(1) Yang Tai Chi 10 Form Demo - Front View 

You are too kind. I am pleased to hear that you are enjoying the instructions provided in my videos. Stay safe and healthy!

I am glad to hear you enjoyed it.

Glad to hear you enjoy it.

I am glad to hear that you liked it. Stay safe and healthy!

Thanks for sharing a bit of your training history. I started with Yang also. I have found that I like both Yang and Chen styles quite a bit because they each emphasize different aspects of Taijiquan and I like having more than one lens through which to view Taiji.

@@AndrewPlitt when I was starting with Chen, I also watched your tutorial videos. Thanks for helping us newbies with no access to actual teachers :)

@@jonmanilenio I am glad to hear my videos have been helpful for you! You and all the other people who do not have access to in-person instruction are the main reason I make these videos. :)

At 77 years of age I suggest you shorten the steps.

Thank you for taking the time to comment. I am pleased to hear that you enjoyed it. Stay safe and healthy!

@@AndrewPlitt Thank you verymuch sir!

I am happy to hear that you liked it. Thank you for taking the time to comment and let me know. Stay safe and healthy!

This is a great form. I never really used to pay much attention to it, but over the years I have gained more and more appreciation for it. I am glad to hear that you are working on learning this one. At some point in the near future I hope to make some instruction videos for this form. I wish you all the best in your training!

@@AndrewPlitt IMO much better for a novice like me to start with a short form. I started a Wu short form last December and have practiced it every day. Every week I learn something and improve. It takes patience. Difficulties vanish. Form improves. New difficulties present themselves with better form. In time they vanish. That builds confidence, so I expect the same with this Yang short form. Also IMO the goal should be internal, as though the body is being moved. "Stillness in motion' is how Wang Xiang Zhai put it. The competition is only with one's own potential. Focused practice will pay off in pleasure in doing the form, as well as health and fitness benefits.

@@rpullman I agree. It is a great starting form. It is long enough to give a decent sample of Yang style movements and short enough to not be cumbersome or overwhelming. The simplicity of the form really lends itself to focusing on the internal aspects of the form as well. I am really pleased to hear that you are enjoying this form so much. I hope it continues to serve you well for many years to come.

​@@AndrewPlitt The Rooster and Kick steps disagreed with me so I skip them and go from Wave Hands to Grasp Sparrow. I was noticing soreness in my groin and have a family history of groin hernia (one fatal, another nearly). The soreness quickly went away. There has been a lot on the positive side as well - with awareness, focus, rooting. When those 3 aspects are in place the form flows effortlessly. If any are not quite right there is immediate feedback, which is a learning experience. Sometimes the body is not in the mood. What boggles my mind, in a good way, is that if stationary I can root any time, via simple gentle breath/focus on the dan tien, which triggers immediate reactions in my hands, feet and the back of my head. In motion it is not necessarily so but still an extremely helpful tool for everyday movement as well as executing the forms. I think this benefit is available to anyone. I have rheumatoid arthritis and bunion on both big toes. The RA is in remission and the callouses are 99% gone. So it does not matter so much to me what forms I can do or how well. The benefits amaze me and I do not need to analyze or understand them. Practice itself is a teacher.

Kathy was an excellent student and I am not at all surprised to hear that she is an excellent teacher as well. It would be great to meet you and her other students as well. There will be a follow-along video for this form at the end of the series that has the entire form demonstrated from the front, mirror view, and the back view. So stay tuned for that. As far as the long form goes, the following link will take you to the playlist where you can see the whole form and step-by-step instructions for each movement: ru-vid.com/group/PLAzIKxB72CMC50-fWpdCVWdOb9EJ8oaaA You can also find the form instruction videos here: sites.google.com/view/andrewplitt/tai-chi-forms I hope that helps. I wish you all the best in your training!

That is a great question! Yes, this form is also referred to as the Tai Chi 8 Form. The name depends on whether you count the first and last movement or not. Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment/question! Stay safe and healthy! Edit: Here is a short post that I wrote a while back that shows the differences in the counting of the moves in each form. ancientwisdom-aplitt.blogspot.com/2020/04/what-is-tai-chi-8-form-is-it-different.html

Hmmmmmm......I am not sure I have a good answer for you. When I was teaching in-person classes it seemed that the Yang style's "Snake creeps down" movement is the one that most students would struggle with. When I was learning Lao Jia Yi Lu I would say that the "Dragon Rolling Downward" was the move I struggled with the most. I think the difficultly of movements changes during the course of one's training too. Things that seems difficult before get easier and you begin to realize that there are a lot more layers to the things that seemed simple and easy before. If we are also considering competition Taiji forms, there are plenty of acrobatic movements that are ridiculously difficult. However, I would say the most difficult aspect of Taiji training is incorporating the correct movement principles into the body while training. Once that is accomplished Taiji becomes a whole new experience, but before that it is just a lot of work that does not look impressive or flashy, and it does not really feel all that useful in the beginning and people tend to get bored with it quickly. So, rather than a specific movement, I think incorporating the correct concepts of movement into training is where the real difficulty lies in Taiji training. Not sure it that really answers your question, though. 🤔 What do you think is the most difficult Taiji movement?

@@AndrewPlitt How nice of you to take the time to write such a helpful response. I found it very valuable.

Glad to hear you liked it. If I remember correctly, it was either late 90's or early 2000's.

@@AndrewPlitt Thank you very much Andrew

Is this the one you are looking for? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MX2mONNl8S0.html

@@AndrewPlitt I would like to have Form 10 Back View 🤍

@@AndrewPlitt ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Gv47RFEPIaQ.html 🍀 this Back Viwe

@ZoRko working on it. :)

@@AndrewPlitt Last link is Front View 😂👀