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Título: Step by Step Tai Chi with Tiffany Chen
Formato: DVD
Condición: Nuevo
Número de discos: 1
Fecha de produccion: 05/08/2012
Género: Ejercicio y fitness
Actores: Tiffany Chen
Director: James Wvinner
Idioma: Unqualified
Tiempo de ejecución: 1 hour and 28 minutes
Código de región: DVD: 1
Marca: Acacia
Calificación por edades: MPAA Not Rated
Descripción: PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Martial arts champion Tiffany Chen leads this low-impact workout designed for all ages. Bonuses: continuous loop option, mirrored instruction view, dual audio tracks.

AMAZON
An old tradition meets new technology in Step by Step Tai Chi, a user-friendly, 88-minute (plus bonus material) program presented by martial arts champ Tiffany Chen. Also known as tai chi chuan, this "internal" or "soft" martial art has been around for a couple hundred years, and while it has steadily grown in popularity in the West, its still often demeaned as an "elderly persons exercise"--a notion that Chen aims to dispel, while emphasizing the use of tai chi to effectively relax, clear the mind, sharpen focus, and increase self-awareness. The practice she demonstrates, known as the "Yang style short form," consists of some 60 movements, organized here into eleven segments. Some of the movements have poetically descriptive names ("White Crane Spreads its Wing," "Retreat to Mountain Camp for Rematch," "Step Back to Drive the Monkey Away"), while others are more prosaic; virtually all of them are slow, involving subtle shifts of weight and balance, small steps forward and back and side to side, and graceful arm and hand movements. Chens instruction is good--clear, concise, and free of frills--but perhaps most impressive is the use of a variety of DVD features. The program can be viewed with the instruction turned off; the use of "mirrored" instruction is optional as well, and while each of the eleven segments is repeated twice (from slightly different angles and with different instructions each time) before moving on to the next, users can also opt for the continuous "loop" feature, in which a given segment is repeated indefinitely. Thats a good thing, as these movements are not easy; whats more, on initial viewing they dont seem so different from one another, so watching them again and again isnt merely useful, its vital. All in all, it may be that no fitness video, especially one devoted to a practice as subtle as tai chi, can take the place of actual, in-person instruction, but Step by Step Tai Chi is undoubtedly the next best thing. --Sam Graham

REVIEW
An excellent example of good training technique and is a beautiful addition to any tai chi library. -- New Age Retailer

Worth much more than the retail price of $19.99 -- Journal of Asian Arts

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