Tai Chi Made Fun and Easy
What you'll learn
- Master the 24 moves of the world's most popular Taiji (Tai Chi) routine.
- Move with more grace and confidence as you learn the 6 Principles of Flow.
- Discover the ancient secrets and amazing benefits of this ancient discipline.
- You'll experience the rhythm and flow of how advanced Taiji feels by following the instructors in the easy Flow Motion segments.
Requirements
- No background or experience needed!
Description
This is a course in Tai Chi for the Tai Chi Curious - a fun and entertaining way to learn the 24 movement Yang style "Short Form." It originally aired as a 13-part series for Hawaii Public Television. Filmed on location in beautiful Hawaii on the island of Oahu, every episode includes:
- a short lecture on a different aspect of Taiji (Tai Chi)
- a 5-10 minute follow-along Taiji workout called "Flow Motion"
- and instruction in the movements of the world's most popular Taiji routine
- a Final Thought - advice, inspiration or philosophy from the ancient Masters.
Who this course is for:
- This course is for the Tai Chi Curious - it's great for beginners.
Featured review
Course content
- Preview05:27
- 07:18Follow-along Taiji - find your "Flow"
- 13:29Basic Positions and Your First Two Moves
- 27:24What IS Tai Chi? Watch the whole show!
Instructor
David-Dorian Ross is #1 best-selling creator of Tai Chi instructional video programs in the world. He has personally written, produced, directed or instructed more than 150 award-winning dvd and television episodes, including the #1 best selling dvd Tai Chi Fit Over 50, and the #1-selling TaiChi dvd series in the world - The Essentials of Tai Chi and Qigong by The Great Courses. He is also the #1 creator of online Tai Chi instructional video, with more than 500 free videos on his YouTube channel "DrTaiChi."
David-Dorian is an 8x US national Tai Chi performance gold medalist, World silver medalist and 2x World bronze medalist - the highest awards ever given to an American Tai Chi athlete in international competition. He partnered with international martial arts legend Jet Li to create the Taiji Zen online instructional program, and David-Dorian is the only Master of this style outside of China.
David-Dorian has been teaching Tai Chi since the 1980's and has been called America' s foremost authority on teaching Tai Chi. Inside Kung-fu magazine called him "the man who brought Tai Chi mainstream." Jet Li called him "the American Idol of Tai Chi." He is also the producer of 24 Hours of World Peace, the live web broadcast of World Tai Chi Qigong Day.
David-Dorian Ross is the CEO of TaijiFit International. His company specializes in online Tai Chi training - and was the pioneer in using 3-way interactive livestreaming to learn Tai Chi and to take daily Tai Chi classes. His students participate in classes from home, and come from all over the US, Canada, South America, Belgium, Germany, the UK, Poland, Uzbekistan, New Zealand and Taiwan. He currently travels throughout the US to conduct live teacher training seminars.