Warm Up, Strengthen & Stretch 2 DVD Set by Joanna Zorya

While it's important to move with your whole body as a connected unit when performing the martial actions of Taijiquan, Baguazhang, etc., it is also very important to isolate specific joints and muscles for individual attention when warming up, stretching, developing strength and improving functional flexibility. Otherwise, weak and less flexible parts of your body can be compensated for invisibly by the stronger and more flexible parts. However much time a martial artist spends on contact training and refining solo movements, there is much additional work to be done, developing overall physicality, fitness and functional flexibility.

In our classes we consider it important to teach the skills of self reliance and self discipline, so students are expected to be able to coherently warm themselves up, strengthen their bodies and perform a stretch down at home as part of their solo practice.

As usual for our DVDs, rather than worrying about any single lineage or tradition, we've simply compiled a comprehensive, systematic and practical guide. Here the subject matter is warming up, toning, strengthening and stretching the whole body. Old and new exercises have been combined, guided by modern anatomical knowledge.

DVD #1 contains a full regimen of warm ups with an emphasis on flexibility you can use in the martial arts.

DVD #2 contains a range of strengthening exercises for the whole body and a bonus section on the Taiji Bang or training stick.

About the instructor: 

Joanna Zorya,  Has been studying Chinese Martial Arts since 1996. She has been a student of Taiji, Bagua, Xingyi, Praying Mantis Kung Fu and Silat and Escrima. Although she adheres strictly to Tai Chi movement principles, she often takes an unorthodox approach to training and teaching, the material she teaches is true classical Kung Fu technique in every way, adhering diligently and in precise detail to the Chinese Systems' Methods of power generation and applied martial strategy.