Introduction to the Ving Chi Tai Chi Chair Form for practicing Tai Chi and Qigong
from a chair or seated position.
This form of Tai Chi is great for:
Those in a wheelchair
Seniors
Stroke, Parkinsons, osteoporosis, arthritis, fibromyalgia and many other ailments
Mediation
At home or the office For more information, got to www.VingChi.com
I’ve learned tai chi forms from two different schools -one was the late Erle Montaigue’s Yang style, and the other was Feng Zhiqiang’s Hunyuan chen style -both were very meticulous about the forms but both also taught qigong, zhan zhuang, other supplementary exercises (e.g. fangsong gong, jiben gong etc…) and push hands. If your tai chi school only teaches forms, you’re probably not at a very good school, and your definitely not learning how to apply the forms in a self-defence context.
The thing I loved about the branch of Erle’s tai chi that I was at was the fact that EVERY lesson had push-hands -it was simply a given, because developing the structure and maintaining your centreline and ‘peng’ under pressure can take years -(I haven’t done it nearly long enough).
Starting with the basic one-armed push hands…
The potential for advanced push hands…
