Product Description Taijiquan (Tai Chi Chuan) is an ancient internal Chinese martial art which has gained widespread popularity for its many health benefits. Today, most people practice taiji slowly to develop their balance, strength, and vitality, and the martial applications of the art are often ignored. Taijiquan, or 'Grand Ultimate Fist', is a highly effective form of combat specializing in short and middle-range fighting. This program offers practical martial applications for each of the 37-postures of traditional Taiji, based on the forms passed down by Yang, Ban-Hou. Once the viewer has a basic understanding of these universal principles, you may use them to devise further applications for every movement no matter which style of Taiji you practice. Review Dr. Yang surely follows in the footsteps of the Yang style founder Yang Lu-Chan, who also first studied the Shaolin hard styles and later studied and mastered the soft style of Taijiquan. Dr. Yang stimulates this tradition, which will surely bear the fruit of high achievement within the martial arts. --Grandmaster, Lian Tung TsaiThe DVD begins with an excellent lecture by Master Yang on basic concepts of martial arts applications in Taijiquan. As Master Yang points out, you can practice Taijiquan for health-purposes only and do this with very little instruction from a teacher. However, to learn the martial side of Taijiquan requires a teacher along with hands-on practice of the applications, preferably with a variety of persons of various sizes, strengths and skills. The lecture covers familiar material as well as new concepts. The lecture is over thirty minutes long and every minute is enjoyable and informative. Master Yang's style of Taijiquan originates with Yang Pan-hou, the second child of Yang, Lu Chan, the originator of Yang Style Taijiquan. Yang Pan-hou was second in skill only to his father, Yang, Lu Chan. Yang Pan-hou was known for teaching a very martial arts oriented version of the Yang style. One of the aspects of this DVD that I love is the teaching of how to utilize coiling techniques in the applications. Usually, and I find this inaccurate, people say that Yang style does not use coiling. As Master Yang so capably demonstrates, coiling is an integral part of applying the techniques found in Chen Style as well as Yang Style Taijiquan. Even the Yin Yang diagram shows the pattern of coiling within the design. Master Yang points out that as one develops a sense of enemy, Qi is more easily led in the body. What I've always found to be interesting is that some practitioners state their reluctance to learn any of the martial aspects of Taijiquan, as their interest is only for the health benefits. The irony being that if they learned the martial side of Taijiquan, then the benefits of health would increase. The movements become more balanced, integrated, powerful and effective when done with a sense of purpose (martial intent), as is displayed when one practices the movements with knowledge of the martial applications. --"Taijiquan" P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); About the Director Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming Yang, Jwing-Ming Ph.D., is a renowned author and teacher of Chinese martial arts and Qigong. Born in Taiwan, he has trained and taught Taijiquan, Qigong and Chinese martial arts for over forty-five years. He is the author of over thirty books, and was elected by Inside Kung Fu magazine as one of the 10 people who has "made the greatest impact on martial arts in the past 100 years." Dr. Yang lives in Newton, Massachusetts. See more
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