Tai-Chi for Health

ACCOMPLISHMENT: Tai Chi is an art you CAN learn and feel PROUD of yourself performing. When you watch the beginning of the video and see them doing the complete set it will really motivate you to learn Tai Chi due to its grace, elegance and beauty; personally, my jaw dropped to the floor! I was amazed and very impressed.

FREEDOM: To be really good at Tai Chi requires daily practice in the teacher's opinion. That is probably true but shouldn't deter you from trying Tai Chi. You can "be your own boss" so to speak and do whatever movements you like and enjoy the most--making your own routine shorter or longer, if you prefer. This was my first Tai Chi video so I followed the teacher. What makes this so easy to learn is that she turns with her back to you so you do EXACTLY what she does without any confusion!

BENEFITS: Tai Chi is a very beneficial workout for the body and the mind. It reduces stress while also toning muscles and improving flexibility. Tai Chi is a very effective way to control arthritic pain (something that runs in my family), promote cardiovascular fitness and lose weight. Tai Chi is for EVERYONE of ALL ages. It provides all the benefits of a rigorous workout but it is gentle and relaxing. It is known that a mild exercise performed daily is more beneficial to the body than a strenous exercise done 2-3 times a week.

BOTTOM LINE: If you want an exercise workout that doesn't leave you sweating and exhausted but instead relaxed and calm, this is what you've been searching for.


Egoless Fundamentals   October 11, 2000
J. Lee Lehman (Asheville, NC United States)
30 out of 30 found this review helpful

I learned more about the basics of Tai Chi from this video than the dozen or so other videos I've seen, most by more famous presenters. Here, the fundamentals are covered slowly and systematically. Whatever the Tai Chi style, this is a good place to start.


A Great Beginner's Tai Chi Video   January 18, 2004
Encourager (Flossmoor, IL United States)
24 out of 24 found this review helpful

Here's a video I go back to over and over again as reference for basic moves in Tai Chi. It's a down-to-earth, easy to follow video that tells you want you need and want to know.

The pace of this video is perfect. While some tapes spend so much time on "warm-ups". Warm-ups are here, but they don't get in the way of your jumping into the Tai Chi moves that you really want to learn. Some tapes are so full of various production trappings that it becomes confusing when watching the split-screens and their almost psychedelic methods of transition. This tape is a straight-shooter that doesn't bore you, confuse you, or have you doing things early in the process that only turn you off from learning Tai Chi.

If there's a negative, it's that it seems the primary demonstrator, Yvette Wong, who does such an outstanding job on this video, seems to have fallen off the face of the earth. When you start watching, you see that this tape is referred to as Vol. 1, but I've never seen Vol. 2. Maybe I need to do more searching. Also, this would be great in a DVD format, and I wish someone would reissue it in that format.

This is a real gem, it makes you want to learn, it never annoys you, it's just the best. To Yvette and the second demonstrator Ray Van Raamsdonk, I say BRAVO.


Great Tai Chi tape   September 25, 2002
19 out of 19 found this review helpful

Very easy to follow and learn from. This is an excellent video, the best Tai Chi tape I've found. Unfortunately, it is the short form which only lasts around three minutes, but you can do it over and over. It really feels good and is taught well.
I love this video.


This video is an excellent introduction to Tai Chi.   July 11, 1999
Stephen Beahm (Broadway, Virginia USA)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful

I have watched many other Tai Chi videos, and this is my favorite by far. Each exercise is explained very well and is shown from different angles. This makes the video easy to follow and understand. If you do not have any previous knowledge of Tai Chi, then this is a perfect introduction.