Tai Chi Quan (PE 147, Spring 2007)
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Handouts
24-Form: Names of postures and directional schematic for footwork.
24-Form: Names of Postures and 159 pictures illustrating the form
A List of Some Tai Chi Fundamentals
Brief Histories of Tai Chi excerpted from copyrighted books. If you would like a copy, please send me an email with your request.
A Brief History of Tai Chi (Seven Pages)
Another Brief History of Tai Chi,
T'ai Chi Classics
, Waysun Liao (Seven Printed Pages)
Electronic Resources
You-Tube Videos of the Simplified Yang 24-Form
My current favorite is titled: Tai Chi - Yang Simplified 24 Gracefully Performed
Chen Man Ching Performing portions of the Yang 108-Form:
Our pattern is derived mostly from this form.
You-Tube video of a Chen Style Tai Chi Pattern.
Note how much more martial and energetic this form appears.
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