Modified Tai Chi 8 Form For Health Coordination And Balance

Seated and Standing Tai Chi 8 form

What you'll learn

Become more focused

Improve coordination

Improve breathing

Lower ones blood pressure

Create a sense of calm

Gain more leg strength

Gain more flexibility

Improve one’s balance

Requirements

There are no skills necessary. The course will start out seated in a chair. For those who can stand it will progress to more movement.

Description

This course teaches the Tai Chi 8 form from both a standing and seated position. It is taught for health, balance and coordination. Health benefits : help one to focus, lower blood pressure, develop a sense of calm, gain leg strength, flexibility and balance.The seated posture helps to develop strength in one's core as one sits upright without leaning on the back of the chair. It is easier to learn the movements first in a chair. The eye hand coordination is strengthened as  well as synchronizing the upper limbs and lower limbs together. Synchronizing the movements is a more advanced teaching, but  crucial in learning the correct way from the beginning. The main warm up which is taught in the beginning will help one gain more flexibility and coordination which is crucial for balance. A complete practice video is provided for those who might find it difficult to stand at this time. That video will also include a warm up which will incorporate many of the smaller warm ups shown during some of the lessons. Of course the entire Tai Chi 8 form seated in a chair will be reviewed as a practice video for students.The foot work for turning side to side will be taught and each posture will be repeated three times. At the end of that section there will be videos showing the entire form from the side, front and back.The student will have a firm foundation of the Tai Chi 8 form taught for health, coordination and balance. They will have life time access to review the form for life.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 About the class

Section 2: Demonstration of the form

Lecture 2 The Tai Chi 8 form demonstration

Section 3: Warm Up

Lecture 3 Warm Up

Section 4: Commencement

Lecture 4 Opening Posture "Commencement"

Section 5: Repulse Monkey

Lecture 5 Repulse Monkey

Section 6: Modifications

Lecture 6 Modifications

Section 7: Brush Knee

Lecture 7 Brush Knee

Section 8: Part the Wild Horse's Mane

Lecture 8 Part the Horse's Mane

Section 9: Wave Hands like Clouds

Lecture 9 Wave Hands Like Clouds

Section 10: Golden Rooster Stands on One Leg

Lecture 10 Golden Rooster Stands on One Leg

Section 11: Cross Hands and Heel Kick

Lecture 11 Cross hands and heel kick

Section 12: Ward Off

Lecture 12 Ward Off

Section 13: Warm up and Full Seated Practice

Lecture 13 Warm up and Full Seated Practice

Section 14: Part Two

Lecture 14 Using the Feet in the Standing Form

Section 15: Standing Brush Knee

Lecture 15 Standing Brush Knee

Section 16: Part The Wild Horse's Mane

Lecture 16 Part the Wild Horse's Mane

Section 17: Standing Wave Hands Like Clouds

Lecture 17 Standing Wave Hands Like Clouds

Section 18: Standing Kicks

Lecture 18 Golden Rooster stands on one leg and Side Heel Kick

Lecture 19 Standing Kicks

Section 19: Ward Off Standing

Lecture 20 Ward off standing

Section 20: Painting a Rainbow-Closing

Lecture 21 Closing

Section 21: Silent Practice

Lecture 22 Closing form

This course is for anyone wanting to improve their health especially balance, also for those interested in learning a simplified Tai Chi form which takes up little room to do.