Bundle: Tai Chi Martial Applications book & Yang-Style Tai Chi DVD by Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming

in this dvd the Doctor emphasizes the longer staff, I also have the "Shaolin Staff Basic Sequences" wherethe Doctor focuses on the shorter qi mei gun. the Doctor lectures and demonstrates...then the Doctorsstudents demonstrate....if they make mistakes the Doctor will remedy them.

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Good insight to some applications. Tai Chi as with other arts actually has unlimited attacks and defenses.This will open you eyes to some attacks and defenses and allow you to expand on your own as start practicing these. Most teachers either do not know how to do these or do much more than the form.Most teachers teach Tai Chi just for health but there is so much more to know.

The media could not be loaded.  This video is more amazing than what I thought it would be. In the kung fu style I practice, there's staff sliding in the form. To me, since my Si Jo comes from a family of combat specialists due to their profession of old school escorts and bodyguards, then undergoing intensive training at Shaolin for ten years, his development of the style comes from a combat specialist mentality, it's a highly applicable combat style. To me there's a reason why he included the sliding in the form.In the attempt to understand why the staff slides in my style form, I became more interested in learning and strengthening my staff sliding first, rather than the general popular route it seems people take in immediately learning spinning the staff. I'm more interested in the slide of my style form in combat application.Your video includes an immense amount of staff sliding exercises. When I saw the preview trailer, I immediately knew in doing the exercises, I will get to "know" my staff better by improving my tactile sense of the staff in my hands. And when I finally saw the video, I was right.In addition, these exercises have all the basis needed to make learning staff spinning a whole lot easier when I finally decide to learn staff spinning.I bought this video (even though it's from a different style but connected through Shaolin) to study and strengthen in the style I practice.I highly recommend this video.I haven't found any other source that compiles this type of information about this subject into one source.Thank you

This is a fine DVD for anyone into long staff training.In empty hand training, we work on our stances, we drill our blocks, we drill our strikes, we drill our kicks. We create a solid foundation and develop the techniques which launch from that pedestal, this is key to success.For long staff training, or really any weapon training, you will find that this DVD is an excellent collection of exercises to build strength, coordination, and good rooting. Static and moving drills are explained and then demonstrated, both by Dr. Yang and, for variety and as teaching examples, several of his students.The intention seems to be to develop substance and content in the use of the staff, as opposed to learning pretty solo forms. (No forms/katas are taught in this DVD, but there are other DVDs available from YMAA which do teach staff forms. If you already practice a staff form, these exercises may add more substance to your practice.)My background in Chinese internal martial arts includes Hsing Yi Chuan, and one thing I remember about the style was how simple and even boring it might appear (Hence the old Hsing Yi proverb: "It is not pretty, but it works!"). I will compare staff training from this DVD to what I did the most in Hsing Yi - drilling a few simple yet versatile techniques and strikes, drilling my footwork, drilling both together, and then, much later, eventually applying it in the solo and partner forms. (My teacher did not even show me "Linking" until I had been training in basics for about 18 months)My point is that I was already gaining some competence in my art from doing nothing but basic training, and, by the same logic, these exercises would make anyone’s staff technique strong and coordinated, with or without practicing a form. The student will be comfortable swinging the staff, and strong and precise in striking and blocking with it. These are things you can apply to whatever style of long staff you may wish to practice, and will only enhance your abilities with any other weapons you may care to study..

Hello,I have purchased the ,"STAFF 2-DVD bundle" with ASIN# B01MZ05MLG, "Beginner Tai Chi bundle" with ASIN# B00N40ZFOO, and "Tai Chi Martial Applications bundle" with ASIN# B01LYJMX4J.I chose the YMAA website as a reference for my selections, as it is organized well and sufficiently details each product.I have yet to watch the entirety of the 6 DVDs and 3 books, though from briefly glancing through the books and DVDs and initiating my study with the "Tai Chi Qigong" book and DVD, I notice constancy throughout Dr. Yang's material.Dr. Yang's material is detailed and organized. The book's illustrations host direction arrows and brief expository captions. Dr. Yang speaks clearly with a distinct Chinese accent. The DVDs host useful captions when Dr. Yang speaks providing clarity while adapting to a Chinese accent.I have spent approximately $150 for these three bundles and consider this a worthy investment as Dr. Yang's material is concise and professionally published.This is a cumulative review encompassing all three bundles.Thank you,Satisfied Amazon and YMAA Customer Bundle: Tai Chi Martial Applications book & DVD by Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming **Bestseller** Beginner Tai Chi Bundle: STAFF 2-DVD bundle - Staff Fundamentals DVD and Shaolin Staff Sequence (YMAA) Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming

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amazing product!!!

any dvd, book, or course by YMAA and Dr. Yang is priceless and well worth the expense.

The extent of the material is excellent. However, the quality of the DVD is very poor. Very difficult to work with this DVD. No detailed instructions, no slow-motion demonstrations, no detailed demonstration how to hold/grip the staff or how to change the grip. Using slow-motion software does not help a lot, as the DVD resolution is very low. It looks like this was a convert from analog movie to DVD. Unfortunately not much competitive offers available.

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