Tai Chi - Qigong For Vitality And Well Being

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Customer reviews

review by: Prosp77 date: 2007-08-21 rating:
Accessible & Concise
I have been a weight trainer and jogger for years and was toying with the idea of taking up a martial art again at 40. With a job involving irregular and late hours I needed a good way of generating flexibility, posture and balance. The series of DVD's from the Australian Tai Chi Academy is first class at allowing you to master concise, clear techniques quickly, without becoming top-heavy in either Chinese mysticism or complicated movements which take weeks to master. Not a substitute for regular cardiovascular/muscle training of course but a vital component of any general fitness programme especially as one moves into middle age. A percentage of these moves you'll already be familar with in any case as Western keep fit classes have already copied them. An excellent and inexpensive introduction.

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review by: date: 2007-03-17 rating:
Well intentioned
As well intentioned as these people are they cannot dispute the dangers of trying to learn taiji from a video. Viewers can easily injure themselves as a consequence of poor alignment and poor physical perception.

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review by: bootru date: 2006-10-17 rating:
'Excellent'
First class delivery, package and dvd. This is so what i've been looking for. Suffering with a muscle/bone desease but still being young and always been on the go i rate this 100%. Also never been able to shut off or relax. 'yep', this does it. Absolutley load's of exercises, warm up etc, and all easily illustrated. definate buy.

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review by: Hail Kitty date: 2006-06-14 rating:
Weak
Unfortunately, the guy who stars in this video is just not that good at convincing us that he is a Master of this art. Besides his personal style, which I will make allowance for, his legs wobble which is a huge no-no in Taichi (I'm no master myself), his technique is inconsistent and they've managed to edit the footage in an annoying style where on-set plants get in the way of what you're trying to see and, all too frequently, the relevant portion of the body that is introducing a new movement is out of sight etc. etc.

The advertising makes it seem like some sort of taichi instructional video, which it is definitely not - there are none of the forms that we unenlightened people tend to associate with taichi. If you are looking for a taichi video, much better is the Paul Lam 'Tai Chi - The 24 forms'. You can actually learn a lot from that.

The 2nd star is for the quality of the assistant - she knows what she is doing and moves like a master. Poor old Brett is totally outclassed by his own sidekick. Poor man.


review by: date: 2006-03-24 rating:
Tai Chi
This is an excellent DVD for visual learners who are complete novices. It has basics and many different sequences to do when you become more competent. It was worth every penny!

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