Yang Style Tai Chi 24 Short Form DVD

The Yang 24 form is the most popular Tai Chi form in the world, practiced daily by millions of people. Ken Gullette won a gold medal performing the Yang 24 at the 1990 AAU Kung-Fu National Championships. Now, after studying Chen style Tai Chi for more than 20 years, he teaches the Yang 24 with a fresh look at the body mechanics. This DVD is 2-1/2 hours of detailed instruction. You will see demonstrations of the complete form from front and rear views at normal speed and in slow motion. Then Ken breaks down each movement, guiding a student through the body mechanics and intent of each movement. His wife, Nancy, who has been a member of his Tai Chi class, steps out from behind the camera (she is usually the videographer) and becomes a student as Ken humiliates, I mean COACHES her through the form step-by-step with his usual sense of humor. Along the way, you will learn how to use the ground path, peng jin, dantien rotation, sinking your energy, opening and closing the kua, and spiraling movement in ways that most Yang 24 instructors do not teach. The Yang 24 is a form that many people use as their introduction to Tai Chi, but most people learn a very empty form. After you study this DVD, you will see deeper and your movements will have more internal strength.