Category: Videos

  • Tai Chi Video In The 2018 Festival Of Recorded Movement

    Tai Chi Video In The 2018 Festival Of Recorded Movement

    In 2018, the Festival of Recorded Movement, F-O-R-M, held its annual festival and presented the short films submitted by the various commissioned artists.

    One of the submissions entered in this Canadian festival was from artist Jennifer Su, which mainly featured Tai Chi in her short film. It was aptly titled “Wave Hands Like Clouds”.

    Filmed in Toronto, Canada, this video features a number of local practitioners from local Tai Chi schools and clubs as well as individual performers.

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    “As sunlight fills Grange Park on a weekday morning, building cranes cut across the sky while young professionals speed through the park’s paths on their way to work. A small boombox projects the peaceful sounds of Tai Chi music, setting the pace for a group of lively seniors who meet for both exercise and friendship, always followed by breakfast together. At another corner, a young artist concentrates on moving chi throughout their body….”

    Partial quote from the description on the video’s YouTube page. [/quote]

    The creation of the film was made possible with support from the 2018 F-O-R-M Commissioning Funds, in partnership with Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society, Company 605 (Vancouver) and Charles st. Video (Toronto).

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  • Artistic Underwater Video Of Tai Chi

    Artistic Underwater Video Of Tai Chi

    This is a beautifully filmed and choreographed video of Tai Chi being performed underwater.

    The movements of the performers in the video reflect the Chinese swordplay movies such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. If you liked this video, check out this other video of Tai Chi being performed underwater!

  • Tai Chi Amongst The Clouds

    Tai Chi Amongst The Clouds

    As part of the Spring Festival Gala show for celebrations across China, three practitioners of the art of Tai Chi Chuan perform this ancient martial art and health amongst the clouds. They displayed the flowing dynamic movements that characterize the movements of what is now officially a cultural heritage on top of highest skyscrapers in three of China’s major cities of Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Chongqing.

    Tai Chi is fast becoming a mainstream form of exercise for physical and mental health. One of the things that make this unique as this type of exercise is that it can be easily adjusted to suit people of different physical abilities and health issues.

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  • Woman Documents Her Tai Chi Practice During Pregnancy

    Woman Documents Her Tai Chi Practice During Pregnancy

    A wonderful video we came across from YouTube user Misscatanna of a woman documenting her practicing Tai Chi for each month that she was pregnant. She filmed short video clips of her practicing Tai Chi each month. As the video progresses, we see in each clip, a larger “baby bump” than the previous clip. At the very end of the video is a wonderful surprise!

    Practicing Tai Chi while being pregnant is perfectly safe. For the mother to be, it is both relaxing and strengthening for both the body and mind. The movements will have to be modified as the pregnancy develops to suit the individual needs of the practitioner. Be sure to check with your doctor before starting to learn Tai Chi while being pregnant, and find a quality Tai Chi instructor to help guide you

    Below is a DVD about Tai Chi for the expecting mother . Click on the image to see more!

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  • African Students Learn Tai Chi While In China

    African Students Learn Tai Chi While In China

    Five African students in Cangzhou, China learn Tai Chi in this video from GLOBALink. The international students from Tanzania, Cameroon, Togo, Rwanda, and the Congo are studying at the Cangzhou Technical College in the northern China province of Hebei.

    The students expressed that they wish to bring their passion for Tai Chi back to their home countries in Africa and share the art by teaching others.

    “I think I can bring Tai Chi back to my country. For me, I am more close to children. So I think I can open some clubs for them to practice Tai Chi and to teach them the benefits of Tai Chi.”

    ~ Hounkpati Akouete Julien

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  • David Beckham Learns About Tai Chi

    David Beckham Learns About Tai Chi

    David Beckham, who is AIA’s Global Ambassador, recently had the chance to learn about the art of Tai Chi. Beckham is most well know for his fame on the soccer pitch in his earlier years. Si-fu Julian and Master Tsu teach David Beckham about the benefits of practicing Tai Chi while he was visiting Singapore.

    It will be interesting to see if David Beckham continues his interest in Tai Chi further and will take lessons to learn the art.

  • Tai Chi Under The Water

    Tai Chi Under The Water

    Have you ever tried practicing your Tai Chi under water? I don’t mean doing it in shoulder height water with your head above the surface, but completely under the water! In this wonderful video by the “People’s Daily”, a young girl, Long Jiaoer, performs Chen style Tai Chi underneath the water’s surface while being weighted down with lead weights beneath her clothes. Long Jiaoer, from Chengdu province, was the champion of Tai Chi Sword in the World Tai Chi Championships.

    Where is the strangest place you have practiced your Tai Chi?

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  • Tai Chi in MacGyver Commercial

    Tai Chi in MacGyver Commercial

    During the late 1980’s and the early 1990’s, the television show “MacGyver” was very popular. The series starred American actor Richard Dean Anderson. He became well known in the United States and internationally due to the success of the TV show. As a result of his fame, Anderson has appeared in numerous commercials promoting various products.

    The Vitalon Foods Company of Taiwan produced a series of advertisements to promote their vitamin enriched sports beverage, Super Supau, and they chose Richard Dean Anderson as their spokesperson because of his tremendous popularity in Taiwan as MacGyver.

    Five commercials were produced, featuring several different sports or adventures including bicycling, repairing a jeep, rescuing a speed boat, tai chi, and jogging. In addition, a clip for Taiwanese television featured a behind-the-scenes glimpse during the filming of the commercials.

    Quote from Richard Dean Anderson Website

    It is always interesting to find Tai Chi being featured in movies or on television, especially when being performed by the main actors. Check out some of the other examples that we have found by clicking here: Tai Chi in Film and Television

    If you have found any appearances of Tai Chi in film or television we would like to know!

  • Tai Chi Becoming More Popular With Iranian Women

    Tai Chi Becoming More Popular With Iranian Women

    The art of Tai Chi has been becoming more popular across the world in recent years. Whether one learns it for health, meditation, a style of martial art, or just for social activity, more people are making Tai Chi a part of their lives.

    In the last few years Tai Chi has become more popular amongst the population of Iran, with regular classes and Tai Chi students even taking part in local and international competitions. Of particular note though, the art is gaining a wider popularity with the women of Iran.

    The Chinese martial art of Tai Chi is popular all over the world. In Iran, it has been gaining traction in recent years, mainly among women. In a country where segregation of the sexes is prevalent, especially in sports, Tai Chi is being practised outdoors in mixed groups.

    Quote From YouTube Page

  • 10 Guiding Principles For Tai Chi By T. T. Liang

    10 Guiding Principles For Tai Chi By T. T. Liang

    T. T. Liang (1900 – 2002) gives a talk on his 10 guiding principles for Tai Chi from his book “T’ai Chi Ch’uan for Health and Self-Defense”. This was filmed at the annual Zhang San Feng festival when he was 96 years old.

    Above video was curated from Zhong Ding Tai Chi Youtube channel.

    T. T. Liang was a popular Tai Ch teacher in the United States. He was a senior disciple of the famous Cheng Man Ching, as well he studied with various teachers. After moving to the United States from Taiwan in 1964, he had taught Tai Chi for many years in Boston. When T.T. Liang retired from teaching at his school in Boston, he moved to St. Cloud, Minnesota in 1981 where he continued to teach.

    Below is the book “T’ai Chi Ch’uan for Health and Self-Defense”, which T.T. Liang wrote in 1974.
    Click on the image to see more about this great book!