Company: China Hand Kung Fu Academy
Tape Name: Guang Ping Yang Tai Chi Chuan Applicaitions Volume 1 & 2
Tape Cost: $54.50
Length of Tape: 80 Minutes
Number of Moves/Techniques: I'm still counting them
Experiences in dealing with this company: Excellent
The Instructor: Mr Dominick Ruggieri
Company's Web Page: www.ChinaHandKungFu.com
After getting home from a long day at work I found my order had been fulfilled and this DVD made it successfully to my mailbox. I put it in the player and relaxed into the couch to watch.
The average Yang Tai Chi player will recognize Parry and Punch, however this Guang Ping style precedes it with the arms making a clearly defined 360 degree circle in front of the body, clearly outlining what could be a parry or neutralization. There is a clearly executed slow, fully extended kick whereas the other Yang styles just suggest it.
This is clearly a very martial version of Yang style Tai Chi Chuan.
The quality of this instructional DVD is very high with everything shown
3-5 times. It is definitely directed at teaching a person. It's not like they set up camera at a seminar and forgot about it.
Multiple options are demonstrated for repulse monkey and cloud hands as well as other postures. Many Yang stylists may already know these but I was surprised 2 or 3 times. I definitely saw a few things I had not seen before. The circular routes for all portions of cloud hands were explored and demonstrated. He explored all the circular routes in enlightening ways for both cloud hands and repulse monkey, as well as other Yang style postures.
The story about this is available by googling the phrase "guang ping", and several web sites come up that discuss the history of this style. They claim that when Master Cheng-fu was ordered by the government to come to Beijing and teach he taught a watered down version. I'm sure all the Tai Chi players on this board have heard this before from a variety of sources (Earl Montaigue of course).
However this is clearly an application oriented form where nothing is hidden or "suggested". It is clear.
Identifiable fit: Anyone practicing Yang style who wants some application demonstrations.
Here is a picture from the video:
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Tape Name: Guang Ping Yang Tai Chi Chuan Applicaitions Volume 1 & 2
Tape Cost: $54.50
Length of Tape: 80 Minutes
Number of Moves/Techniques: I'm still counting them
Experiences in dealing with this company: Excellent
The Instructor: Mr Dominick Ruggieri
Company's Web Page: www.ChinaHandKungFu.com
After getting home from a long day at work I found my order had been fulfilled and this DVD made it successfully to my mailbox. I put it in the player and relaxed into the couch to watch.
The average Yang Tai Chi player will recognize Parry and Punch, however this Guang Ping style precedes it with the arms making a clearly defined 360 degree circle in front of the body, clearly outlining what could be a parry or neutralization. There is a clearly executed slow, fully extended kick whereas the other Yang styles just suggest it.
This is clearly a very martial version of Yang style Tai Chi Chuan.
The quality of this instructional DVD is very high with everything shown
3-5 times. It is definitely directed at teaching a person. It's not like they set up camera at a seminar and forgot about it.
Multiple options are demonstrated for repulse monkey and cloud hands as well as other postures. Many Yang stylists may already know these but I was surprised 2 or 3 times. I definitely saw a few things I had not seen before. The circular routes for all portions of cloud hands were explored and demonstrated. He explored all the circular routes in enlightening ways for both cloud hands and repulse monkey, as well as other Yang style postures.
The story about this is available by googling the phrase "guang ping", and several web sites come up that discuss the history of this style. They claim that when Master Cheng-fu was ordered by the government to come to Beijing and teach he taught a watered down version. I'm sure all the Tai Chi players on this board have heard this before from a variety of sources (Earl Montaigue of course).
However this is clearly an application oriented form where nothing is hidden or "suggested". It is clear.
Identifiable fit: Anyone practicing Yang style who wants some application demonstrations.
Here is a picture from the video:
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