Chen Style Tai Chi: Part 1

Video Transcript

"So first we're going to go to the beginning of the Tai Chi form, Chen style Tai Chi, 18-movement form. And I'll quickly demonstrate a movement and I'll have an assistant come, and we'll give some ideas as to how these movements can be applied. Again, these are just suggestions, they are not necessarily the only - certainly not the only application possibilities for any of these movements. And it's generally stated in Tai Chi that you shouldn't focus too much on your application because - certainly not on single applications for any form because it will tend to take one's mind off of the number of possibilities for each form. So eventually, a practitioner would want to be able to be completely free in their use of the form, and not limited to any single application or any idea of an application. So, Tai Chi beginning form. So now I'll have my assistant. You come in and grab my shirt. So this is just one possibility for this movement. If you can bring - put your hands back up. So I can stick to the opponent's arms and come down on top of his hands, controlling him throughout."