The extra step up after the cross hands, parallel punch is from Dong/Tung family style. The rest of the form has some slight variations, but I would incorporate them into my daily long form. Good video.
Hi Angie, as my experience in internal gung fu and taiji slowly grows, how I move changes. It really is a lifelong study. Learn the basic forms and movements, memorize by breaking down the movements so they make sense to you. Ask as many questions as you think of them. Keep a journal so you can log your questions and your own studies. There's so much to learn in internal qigong, just take your time and allow yourself to slowly absorb what it can. As my main gung fu teacher would quote, "we're all trying to reach the top of the mountain"...we just have different paths to get there. Ironically, teaching the seated Tai Chi for Health Institute program has allowed me to study the internal aspects. Best wishes in your training and health. randy
Hi Bob, I go in and out of studying the form and have recently come back to it more with new eyes. But nobody moves like Tung Hu Ling and his Dad and sons. I always hoped to meet Kai Ying one day.. My teacher was Arthur Lee who knew them and learned from Tung Hu Ling.
Hi Marie, appreciate the feedback. I really can't disagree with you about the camera movement. I was experimenting with an Auto Tracking Pivo camera at the beginning of the Covid-19 Pandemic, trying to figure out offering online classes. I'll have to consider shooting the Form again with a fixed camera. It's always a good exercise to see how I've changed...or not 🙂. I do sahave the form recorded indoors but sadly with the same Pivo camera, recorded about the same time. Nothing beats a live camera operator or just sticking to a fixed camera angle. take care, Randy
