Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Pmn Distribution
• VHS Release Date: November 16, 1999
• Run Time: 58 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302817668
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #168,028 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars HORRIBLE FORM!!!!, April 4, 2005

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Touch Remedy "TouchRemedy" (Nassau, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: David Carradine's Tai Chi Workout [VHS] (VHS Tape)

To start with I have taken martial art classes, not many, but a few months at a time several times in my life. I also took Tai Chi while in my massage school for three semesters. I was looking for a refresher & to keep going & learn the final moves on the Yang short form. I was also looking to learn any other forms, the philosophy behind it & all the details possible that I might not have gotten in class.

I rented this at my local library. I'm SOO glad I didn't buy it. Almost ALL the students INCLUDING David had bad form. There was maybe one african-american guy in the back who was decent, but even he couldn't stand with one foot up for cat pose for a few seconds before wobbling.

That may not seem important to the layman person, but proper form includes proper posture, use of muscles & grounding & balance & relaxation while executing powerful moves all while seeming graceful. This is what you want to emulate... You never want to learn the first time the WRONG way.

First David leads & shows the basic stances, they at least tell you where to put the weight, but not as much detail as I got in class.

Then they teach you some Qi Gong exercises & stretches. Again David is leading & it's very poor form. Most look like they are lost why they are circling their arms INCLUDING David. There was no awareness of body & the breathing was barely mentioned as an afterthought. There was no telling you not to extend the arms so far that your arms locked. Horrible.

Then the Tai Chi was taught finally by David's Master. His microphone could have been louder over the music. It wasn't too bad, but he has a nice soft voice. They don't tell you the name or why you do it or what it's symbolism is. He teaches in regular speed, no slowing down & the camera keeps going to David & the other students who's form is STILL bad instead of to the SIFU. The camera angles at least sometimes changes so you can understand & see better exactly what angle to move your hands in, but needs to be better. The moves are repeated over & over & over again so you get it, then suddenly you start a new one since you're not told it's a new one.

At the end, the Sifu demonstrates it in real time very beautifully, but too fast to follow along with David narrating more about how water is strong but fluid, etc.

With bad camera angles, focusing too much on students with bad form, no explanations, very little on teaching which way to move, no slowing down. Not even a once over SLOWLY of ALL the moves together, I hated this VHS. It could have been so much better.

The Sifu did move beautifully & has a lot of talent, too bad everything else was bad.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars hard to follow, camera focuses on students doing it wrong, September 18, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: David Carradine's Tai Chi Workout [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I'm surprised more beginners don't injure their knees doing one or two of the moves. Carradine's voice is stiff, the camera focuses too often on the students behind him who look look like they're doing it for the first time and confused, instead of on the person demonstrating the move. I got this years ago when this was the only Tai Chi tape around. Now that there are many good Tai Chi tapes and DVDs you should get one of those.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great video, July 29, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: David Carradine's Tai Chi Workout [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I liked the video but would not recommend it for people who have never practiced Tai Chi before. I would say it is a video for the intermediate Beginner. I like that it shows the individual movements as well as the complete form.