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• Actors: Dr. Chen
• Subtitles: English
• Region: All Regions
• Run Time: 28 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000UUAZPU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #410,736 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

This exercise was concisely designed by David Chen, Ph.D. in Exercise Science. Dr. Chen received his bachelor and master degrees in physical education from Beijing Institute of Physical Education, and his doctor degree from the University of North Caroline at Greensboro. Dr. Chen has been studying and working on teaching and teacher education in Eastern and Western exercise and fitness fields for over 20 years. Thousands of students have benefited from his instructions. Dr. Chen fully understands the difficulties and frustrations that Western students have had in learning Eastern exercise styles like Tai Chi and Qigong systerms. To help more Western people who are interested in Chinese style exercises fully enjoy the beauty and benefits of Tai Chi and Qigong practice IMMEDIATELY, Dr. Chen has been developing viewer-friendly, easy, safe, enjoyable and effective exercise routines for various populations. All of these exercise routines were carefully designed by following safety rules, professional teaching guidelines, human learning characteristics, and principles in traditional Chinese medicine and modern exercise science. These exercises also reflect the harmony of the combination of Eastern and Western exercise philosophies and techniques. This video is the moderately difficult version of Dr. Chen's Tai Chi workout routines with balancing exercises added. With the beautiful music Morning Sunlight Melody, Dr. Chen will lead you through the safe, easy and effective warm-up and stretching, and 10 easy-to-difficult forms of Tai Chi and Qigong moves. Breathing has been fully integrated into the moves. The breathing cues are provided. With a fully face-to-face, mirror-imaged demonstration, you will never get lost. There is no learning curve involved, and no memory is needed. Just follow Dr. Chen's moves and cues, you will have a complete body-mind workout. It is designed for home practice and does not require much space (about 4 x 4 square feet).

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great training aid, January 28, 2010

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Herman "on the path" (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Dr. Chen's Tai Chi Gongfa 301 (Easy, Simple, Effective Tai Chi Qigong Workout Level 3) (DVD)

Since I already owned Dr. Chen's 101 DVD, I knew I was going to get an excellent product. At first the new DVD was really challenging in so far as learning the new forms, but I caught on pretty fast and thoroughly enjoy the routine. Next 401 or 501 ????????

5.0 out of 5 stars Additional infomation from the producer, August 6, 2007

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Crystal Tai Chi (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dr. Chen's Tai Chi Gongfa 301 (Easy, Simple, Effective Tai Chi Qigong Workout Level 3) (DVD)

A Uniquely Viewer-friendly Gentle, Safe and Effective Workout System
Focusing on Cultivating Root of Life and Improving Fundamental Human Body Functions.
What are the short-term and long-term benefits can I get from it?
1. Enhanced body-mind harmony.
2. Obtained coordination between breathing and movements.
3. Improved flexibility around whole body.
4. Improved joint health.
5. Improved internal energy level.
6. Improved posture.
7. Reduced back pain.
8. Reduced daily stress.
9. Reduced hypertension
10. Improved cardio-respiratory system capacity and function.
11. Improved muscle strength and endurance.
12. Improved serenity, emotion, and attitude.
13. Improved balance and coordination of body movements.
14. Improved micro-circulation conditions in extremities.
15. Improved capability to take in more oxygan through breathing.
16. Possible improvement of human body immune system.
17. Built foundation for learning Tai Chi and Qigong systems.
Whom is this for?
This video is designed for people who have regularly practiced Dr. Chen's Tai Chi GongFa 201 for over three months to move up, or for those who want to maintain a regular minimum 30-minute gentle and effective daily workout, especially in the mornings. It will specially benefit people who are currently in normal shape and want to be involved in a daily routine of safe, gentle, and complete physical exercise to continue maintaining and strengthening their internal energy, muscle strength,flexibility, coordination, balance, and improve overall health and fitness, as well as release daily stress. It is also good for people, who want to start leaning Tai Chi or Qigong but do not have time to take the class, to get a self-start of learning Tai Chi Qigong moves and enjoy a complete body-mind workout and fun.
When should I practice it?
It is recommended that you practice it in the morning to best prepare yourself physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually for your daily activity. It is certainly good to practice this exercise at anytime during the day.
What is the challenging part of this routine?
The combination of coordination, breathing, and balance.
what are the important tips for practicing this routine
1. Try to use deep abdominal breathing as much as you can.
2. Keep the range of motion within your comfortable zone. Don't over do it
3. Always keep good posture, keep upper body upright naturally.
4. Wear comfortable exercise clothes and shoes.
5. Anytime you don't feel good, stop it and take a break.
Contents
(1) Joint warm-ups
(2) Stretching
(3) Wave the curtain
(4) Unite Yin and Yang
(5) Two mountains strike down
(6) Support the sky
(7)Push the mountain
(8) Push the boat with wind
(9) Golden rooster stands on single leg
(10) Single leg slow kicks 1
(11) Single leg slow kicks 2
(12) Strike ears with two mountains.
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What is Dr. Chen's Tai Chi GongFa?
Tai Chi is the slow style of martial arts in Chinese martial art system. Today most people practice Tai Chi because of its soft nature and health benefits. However, originally it was never designed for this purpose, it is still one of martial art styles, and some elements are even dangerous, also the learning process has never been people friendly.
Qigong is the Chinese exercise system that focuses more on internal attributes (e.g. energy) development through movement and breathing.
GongFa means the method of doing Tai Chi and Qigong exercises with special long-term purpose.
Dr. Chen's Tai Chi GongFa is an exercise system for health using selected, the best, safe, gentle, beautiful, and most effective Tai Chi and Qigong movements or forms with strong focus on BREATHING, which is considered the fundamental way of cultivating internal energy, the root of life. Remember: no breathing, no life; poor breathing, poor life; better breathing, better life; strong breathing, strong life!!!
Why this system is the best and unique?
Who is Dr. Chen?
This exercise system was designed by David Chen, Ph.D in exercise science. Dr. Chen received his Bachelor and Master degree in Physical Education from Beijing Institute of Physical Education, the best institute in China in the area of physical education, martial arts, Qigong study, and exercise and sport science. He received his doctoral degree in Exercise Science from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. For over 20 years Dr. Chen has been studying and working on teaching and teacher education in the fields of Chinese and Western exercise and fitness, and thousands of students have benefited from his instructions. Dr. Chen fully understands the difficulties, confusions, and frustrations that western students have had in exploring Chinese exercise systems. In his teaching career, Dr. Chen has been designing and developing many safe, gentle, and effective exercise routines for various populations. Dr. Chen's Tai Chi GongFa video program is the result of effort that put some of the routines in a logical and systematic order and extremely viewer-friendly manner so that almost anyone (regardless their fitness levels) who doesn't have access to his teaching settings can still benefit from his instruction very easily.

What are the philosophy and main characteristics behind this system?
(1). Minimum time, maximum result on the root of life and fundamental physical functions.
(2) Using each person's own resource, rather then relying on external equipment, to reproduce his or her own energy, and enhance his or her own life force, and improve fundamental physical functions like cardio-respiratory function, muscle tones, leg strength, flexibility, balance,
agility, coordination, joint health, and immune system.
(3). All those exercise routines are beautiful and enjoyable, and easy to do, so they can be maintained as a life-long exercise style.
(4). Extremely simple and viewer friendly, fully mirror-imaged leading demonstration, no learning curves involved. You can start right at the first time you view them and receive the benefits immediately.
(5). Breathing is fully integrated into each routine, and breathing cues are provided during the full length of each routine, so viewers have no chance to get lost or confused.
(6). No big space required. Only 4x4 square feet in front of TV is enough.

What are the major considerations and principles in designing this system
that can not be found in other exercise systems?
(1) People's health conditions and fitness levels.
(2) Safety rules of doing exercises in modern exercise science..
(3) Professional teaching guidelines in physical education and fitness instruction.
(4) Teaching and learning psychologies and characteristics.
(5) Physical and physiological nature of human body adaptations.
(6) Principles in traditional Chinese Medicine and philosophies of human life enhancement in Chinese
culture.
(7) Principles and strategies in modern exercise science.
(8) Principles in human movement design and physical skill learning and teaching.
(9) Balance of Yin and Yang.
(10) Balance of Left and Right.

Testimonials for Dr.Chen's Tai Chi GongFa Video Programs:
"I have been a student of Tai-Chi for five years attending classes and using a variety of videos. I recently had an accident and find myself in a wheelchair. After trying to alter my past forms, I found the tape by Dr. Chen for people on Wheelchair (001). It has been wonderful and such a plus for my emotional, mental and physical well being and healing. I practiced with the tape three days in a row and can feel the movement of the chi throughout my body. This is one video that will get many hours of play. It is very difficult to find exercise videos for the handicapped let alone one that presents itself in alternative modalities. In time, I hope I can advance to tapes not needing the wheelchair. Dr. Chen's tapes and DVDs are ones that I will use faithfully."

-- Gerry Marangoni, Homerville, Ohio.

"I use a wheelchair and was looking for an exercise program I could do in the chair. That is how I found Dr. Chen's Tai Chi on a chair vidoes. This is the only program I have found that is not boring. It is also easy to learn because all I have to do is follow Dr. Chen's movements and breathing cues. I really enjoy it and do it every morning. Not only is it fun to do, it gives me energy and has given me great flexibility and tone in my upper body. I also lift weights, which can cause muscle soreness the following day. I find that doing the Tai Chi routine relieves the muscle soreness. In addition to the physical benefits, I also feel more calm throughout the day when I do the Tai Chi every morning. I love doing Tai Chi. I started with 001 and then moved to 002. Now I am looking forward to the Tai Chi GongFa 003. I highly recommend Dr. Chen's Tai Chi on a Chair to anyone who is looking for a fun, beneficial exercise routine they can do sitting down."

-- Aisha Y. Musa, PhD., Miami, FL

"I highly recommend Dr. Chen's Tai Chi video programs to everyone. I use a manual wheelchair and Dr. Chen's Tai Chi on a Chair is the best workout series I have ever used. I started with Level 1, then went to Level 2, and now I am doing Level 3. Doing it consistently every day has improved my upper body flexibility, tone, and strength. It also makes me feel awake and energized, so I do it in the morning rather than the... Read more ›