Cheng Man Ching demonstrates his “simplified” Yang Style Tai Chi form
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Ziboce Zhan Zhong Tai Chi Dance 邵保勝禪意站樁太極舞
Ziboce explains his understanding of Zhan Zhong (a standing posture exercise), relationship with Tai Chi, and his Zen Dance. Zhan Zhong is a process of identifying comfortable alignment, thus better structure (framework). This alignment, in turn, relates to the flow of energy, or forces, in corresponding to potential difference. One of the applications is Push hands. ziboce.com
tai chi Balance exercise – taichimethods.com
This is an exercise to help you to achieve Wu Wei on a physical level developed from Tai Chi Men and not Tai Chi Chuan. It is very simple and like other exercises from the Tai Chi Men is based on nothing. You need to relax and develop your sese of balance, and give yourself to the flow. Do the exercise for 2-10 minutes. Trust yourself. There is no way to fail. Please vist the Tai Chi Methods website: taichimethods.com
Tai Chi Chuan Symposium
The Grand Showcase of Martial Arts was held one evening during the first International Tai Chi Chuan Symposium at Vanderbilt University in July of 2009. It was truly a remarkable event, a display of great martial arts skill. While it was intended for the Grandmasters of Tai Chi Chuan to perform in their individual styles, it also contained the performances of some world-class martial artists demonstrating their skills in Tai Chi Chuan and other internal martial arts. The event was held at Vanderbilt Universitys Blair School of Music Auditorium to a full audience. The show, emceed by Master Nick Gracenin, included the performance of the Center Directors of the International Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Association displaying the first section of the 49 -movement demonstration form. This was followed by a team of five very young local students from a Nashville school of martial arts who beautifully performed a version of the Yang Style 24-form, for which they only had a few weeks to prepare. World-class martial artists Masters Su Zifang, Helen Wu, Nick Gracenin, and José Johnson did stunningly beautiful demonstrations of Baguazhang, Tai Chi fan, Liang Style Yi Chuan and Liang Style Xiao Yao Shuai, respectively. Dr. Yang Yang made things very lively by encouraging the audience to perform Interactive Qigong before his demonstration of his Evidence-Based Tai Chi routine, akin to Chen Style Tai Chi Chuan. The performances of the Tai Chi Chuan Grandmasters followed, starting with …
Wu Tai Chi Chuan Pushhands Seminar 吴式太极拳
Clip about the Wu Tai Chi Chuan Pushhands Seminar in Willich/Germany Summer 2008 with Ma Jiangbao and Martin Boedicker. (here one can find the 20 min long version exposureroom.com This is pushhands in the tradition of Ma Yueliang and Wu Yinghua