In Yang Style Tai Chi the posture "Snake Creeps Down" is one of the postures that gives new students a lot of trouble. It is a fairly complicated set of movements to coordinate when you first attempt it and it can be very beneficial to break the movements down and take them piece at a time. In this video Andrew takes this posture from the Yang Tai Chi 24 Form and shows it as a line-drill (where a move is repeated over and over while moving in one direction for the purpose of perfecting the move) and breaks it down into smaller pieces. He also shows a couple of variations for those who have strong, flexible legs and like lower stance, as well as for those who prefer higher stances. This video is a part of the free Tai Chi and Qigong lessons that Andrew has available on his YouTube Channel. We hope you find it very helpful in your training.
good practices leading to deeper stance
ReplyDeleteThis is a good video for deepening stances with good structure (knee over foot)
ReplyDeleteAwesome, the best teaching I’ve seen on this form to date and I’ve been researching for a few years now. Thank you my friend.
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