Product Details

• Actors: Lama Somananda Tantrapa, Kali Samaya Tara, Tamara Gebhardt
• Directors: Lama Somananda Tantrapa
• Format: NTSC
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Academy of Qi Dao
• DVD Release Date: August 6, 2007
• Run Time: 110 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000UUFROY
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #213,855 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Experience the power of Qi Dao, a Tibetan energy art unifying Yoga and Tai Chi. Embody the strengths of both traditions without concerning yourself with forms. This DVD can help you develop the Harmonious Culture of Movement unique to Qigong masters. --Editorial Review

Product Description

You must see Lama Tantrapa demonstrating the effortless power that can be achieved by putting just a few of these fundamental principles into practice. He is one of the few Qigong Masters throughout the world who can both demonstrate the feats of power most people only dream of and teach you how to develop such mastery.

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected, April 27, 2009

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P. Kirk (Boulder Creek, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Qi Dao - Tibetan Shamanic Qigong, Part One: Harmonious Culture of Movement (DVD)

This video is more of a marshal arts form than Qigong. It is hard to follow and requires a partner to do most of the moves since it shows you how to avert a blow or knock someone off balance. The quality of the video was also poor. If you are interested in Qigong looks somewhere else.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid Visual Tools for Using The Book, January 22, 2010

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Thomas P. Pamelia (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Qi Dao - Tibetan Shamanic Qigong, Part One: Harmonious Culture of Movement (DVD)

There doesn't seem to be a full description of this video, or Qi Dao for that matter - so to get a better idea of Qi Dao - visit the book page Qi Dao - Tibetan Shamanic Qigong: The Art of Being in the Flow. This DVD should accompany the book written in the same title. You can mimic the movements and use the stretching demonstration easily enough by just watching - but this video is meant to augment or accompany the book.

This video is very straight forward - Lama Tantrapa is demonstrating to two other individuals and goes over all the postures and movements described in the book. There are warm up demonstrations and stretching (range of motion exploration) procedures. Stabilization and alignment / destabilization and misalignment are all demonstrated to show that the techniques can be applied immediately and built upon as your abilities expand.

What you will not find in this video is an extended demonstrative practice routine. Everything is broken up into it's parts and shown separately. Many people who purchase tai chi and qigong videos may expect their familiar format with music playing in the background - but the nature of Qi Dao and it's directional movements allows this video's unique (segmented) format to work very well.

There are a few applications of self defense technique where Lama Tantrapa demonstrates several methods (depending on direction/alignment) dealing with grabs that end in throws or 'shucks'. There are also a few very short clips demonstrating Qi Dao in it's spontaneous form.

The video overall suits it's purpose - those who attempt to utilize the video without the book will may not rate as highly. I'm giving 4 stars instead of five because I would have liked to have seen more partner-based self defense applications, perhaps a full, non-segmented practice routine would have been valuable, also more demonstration of the spontaneous movements within the Qi Dao structure.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Regenerative Body Circuitry, February 12, 2008

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A. Thomas "A Thomas "book maven"" (Calumet Pk, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Qi Dao - Tibetan Shamanic Qigong, Part One: Harmonious Culture of Movement (DVD)

Tibetan Shamanic Qigong is just what I had in mind when I ordered this Video. Being able to work with direction and proper format is so important and so much better than just reading about the movements. Its indicative here that acttion is so much better than words.

WONDERFUL !!!