DVD: Taiji 37 Postures Martial Applications by Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming

Discover the Martial Art of Taijiquan

Taijiquan (Tai Chi Chuan) is an ancient internal Chinese martial art which has gained widespread popularity for its many health benefits. Today, most people practice taiji slowly to develop their balance, strength, and vitality, and the martial applications of the art are often ignored. Taijiquan, or 'Grand Ultimate Fist', is a highly effective form of combat specializing in short and middle-range fighting.

This program offers practical martial applications for each of the 37-postures of traditional Taiji, based on the forms passed down by Yang, Ban-Hou. Once the viewer has a basic understanding of these universal principles, you may use them to devise further applications for every movement no matter which style of Taiji you practice.

• Learn the Basic Concepts of Taiji and Taijiquan.
• Understand the purpose of every Taiji movement.
• Over 50 effective applications for any Taijiquan style.

SPECIAL FEATURES: Multi-Language Menus/Subtitles: English, French, Spanish • Interactive YMAA Catalog with 50 additional minutes of Preview Trailers for All YMAA Videos

Features senior YMAA students Pedro Rodrigues, Tony Chee, and Kathy Yang. Dr. Yang's tai chi can be traced back to the Yang family through Grandmaster Kao, Tao (高濤) and his teacher Yue, Huanzhi (樂奐之), an indoor disciple of Yang, Chengfu (楊澄甫).

YMAA PRODUCTION • DR. YANG, JWING-MING • “TAIJI 37-POSTURES MARTIAL APPLICATIONS” • WRITTEN & PERFORMED BY DR. YANG, JWING-MING, WITH TONY CHEE, PEDRO RODRIGUES & KATHY YANG • EDITING & DVD AUTHORING BY MEDIAMANIC • PRODUCED BY DAVID SILVER • DIRECTED BY DR. YANG, JWING-MING AND DAVID SILVER

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AUTHOR(S)

Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming, is a renowned author and teacher of Chinese martial arts and Qigong. Born in Taiwan, he has trained and taught Taijiquan, Qigong and Chinese martial arts for over forty-five years. He is the author of over thirty books, and was elected by Inside Kung Fu magazine as one of the 10 people who has "made the greatest impact on martial arts in the past 100 years." Dr. Yang lives in Northern California.

REVIEWS

Martial Arts Publisher of the Year, 2008 NQA World Congress on Qigong and TCM

Dr. Yang's ability is of the same high caliber as his written treatises.

Dr. Yang surely follows in the footsteps of the Yang style founder Yang Lu-Chan, who also first studied the Shaolin hard styles and later studied and mastered the soft style of Taijiquan. Dr. Yang stimulates this tradition, which will surely bear the fruit of high achievement within the martial arts.

This video is a great display of principles behind the form and applications from Dr. Yang's personal flavor of tai chi, which will deepen your understanding of structure and mind that goes into your own style. I like this kind of teaching because it gives you the principles to adapt and research and find your own style. I enjoyed the kungfu in this video greatly and would recommend it to anyone seeking to expand their own.