Great Grandmaster William C. C. Chen
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Tai Chi form, push hands, and sword instruction
from Grand Master William C. C. Chen.
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Instructional and competition video from DVDs and private libraries.
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This channel includes videos from Tai Chi Masters William C. C. Chen, Professor Cheng Man-Ching,
and Dr. Ping-Siang Tao, and champions Max and Tiffany Chen, Josh Waitzkins, and Tuishou Chen.
Instructional and competition video from DVDs and private libraries.
Streaming of full DVDs and exclusive videos from private collections not available elsewhere.
This channel includes videos from Tai Chi Masters William C. C. Chen, Professor Cheng Man-Ching,
and Dr. Ping-Siang Tao, and champions Max and Tiffany Chen, Josh Waitzkins, and Tuishou Chen.
A subscription has everything: Tai Chi Form, Push Hands, Sword Form, and Applications.
Here are a few of Grand Master Chen’s videos that are especially useful to beginning Tai Chi students:
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Yang Short Form - with Breathing Hints
Great Grandmaster Chen narrates alternating "wake up" and "fall asleep" instructions that correspond to the breathing and energy pattern of the Tai Chi form.
The coordination of slow movement and deep relaxed breathing helps explain the medical research findings that the Tai Chi form promotes blood circulation, increases the oxygen level throughout the body, and enhances the body's healing systems. 60 movements of Tai Chi (a variation of Cheng Man-Ching’s 37 postures) Yang Short Form - split screen, front view
Through the use of a split screen, Great Grandmaster Chen makes it easier to understand the correct positions for hands and feet. In addition, he counts out each of the movements to correspond with the pictures in his book.
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Body Mechanics of Tai Chi Chuan - Chapter 1
Great Grandmaster Chen goes through first portion of the Yang short form with step-by-step instructions and advice.
He shows how to achieve the exercise's rhythmic relaxation and energizing through the use of imaginary (like a bird ready to take off), the alternating focus on pinky fingers and index fingers, the switching between tilting the body and straightening, and the importance of coordinating spinning motions and breathing in and out. Yang Short Form - split screen, from behind
The Yang Short Form is broken into two parts (A and B), so that beginners can learn Part A first. This consists of the first quarter (or so) of the entire short form and has the most basic, simple moves.
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