comment but I thought I would add it anyway. Thank you.
David...once more you have done an excellent job on teaching this posture. Easy to follow along with. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and your time. I for one am really enjoying the 100 days of tai chi!!
First, thanks for the excellent videos. I studied and did tai chi for many years, but allowed my practice to lapse. Your videos are helping me recapture my practice. Question: in previous Yang style classes I studied, the form does incorporate a single whip in this move. I’ve seen lots of variations between teachers’ styles, but this seems particularly interesting. Can you elaborate? Is this part of the distinction between the 103 and the 108 forms? Thanks again.
Doing these reminds me of learning to drive. By that I mean trying to coordinate the different movements into one flowing movement. The various parts forming the whole. Funny you would mention a curiosity today; the other night I had a dream I was standing next to a stream watching the water flow around the rocks and a voice behind or beside me said "Consider how the water flows around the rocks unhindered, your Tai Chi must flow as the water does."
Wow - best dream ever! Thank you - that's exactly how I would say it, too.
Thanks, that was a very unusual experience. I now use that as a litmus test of sorts: If it flows, I'm doing it right, if not..like you said, practice practice practice.
Excellent job, DDR. Thank you.
As part of my regular fitness routine, I do some calisthenic exercises and light weight training. Does this type of exercise inhibit my trying to internally move my qi?
Sound effects are good!
And trust me - I can get really creative with them! ;-)
David today you explained well but at the end you never finally did the movement again after you explained it. Please make sure to do the movement after you have explained it. Thanks.
Yikes! Ok - I made sure in the new video.
Hi David, I did ask this question before but I guess it was the wrong video. Could you please elaborate about the differences between the Wudang style vs the other style. I would also love to have your take in a very ancient practice said to be the real origin of Tai Chi called Liu He Ba Fa also known as Wua Yu Tai Chi? Love your videos since the time you started teaching in Hawaii, then you went away for a while and found you again in a video teaching Tai Chi Balls, very nice. I guess I ought to try Tai Chi.net I also love the explanation, meaning and translation of every movement.
Hi Ana - thanks for your question. I love Liu He Ba Fa! Although I have not studied it extensively, it is part of the category of "internal" martial arts like Tai Chi, Xing Yi and Bagua. Another lesser known internal art is Ziranmen - "natural way" or "authentic boxing." Both Ziranmen and Liu He Ba Fa have fantastic changes of tempo and body postures that grow larger and smaller much more dramatically than most Taijiquan. I like to add those movements into our TaijiFit Flow practice.
As far as your question on comparing Wudang style to other Tai Chi - I thought that was such a good question that I wanted to use it as a Question of the Day. I think a lot of people would like to know about this. Watch Day 19 lesson! :-)
Thank you so much for answering my question as well for providing new information about one art I didn't know about. Thanks again!
Hi David, I noticed some of the video quality is kinda blurry, could that be the resolution? Especially the recap, it would be nice to have higher quality/resolution. Would that be possible to have a higher resolution to get a more crisp screen quality? Just a thought. Thank you.
I know - I've been so frustrated with the video quality - but we're waiting on a new camera that I hope will fix everything. Right now we're using a high end webcam, but the auto-focus isn't very good on it.
Is it just me or the movements seem to be getting more complex in this second part? Is that intentional? As far as Qi Gong goes, I find the moves to be less complex, more internal and healing, there is no martial aspect to it, no fighting intention, no opponent involved. I have more ease feeling the Chi in Qi Gong perhaps because I don’t have many years of practice playing tai chi...
Great answer to,,,,,,, Do you know the difference between Tai Chi and Qigong?
Tai Chi and Qi Gong : the dancer and the dance
: )
Sifu Ross, it's not pronounced *_Tie Chee_* - that pronunciation refers to the philosophical treatise based on (氣) and this involves the qi field (chu-chong) referring, as it does, to the cultivation of an energy field, typically for healing.
The ancient Chinese philosophy of *Taoism* , which emphasizes discovering a natural balance in all things and the need for living in spiritual and physical accord with the patterns of nature is at the heart of the way you are pronouncing (incorrectly) *chi/chee*.
Now, Tai Chi {Ch'uan}, the martial art (Yang family) which you are demonstrating, is pronounced *Tie Gee chwen* (太極拳). What you are incompetently demonstrating is akin to saying that _jeans_ (denims) may just as well be _genes_ (DNA).
You are a Tai Chi (Tai Ji) teacher & you should know better, Dorian Ross - students are being presented with a critical error that is taken seriously by both Scholars/Masters of Taoism, as well as Master/Scholars of the martial arts, which, after all, is where Tai Chi Ch'uan & the Tai Chi Philosophy (Lao Zi) originated.