Thank you for breaking this down to the most basic steps. I really needed that! Also, I appreciate the information as well as the silent demonstration. In demonstrating it both ways my mind can understand the mechanics and my body can observe and quietly follow without being overwhelmed. Well done.
Usefull, absolutely! This was the best that I have seen. Most people take you thru the entire warmup but I just needed what you gave. This was 100%. Thanks so much.
Great, detailed explanation. I'm a newbie to Tai Chi (about 3 months of lessons), and we practice the Tai Chi walk almost every class. I've been practicing at home, too, because it was very awkward for me at first. I am very pigeon-toed, so the outward twisting of the feet was very difficult for me to get used to. However, each week I notice it feeling more natural and easier to do correctly. Good luck to everyone out there practicing Tai Chi! Peace and good health to you all!
Thank you! I am a TaiChi beginner. I so appreciate your modeling, cuing, clarity. I give this video 5 stars! This will be a valuable resource for me. Wonderful!
T’ai Chi , what you call tai chi walking. Moving along being a tai chi practitioner for over 20 yrs. Trained with Steven Lanzarone whom was taught and trained by Sifu Leonard Antonucci. Mr Antonucci was taught by Cheng man Ching. In CHINA TOWN New York City in the early 70’s. Walking Tai chi is the posture positioning in every movement of the form. With all due respect these are practiced in actual stepping, push, withdraw and so on!, thanks for an added moving exercise to stimulate the Chi!
Thank you so much for the walking tips as I am new to Taichi and this video provides me great help for how to move around legs. Great teaching, Thank you!
I'd say the same things as Chrisnorthover: "Clear, knowledgeable and modest. A perfect Tai Chi teacher!" Thank you so much for this teaching, it is going to be very useful for my practice.
Thank you so much for this - i do not have a teacher available - but Tai Chi has been recommended by 3 of my doctors for my pain condition and spinal troubles - i have watched many videos - and have been keeping it very simple. I used to be a dancer - so this is a good lesson for me to move with more "relaxation" in mind; - VERY different than dancing exercises! - I have noticed walking in this style in my backyard that somedays i feel very good - other days - i feel awkward and note that my hips and knees hurt. Now - by what you have explained I know why.
Eri I am glad you have found this useful. I began my Tai chi journey to heal from severe chronic pain from a spinal injury. feel free to e-mail me if you have any questions regarding this.
Echoing what others have said, I love the detailed walk through of the exact steps to take and how to take them. Maybe I'm OCD but with my Tai Chi (unlike other areas of my life) I want to know exactly how to do it so I can optimize the benefits. I got the link to this video from a friend but I'm definitely subscribing to your channel!
The best way to practice the Taichi and the walking is on water. So if you can find a descent water fall and not too deep place is a nice way to practice the form. Remember Taichi is not about the air. Is about fluidity. So 3 to 4 feet pool or river is great. Also on water you will find the right amount of resistance you need for the form. Just do it and let it flow. Your welcome
Dont compare like that. Each teacher has n uses different methods to various students; I am a teacher n i know it hurts to read that kind of comment from paid students😅
Excellent Teacing video ! Thank you for sharing your insight. Very concise and clear. I have been teaching my students the same way. I will share this video with them, now... an Occidental teacher teaches the same way.... :-)
Thank you, I have been doing Tai Chi for over a year now and wondered why my knees bothered me when I practice often. Hoping to incorporate this and give my knees a break.
This is really wonderful. My Tai Chi teacher gets our class to do this but she didn't explain it as clearly as you did, although she is an excellent teacher. Your teaching and demonstrations are really superb. Thank you very much.
And I thought I was the only one who didn't know how to walk on Earth, before I learned Tai Chi Chuan helps so much with navigation. Hands are key and I"m like I"m riding my motorcycle with hands on imaginary rails guiding my direction. Seems the brain you can program ahead of where you're going even half minute before, so my "real" self is in control of the body's movement, which is the coolest...I've been playing with Earth's wobble lately and spun myself in an office chair this morning...quickest back remedy I've ever done, since I'm very very experienced in self myofascial release...so I use the wobbly planet's nature to also fix things faster...seems I'm able to sense, arm outstretched, magnetic North...and passing cars, if I'm really quiet and still, but I don't do chanting, don't have to. I just switch my attention to my senses so I talk while doing Tai Chi, sometimes, and never lose a position, being self taught? Actually the Earth's invisible "Chi" or environment showed my fascia how to move, and more...but this video is a good tutorial for the beginner, just learning it's benefits. Slow it down, you perceive more around you and see your true self emerge....that part, at first was scary, since I'm a Faith type, so I pray before I use the energy to help my body...family thinks I just do myofascial for them, but I can do what I know and they don't have to know. Sometimes it's best...people get nervous when you do something like heal and tell them...I don't need adulation, just to help in any way I can....pied piper, but silent. Because it's been fun learning how to...long journey, but I took a shortcut, I guess. Drummer's reflexes and classical piano trained hands seem best suited for holding hands still and aiming correctly, the hand positions are the martial arts moments I figured out how to use efficiently. Then I clear the chi formally and go about my business. I love the feeling of using it to go over the body before going forth...I like being around people more, since I can sense things, and be calmness in the middle of chaos or "monkey brain" environments. It's amusing since I used to be just like them...and appreciate this gift that's free, if you have the moral integrity to respect it's power...there are flip sides to everything...and some have misused and abused this artr of healing and martial arts it presents. Only the worthy should venture further. Your mind must be pure to do healing consistently. We work on ours by embracing a Faith in God. Who IMHO, did a great job providing health for fallen mankind, in plain sight. Best place to hide something so valuable for mankind. Blessings....
Rich, I was looking at some tai chi information on a blog that led me to a video and there you were brother. Good to see even in video tai chi walking. Peace, Light and Love Michael Denmeade
WOW this is so good. Some of my students find you tube videos that are not great, I give them a link to this video as it the real basic stuff that all of us need. Yes, he talks a lot but it is all relevant and he is not a pedant like so many so called masters. Please Rich, please keep on creating videos.
Super video ...Tai Chi Walking is just what I need , I'm a Retired Kung Fu Master and nursing a few injures , super illustration on leg form , thanks !!
Hi!! I will be going on the Camino de Santiago Pilgrimage in Spain where I walk for about two weeks. I have no pain, nor injuries, but thought this might be interesting to stay mindful. Thoughts?
Hello, Greetings! Saw your question on Tai Chi walking. It is not necessary that one should have any illness or injuries for practicing Tai Chi. This is a form of energy exercise technique also known as walking meditation which is very good for mindfulness lifestyle. Personally, I too do not have any health issues and am perfectly fit and active - but I have started incorporating Tai Chi in my daily workout as part of a healthy spiritual routine. These exercises are generic and can be done by all like a good way to harness energy activation in your body system. They also balance your mind and help awaken your soul energy. Hope this answers your query. Have a great day! Regards! 😍😇🙏
Thank you for the demo. I’m familiar with tai chi, having been in training in the past in the art of Kung Fu. It’s been many years and an injury in 2009. I need Tai Chi in my life and remember the movements and proper form, the breathing, but that nerve in my lumbar and leg, yowza! 😦 I wonder where to start. Do you have any suggestions?
For using Tai chi to help deal with lumbar and leg pain I recommend starting with slow gentle movement. Do your movements small so it does not aggravate the back or leg. I also feel that zhang zhuan, standing meditation, is an excellent exercise for these problems.
I fell so fast I have no idea why. I broke my left wrist in two places. I had surgery eight weeks ago and starting PT this week. Would Tia Chi be helpful in keeping me from falling? I have broken four different bones in the past six years. My balance is really bad. Thank you to anyone who might know if this would be helpful to me ! I am seventy four.
Melanie Hope Yes and no. Yes because, if practised properly, taiji is good for coordination, balance, strengthening, etc. But due to your physical health, it'd be better to consult your doctor first
in the last 2 years ive had a broken hip and a replaced knee and have used taichi to recover full mobility strength and somewhat agility.The most important thing in taichi and recovery is patient, faithful work. when you think nothing is happening, done quit, have faith in the process and practice. It would be a shame after working steadily for a year if you stopped a day before a breakthrough, and they do come, small epiphanies. Ahas " i couldnt do this 3 weeks ago" or" that didnt hurt at all this time". Balance in rooting and leg strength is an undeniable plus of tai chi. My teacher from the 1970s who is now 92 was teaching up to 3 years ago, traveling from NYC to phila. pa every week.
I am a beginner to tai chi, at 71 years of age (not old!) recovering nicely from four knee replacement surgeries. I appreciate your detailed description but I would like to know if you are demonstrating at normal speed or slowed down for demo. If slowed down, I would like to see ten or fifteen seconds of tai chi walking at normal speed. Thank you.
HI Sue, You want to practice as slow as you can while still maintaining balance and without disruption to your center line. Take it step by step and you will be able to recognize where you have or don't have good control and balance. Take your time, never rush.
i went to China for several months, years ago. no one i met was teaching taiji walking. and no one, and i mean no Chinese teachers, or their Chinese students, call the practice "tai chi". in my opinion, if you are trying to improve your form, you are best served, by doing more forms. Mr Marantz, do yourself a favor, listen to a CC Mandarin-language broadcast interview of a taiji master or group. it's pronounced "tiejeechuen" with the ' u ' being almost silent, spoken not as two or three words, but one big word mashed together
All name forms of the art is correct. Taijiquan, translated as Grand Ultimate Fist, can also be called Yin-Yang boxing. Taiji refers to the balance, interaction, and interdependence of Yin and Yang in the universe. Quan means fist, or boxing, and is used to refer to any of the hundreds of Chinese martial arts. Tai Chi Chuan is an older but more commonly known spelling for Taijiquan Taiji or (Tai Chi) is the term typically used when we refer to the health benefits and/or philosophy rather than the martial art aspect of the whole Taijiquan. Tomayto -Tomahto. Regardless learning the basics and in layers is beneficial especially for the western mindset. Great Video!
You misunderstood what taiji is. Learning from this video is better than what you thought you saw in China. It takes a long time to get a feel of what taiji is even under the most ideal circumstances.
