Only just found you on youTube Dave, 10 months late! So refreshing to see a no-nonsense, down-to-earth, step-by-step approach uncluttered by much of the archain mumbo-jumbo that often comes with so many of the training videos. Just enough application, just enough explanation and no illusions portrayed as to how this will save your life in a street fight. Thank you for your alacrity David. (Avidly watching each video now....)
Barry so glad you found us too! If you hear in one of the videos that we might not keep this series available, just ignore it. So many people requested that I give them more time to study it that I decided "Of course!" so it will stay up permanently.
Thanks David, I enjoy tai-chi with whoever's taking the lesson. And thanks for talking through empty step. I also think its impressive how it's exercise without being out of breath and stretching is done also .
Thank you so much for posting these. I love your teaching style and how you cover the foot movement then the hands. This is the only way I can absorb everything that is going on with each movement.
Day 4 excellent. Really enjoyed your discussion of the upper hand... Thanks for adding the Monday recap and look forward to more integration of the longer form.
I am a bit late to the party by about a couple of years since these were originally posted but wanted to let you know I am now doing this every week day & I love the focus of learning something move by move before going to work and really looking forward to the recaps too. I knew it would be a suggestion & glad its on day 4 as I find my way. Thankyou David & Cherry Blossom studios (my favourite tree, I had 3 that used to flower outside my bedroom window as a child and is always my happy place) Kind Regards Sam (England) 🌸
Thank You SIfu! I really appreciate it You have thaught me a lot in Tai Chi Movement, I actually was attacked and used Tai Chi to defend my self could not thank you enough for saving my life
So looking forward to the Monday recap episode...I keep playing the individual video's over again to get a better idea of the moves as I seem to forget them quite quickly...Really am enjoying this series and will definitely go and look up more of your video's. Thanks again..Kath
Thanks very much for putting these videos on I’m really enjoying them, and learning a new thing. Should the movements of the form becomes non-conscious reaction like walking or using a knife and fork, or should all the movements be conscious i.e. Thought about? The reason I ask is that it takes me a long time to be happy that I have memorised the movements correctly and by that point I find myself being lost within the movements but I’m unsure of whether that’s correct. Thanks very much Jay
I would find it very helpful if you had a video of you joining the steps together at the end of each video or at least every few days so I can see how it looks all together. thanks
Day 4 as with the others view multiple times, each time a bit more understanding. For the few of us who are duckpin shaped (bowling term) an empty stance is tricky particularly if you've let yourself become wider than you are tall. Effectively one is standing on one leg... for me its easy to stand on my right leg than my left. In fact I can't stand at all on just my left so some weight ends up on the "empty" right foot... Hopefully that's ok until I redistribute or lose some weight... Even so, this is great fun, it does help with the energy, and maybe someday I can do it sort of like david.. ha! This is jolly good stuff David.
Hi Robin - every Sunday I do a review of the movements we've learned in the preceding week, and then I've also made a whole run-through demo video for both sections 1 & 2: Check them out here: ruclips.net/video/uK78olV4Mrw/видео.html and ruclips.net/video/NiNeinO1uDw/видео.html . Hope you like them - and thanks for watching!
Just found these (thank you for this vast treasure trove of free videos!!) and I'm hoping by the end of 100 days I have a little of this figured out...so far it seems very complicated but I am hopeful the Monday recaps will help. I am one of those unfortunate people who is incredibly challenged by right and left (annoying as hell, let me tell you). Does it actually matter which side I am doing a move on?
Again, Mr. Ross, your way of explaining the movements is fantastic. I’ve tried other instructors, and had a really hard time following. I am finding myself being able to follow you quite well. Thanks a lot! Quick question: is there a better time to practice tai chi? E.g. in certain styles of yoga it is best to allow at least two hours after a meal. Is it OK to do tai chi right after lunch, for example? Thank you 🙏☺️
TruthVibes88 Thank you so much - so glad you’re enjoying the videos! This music was some actually really nice royalty free music, but now I can’t remember the name of it (its been a while since I made this series). Let me see if I can find the original track - I should have put it in the show description.
If this is the tai-chi fightingstance then what would be the "tai-chi jab"? Or phrased differently, what would be the most basic tecnique a tai-chi person would use to defend themself in a fight (if it have already escaletad to physical violence)?
This is a really good question, Simon. The answer may help put some of the other structural aspects of Tai Chi into perspective. Tai Chi doesn't use a "jab" kind of approach to fighting. Instead, Tai Chi is responsive and close-range. In other words, the Tai Chi "fighter" would wait - keeping the distance until there was an opening to get in close and "grapple." However, the Tai Chi method is not like wrestling either - it's most closely akin to Aikido. Tai Chi uses the application of leverage to throw the opponent.
Short and sweet session...form almost like "playing the pipa". Thanks for planning to add a weekly recap and 103 forms in sections! Technical comment. My eyes are failing me or the videos seem to be slightly out of focus. Not related to depth of field cause everything in video (foreground, background, and everything in between) is out of focus.
Hey Al - I know... there is something weird going on with the focus of the camera. I'll keep playing with it, but I'm also waiting on a new camera that is finally coming, and will be soooooo much better than what I'm using now. But not to get too spoiled, if I had had this good of a picture 5 years ago it would have been a miracle!
Hi David. Question - what is the proper order? For instance, the second video in this series (if I go in the order they are presented when I subscribed) is The Fighting Stance, but on the thumbnail and when the video starts and it says it's Day 4? So, which order is the correct one (or doesn't it matter?) Thank you for this series - I've been wanting to learn Tai Chi for years now!
Tim Zuellig Hi Tim - yes the playlist order seemed to get junked each time I added a new lesson. But for the most part, the proper order is to look for the next day in the series - or the next day that shows up. We did take a few breaks for holidays, tech glitches and unforeseen family stuff. You’ve given me a nudge to go back and make sure the order is consecutive tho ! Hope that helps - and I hope you enjoy the series!
Hi Leslie - great question. In the final position, yes the hands and feet are roughly mirror images of each other. But the development of the two is different. In Raise Hands the hands move towards each other horizontally - from the sides. For Pi'pa the hands come together vertically - from above and below.
Good morning Simon! The stance is the same - an empty step - and the final hand positions are nearly the same as well. The difference is how the hands fall into place. In Play Pi'pa, the hands travel vertically- for what is known as a 'vertical closing." In this move, however, the hands move horizontally into place and this is called (drum roll, please) a "horizontal closing!"
Tai chi technically doesn't teach a fighting stance which is why it's not the best system for martial application. That stance with leading hand and foot is santi shi from xingyiquan.
I gather that you wanted to get across the idea of a weightless leg, is why yo poo-poo Lift The Toe(s). But pointing up toes seems rigid, if you are relaxed foot and yet toes are "off the floor", the foot might stay on the floor and they might be lifted up. -Ernie Moore Jr. What is Toes Lifted Up talking about to you (what are you seeing the moves are; what do you think is involved), that your so strong to not use it, I might wonder.-Ernie Moore Jr.
Day 4 done! :) I love the idea of Monday recap.Thank you, David.
Just begun the 100 day of Tai Chi and I can not wait until the next day to tie more moves to the sequence! Love it
Only just found you on youTube Dave, 10 months late! So refreshing to see a no-nonsense, down-to-earth, step-by-step approach uncluttered by much of the archain mumbo-jumbo that often comes with so many of the training videos. Just enough application, just enough explanation and no illusions portrayed as to how this will save your life in a street fight. Thank you for your alacrity David. (Avidly watching each video now....)
Barry so glad you found us too! If you hear in one of the videos that we might not keep this series available, just ignore it. So many people requested that I give them more time to study it that I decided "Of course!" so it will stay up permanently.
Thanks David, I enjoy tai-chi with whoever's taking the lesson. And thanks for talking through empty step. I also think its impressive how it's exercise without being out of breath and stretching is done also .
Day 4 check! Looking forward to the recap.
Thank you so much for posting these. I love your teaching style and how you cover the foot movement then the hands. This is the only way I can absorb everything that is going on with each movement.
tai-chi exercises . I am doing it with you and they are very effective and helpful for my back pain and shoulder pain. Thank u much from USA
I'm so glad it's helpful!
Day 4 excellent. Really enjoyed your discussion of the upper hand... Thanks for adding the Monday recap and look forward to more integration of the longer form.
Thank you Dorian you helped me fulfill my dream of learning tai chi I went to classes for years and I learn from you faster
I am a bit late to the party by about a couple of years since these were originally posted but wanted to let you know I am now doing this every week day & I love the focus of learning something move by move before going to work and really looking forward to the recaps too. I knew it would be a suggestion & glad its on day 4 as I find my way. Thankyou David & Cherry Blossom studios (my favourite tree, I had 3 that used to flower outside my bedroom window as a child and is always my happy place) Kind Regards Sam (England) 🌸
Day 4: Yes, “en garde” one of my favorites.
Merci, c'est juste ce qu'il me fallait pour ( re travailler) cette forme en détail. God job !
Thank You SIfu! I really appreciate it You have thaught me a lot in Tai Chi Movement, I actually was attacked and used Tai Chi to defend my self could not thank you enough for saving my life
You've made taichi so understandable.. You are great. Thank you sir!
I love it. Like all your videos, gives a nice chance to let the day fall away... Today needed to fall away...
So looking forward to the Monday recap episode...I keep playing the individual video's over again to get a better idea of the moves as I seem to forget them quite quickly...Really am enjoying this series and will definitely go and look up more of your video's. Thanks again..Kath
Aaaaahhhh. :-) So glad that this short video could give you a little "escape." It's nice to hear.
Thank you kindly. Enjoying the journey!
Great stuff David. Thank you. 👍 😊
Thanks very much for putting these videos on I’m really enjoying them, and learning a new thing. Should the movements of the form becomes non-conscious reaction like walking or using a knife and fork, or should all the movements be conscious i.e. Thought about?
The reason I ask is that it takes me a long time to be happy that I have memorised the movements correctly and by that point I find myself being lost within the movements but I’m unsure of whether that’s correct.
Thanks very much Jay
follow up question. like playing the pipa, does the right hand align with the right foot and the right elbow with the right knee?
You got it! :-)
Hi there, have been following the 100 days. Would you have a video with a complete review of all the 103 moves?
I would find it very helpful if you had a video of you joining the steps together at the end of each video or at least every few days so I can see how it looks all together. thanks
Day 4 as with the others view multiple times, each time a bit more understanding. For the few of us who are duckpin shaped (bowling term) an empty stance is tricky particularly if you've let yourself become wider than you are tall. Effectively one is standing on one leg... for me its easy to stand on my right leg than my left. In fact I can't stand at all on just my left so some weight ends up on the "empty" right foot... Hopefully that's ok until I redistribute or lose some weight... Even so, this is great fun, it does help with the energy, and maybe someday I can do it sort of like david.. ha! This is jolly good stuff David.
Love this! Thank you!❤
Thank you for the 100 days of Tai Chi . . . I'm on Day 4!
thanks for making my summer exercize :))
2:04 is where its performed from the audience perspective
Good Morning I been watching on our tv and cant comment. x
Day 4 achieved 👍 thanks David
Great!
Great instruction. Do you show a combination of moves under a different title?
Hi Robin - every Sunday I do a review of the movements we've learned in the preceding week, and then I've also made a whole run-through demo video for both sections 1 & 2: Check them out here: ruclips.net/video/uK78olV4Mrw/видео.html and ruclips.net/video/NiNeinO1uDw/видео.html . Hope you like them - and thanks for watching!
Just found these (thank you for this vast treasure trove of free videos!!) and I'm hoping by the end of 100 days I have a little of this figured out...so far it seems very complicated but I am hopeful the Monday recaps will help. I am one of those unfortunate people who is incredibly challenged by right and left (annoying as hell, let me tell you). Does it actually matter which side I am doing a move on?
Is it possible to do mirror imaging moves for us. I know the form but I am always on the opposite foot from you.????
INNIT!! really getting annoyed at that
@@teyodumurz sounds like a personal problem.!!!! I know a lot of people who like the mirror imaging.
LOVING this! 💜🙏
Thank you DDR👍🏻
Great and thank you!.
It would also be helpful to review the step from the day before at the start of each class.
This is so good, thank you so much.
Great vid as always. Question, do i need specific inhale exhale timing ? Or it doest matter.
Thx
was wondering the same thing.. so thank you for asking!
Dear DDR: may I ask where you are recording from? I am so loving these sessions. Thank you!
Good instruction
excelenet .Gracias
Does anyone have the link to the moves linked together?
I would like this too.😊
Thank you.
Again, Mr. Ross, your way of explaining the movements is fantastic. I’ve tried other instructors, and had a really hard time following. I am finding myself being able to follow you quite well. Thanks a lot! Quick question: is there a better time to practice tai chi? E.g. in certain styles of yoga it is best to allow at least two hours after a meal. Is it OK to do tai chi right after lunch, for example? Thank you 🙏☺️
Are the hands positioned for a reason and the feet
👍👍Great👌👌
What is the reason for the hook?
Thanks for these great videos. What's the name of the music at beginning of video?
TruthVibes88 Thank you so much - so glad you’re enjoying the videos! This music was some actually really nice royalty free music, but now I can’t remember the name of it (its been a while since I made this series). Let me see if I can find the original track - I should have put it in the show description.
If this is the tai-chi fightingstance then what would be the "tai-chi jab"? Or phrased differently, what would be the most basic tecnique a tai-chi person would use to defend themself in a fight (if it have already escaletad to physical violence)?
This is a really good question, Simon. The answer may help put some of the other structural aspects of Tai Chi into perspective. Tai Chi doesn't use a "jab" kind of approach to fighting. Instead, Tai Chi is responsive and close-range. In other words, the Tai Chi "fighter" would wait - keeping the distance until there was an opening to get in close and "grapple." However, the Tai Chi method is not like wrestling either - it's most closely akin to Aikido. Tai Chi uses the application of leverage to throw the opponent.
Short and sweet session...form almost like "playing the pipa". Thanks for planning to add a weekly recap and 103 forms in sections! Technical comment. My eyes are failing me or the videos seem to be slightly out of focus. Not related to depth of field cause everything in video (foreground, background, and everything in between) is out of focus.
Hey Al - I know... there is something weird going on with the focus of the camera. I'll keep playing with it, but I'm also waiting on a new camera that is finally coming, and will be soooooo much better than what I'm using now. But not to get too spoiled, if I had had this good of a picture 5 years ago it would have been a miracle!
DDR, its not a show stopper!. So don't let it take you from other things you need to address. Just making sure my eyes are not the problem. ha.
Hi David. Question - what is the proper order? For instance, the second video in this series (if I go in the order they are presented when I subscribed) is The Fighting Stance, but on the thumbnail and when the video starts and it says it's Day 4? So, which order is the correct one (or doesn't it matter?) Thank you for this series - I've been wanting to learn Tai Chi for years now!
Tim Zuellig Hi Tim - yes the playlist order seemed to get junked each time I added a new lesson. But for the most part, the proper order is to look for the next day in the series - or the next day that shows up. We did take a few breaks for holidays, tech glitches and unforeseen family stuff. You’ve given me a nudge to go back and make sure the order is consecutive tho ! Hope that helps - and I hope you enjoy the series!
Thank you so much, David. Do you have a website with other materials? I've seen people mention DVDs?
"Step Out With the Upper Hand" ... looks a lot like a mirror image of "Playing The Pipa"
🎉made it to day 4 lol
Is Raise Hands position just like Play the Pipa, but on the opposite side?
Hi Leslie - great question. In the final position, yes the hands and feet are roughly mirror images of each other. But the development of the two is different. In Raise Hands the hands move towards each other horizontally - from the sides. For Pi'pa the hands come together vertically - from above and below.
@@DavidDorianRoss thanks!! So psyched to do the 100 days!
i can feel my knees getting stronger >:D
I have put on two comments but never had an answer from David.
I wonder if you were taught the name, Get-the-upper-hand or if that just a marketing-teaching device.-Ernie Moore Jr.
Is there a difference between this stance and "playing the pipa"?
Good morning Simon! The stance is the same - an empty step - and the final hand positions are nearly the same as well. The difference is how the hands fall into place. In Play Pi'pa, the hands travel vertically- for what is known as a 'vertical closing." In this move, however, the hands move horizontally into place and this is called (drum roll, please) a "horizontal closing!"
David-Dorian Ross thank you!
day 4
Tai chi technically doesn't teach a fighting stance which is why it's not the best system for martial application. That stance with leading hand and foot is santi shi from xingyiquan.
Hello, notice my previous comment has just..disappeared..no reply either, strange
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I gather that you wanted to get across the idea of a weightless leg, is why yo poo-poo Lift The Toe(s). But pointing up toes seems rigid, if you are relaxed foot and yet toes are "off the floor", the foot might stay on the floor and they might be lifted up. -Ernie Moore Jr.
What is Toes Lifted Up talking about to you (what are you seeing the moves are; what do you think is involved), that your so strong to not use it, I might wonder.-Ernie Moore Jr.
The name doesn't sound original Get The Upper Hand, yet the hands look practiced and authentic--Internal Martial Arts.-Ernie Moore Jr.