Tai Chi Videos

Videos are best used as supplements to actual face to face instruction. If you can't find a local instructor, we can help you find one of the many weekend workshops offered all over the US and the world. These workshops are often lead by world class masters and are often an excellent place to find and meet local instructors... Just submit your email above to join TheTaiChiSite.com Tai Chi Workshops newsletter. See also our list of Tai Chi Books

• EasyTaichi - This is the video I most recommend to beginners, seniors and people with health issues. The most important factors for novices learning from a video are that (a) the video be user friendly, and (b) that the form it teaches be both easy and convenient to practice in a small space. The Easy Tai Chi video was designed with these two criteria specifically in mind. Once you have mastered the EasyTaiChi video I recommend that you graduate to Dr. Lam's videos.
• T'ai Chi for Older Adults - by Dr. Paul Lam. Tai Chi workout specifically geared toward older adults.. but good its good not only for seniors, but also for beginners. 110-minute video. The instructions are given slowly with lots of repetition. Presented to make the moves are easy to learn, remember, and practice. Includes an explanation of Tai Chi, warm-up exercises, five standard movements, four additional movements for progression, and a breathing exercise for relaxation.
• Tai Chi Exercises for Seniors - by Bob Klein. Klein speaks clearly... and keeps everything easy and simple.
• T'ai Chi for Arthritis - by Dr. Paul Lam. (English Version, Spanish Version, Mandarin Chinese Version, DVD Version with all three languages plus French) Dr. Lam teaches 12 movements of Sun style (Commencing form, opening and closing hands, single whip, wave hands, opening and closing hands, brush knee, playing the lute, parry and punch, repulse monkey, push the mountain, opening and closing hands, close). Dr. Lam first demonstrates the movement, then it teaches it to a student/instructor, then they demonstrate it together (one facing front and the other back), then the student/instructor performs the movement, and finally a group of students demonstrates the movement together with the previous learnt ones. At the end Dr. Lam demonstrates the set from the front and the back view. Includes qigong breathing exercises and stretching. Great for Arthritis, Seniors, and Limited Abilities (Injuries) too. A brief history of the Sun style of Tai Chi is also included.
  • When you are finished with this one you can graduate to Tai Chi for Arthritis Part 2 by Dr. Paul Lam.
  • Also if you buy the videos, you should also buy Dr. Lam's book on the same subject: Overcoming Arthritis: How to Relieve Pain and Restore Mobility Through a Unique Tai Chi Program by Paul Lam and Judith Horstman
• T'ai Chi in a Chair: Easy 15-Minute Routines for Beginners - by Cynthia W. Quarta. Originally designed for the elderly, these adaptations of traditional tai chi exercises are simple and straightforward while retaining all of the important health benefits of the original movements. Simple stretches you can do anywhere-at your desk, on your couch, or even in your car. Includes one complete routine and five 15-minute mini-routines. - Special bonus chapter on acupressure points.
• Tai Chi for Diabetes - by Dr. Paul Lam "Designed to help prevent & control diabetes". Done in sponsorship with Diabetes Australia.
• Qigong for Health - by Dr. Paul Lam. 60-minute tape starts with an introduction covering the history of qigong and breathing techniques, followed with a a thorough warm-up for the entire body (you need a chair to assist with balance.). Then is goes on to preparation and a review of body alignment followed by the postures and the movements. Includes tips for relaxing and cleansing the mind, breathing from the diaphragm, and aligning the posture. It ends with winding-down exercises to loosen the body and "wash your qi." The warm up, the Qi Gong routine and then winding down exercises can all be done in less than 15 minutes. The tape also includes are individual comments from students speaking about their own health benefit experiences from Qi Gong including: improved sleep, reduced stress, improved health, clarity and tranquility.
• Scott Cole's Discover Tai Chi - Back Care with Booklet - by Scott Cole. Teaches a 15 form Tai chi that is done in a very small area with an emphasis on back care. The forms include: Bending Bear, Brush Push, Beautiful Woman Turns Her Waist, Fighting Tiger, Needle at the Bottom of the Sea, Playing the Pi Pa, Reeling Silk, Wave Hands Like Clouds, Snake Creeps Down, and White Stork Spreads its Wings.