My work here falls somewhere between photo journalistic reportage and artistic vision. Plus a few purely "instructional" vids put up mainly for students and friends who wanted something to remind them of the moves and flow of Tai Chi Chuan and Chi Kung.
In many cases, these videos are recording events I also photographed. Sometimes holding the video camera in one hand and the camera in the other.
Are there any classes near you that teach any kind of whole body movement work? If you like the way the teacher moves, and you like the way he or she teaches, then that is the place to start. Once you are more confident about your body -- that it and your mind are cooperating well -- then you can probably find you can learn off videos. I can't emphasize enough that you do need a teacher or coach to watch you move and help you learn how to communicate with your body.
im designing a character that uses a hand fan and this video was great for reference! i found these the best for artistic poses 0:51 0:56 1:06 1:11 1:41 2:19 3:03 3:17
I have several other annotated videos I've made of Taiji and qigong performances. I made a playlist and I'm going to try put a link to it here. If that fails, go to my channel and look. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-335kdFQ690Y.html
I led a small group from my Chinese class in eighth grade when we did this dance for the school's spring festival celebration. I learned everything from this video! :D
I agree with arron huff below: This is the clearest version I've seen also. Her form is beautiful. Who is this lady? Thanks for presenting the names of the postures. Nice video. Thanks for posting it, Brandon Smith.
