Tai Chi Chuan: The 27 Forms DVD by Marshall Ho'o (Preowned)

Discover the art of tai chi chuan. Simple, yet powerfully effective, this ancient Chinese practice promotes mind/body awareness and physical rejuvenation with little effort. Spiritually, it incorporates the Taoist principle of non-doing with the Buddhist principle of serenity. Physically, it utilizes the principle of health based on the strengthening and relaxing of the whole human body. Tai chi chuan is designed to bring the mind and body into harmony by making them one.

Prior to his death, tai chi chuan expert Marshall Ho'o taught this 1,000-year-old Chinese soft-style martial art. Ho'o was chairman of the National Tai Chi Chuan Association, an acupuncturist, founder of the Aspen Academy of Martial Arts, and a member of Black Belt magazine's Hall of Fame.

This program presents detailed step-by-step instruction in a repeatable daily format beginning with The Nine Temple Exercises, traditionally used by Chinese monks to exercise their muscles after long hours of meditation. The Short Form includes a series of 27 pre-arranged movements to be executed slowly and effortlessly.

Push Hands involves pushing and yielding in a continuous exchange of force. The movements explored in the short form are used in Self-Defense Applications.

Practice any section of the program separately or complete the full 90 minutes for a rigorous and total workout.

Length: 1 hour & 30 min.