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David Carradine's AM & PM Tai Chi Workout for Beginners


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    AM Relaxing the mind is essential to achieving total health. Unfortunately, busy and stressful lives causes tension that hinders our ability to unwind and fully relax. David Carradine will show you how to use the proven techniques of Tai Chi to totally relax your mind while also getting a satisfying full body workout. This is accomplished by Tai Chi movements that rest the mind yet strengthen and work the muscles. Additional exercises will clear the mind, relieve stress and pull the energy of the active mind into the lower abdomen, the body s natural energy source. This thirty- minute program will fully prepare you for meaningful relaxation the key to achieve Peace of Mind. PM Let David Carradine energize your body with the soothing, flowing movements of Tai Chi. This ancient physical art form uses stretching, deep breathing and invigorating circular motion to gently awaken and loosen your entire body. As your body slowly warms, carefully designed moves will tone and strengthen muscles. You will also clear and relax the mind while stimulating and increasing your natural energy flow. This thirty- minute program will enlighten the senses and refresh the spirit. Your entire body will enjoy a complete workout that energizes and refreshes.


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    Great Starter Tai-Chi Program2010-01-195 / 5
    I would encourage anyone interested in or practicing Tai-Chi to try this DVD.
    I started my journey into Tai-Chi about five years ago when I came across this DVD at the library. At the time I had a "frozen" left shoulder, with which I had about 15% mobility. I couldn't put my belt on without pain, couldn't do a lot of things like get out of bed easily and so on. I had undergone the cortisone shot treatment and physical therapy for about one and a half years.
    Within two days of performing the simple exercises as done in this easy to follow DVD I began to experience a loosening up in my spine and shoulder. This really hooked me into doing the AM exercises which are mild, easy to do, and yet very relaxing, soothing and productive. One really does not know that one is working out; in the usual sense.
    With this DVD and most Tai-Chi work outs one doesn't strain muscles pull ligaments or over extend any joints.
    This DVD is excellent for beginners because its exercises -- though based on Tai-Chi principles and forms -- are so simple that one doesn't need weeks of training to perform them. One isn't immersed in hours of theory or history. One simply begins and in so doing one begins to immediatley get better. I have now about 99% mobility in my arm, and overall I am in excellent health. I quit this program after two years and have moved on to more challenging Tai-Chi programs. Still, I do refer back to both the AM and PM program because many of the moves used are basic to T'ai Chi.
    This program is an excellent place to start, as well as a good reference point for future Tai-Chi endeavors.
    New to Tai Chi2009-10-164 / 5
    This video good for beginners because it is easy to follow along with. The only issue I have is with the production(?) It is a bit too "aquarian age" for me. This would be natural given David Carridine's age at the time of filming. Other than that it is a nice "doable" Tai Chi routine,
    Perfect short workout2009-10-075 / 5
    I get a really good stretch from these 30 min workouts. The music and instructor are the reasons i can get my mind to focus....if only for 30mins.
    Not all I was hoping for2009-06-152 / 5
    Was disappointed in this video, as it contains very little actual work-out time. Also, the first of the two work-outs wasn't sufficiently challenging, & the second, while more challenging, was impossible to follow (half the movements aren't explained, & the camera angle changes too often).
    Short, clear and inspiring2009-04-065 / 5
    This is a really excellent system for getting the benefits out of Tai Chi practice without the long training it requires to master the full form. The genius of this program is that it distills the main movements into a few easily mastered stances and forms, which can be done in a smallest room. The concentrated repetition of these selected forms, at least in theory, provides tenfold the health benefit of an ordinary Tai Chi practice, which is as much an art-form as exercise. This program is not for those who want to learn the real form, it for those who want to get the mind/body benefits Tai Chi quickly.

    There are warm-up excercises and a chi-gong routine included, which makes this DVD a valuable health tool.

    The video is extremely well put together, backdrop and music very tasteful and help to create a meditative environment. The inset alternate views of Arnold Tayam are very helpful. David's narration is excellent, this is where his acting skills come in very handy.

    The DVD contains a lot of useless material as well, like the David Carradine interview, which has nothing to do with Tai Chi or Chi Gong and where he comes across as rather conceited; a few of his songs (you might enjoy them as likely as not) and some of his stills in various silk cheongsams, which, unless you want to print and frame them, are pretty useless. We see some of these great outfits in the video anyway. One useful inclusion is an audio guided visualization, which is a good way to end the program and deepen the relaxation stage achived with the program.

    Another thing, is to pay attention to what Arnold Tayam is doing, rather than David, who for some reason gets most of the moves wrong. Luckily, Tayam is prominent in the program, and there is no problem catching him doing all the moves. His expertise will be obvious to you from the start.

    If you like Chinese philosophy, don't have time for taking a tai chi class, have a small practice area and are interested improve your health and mood, this if for you.

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