Beginner Tai Chi for Health: Mirror-View Exercises by Helen Liang (YMAA) Improve Balance and Strength, Perfect Tai Chi DVD for Beginners

I have a few Tai Chi DVDs but this one is easily my favorite! She is wonderful! Very skilled, soothing and an awesome teacher! I love this DVD!!

I have been practicing Tai Chi now for over 10 years and know quite a few forms. I wanted to start learning from someone else to expand and improve my skills. I highly recommend learning from different Master Trainers. Helen Liang is a real Master Trainer. Her easy to follow style and excellent presentation of the forms has dramatically improved my skill and knowledge level. There is a huge difference in learning from someone that earned a title not based on skills or knowledge vice one that earned it over many years of practical use and practice. I have several of her videos and use them often to check myself. I really enjoy hearing about the martial arts application and the real Chinese names.

I found the presentation on the video to be nicely paced for a beginner and well shot to be understood by someone to whom the information was new. Also, the vocal presentation is clear and easy to understand and I look forward to making this video an everyday event.

Terrific "16 form" tai chi video...Helen Liang does a wonderful job of showing and explaining this shortened version of the standard "24 Form" which is just what I was looking for...Highly recommended if you are looking for a simplified tai chi form that you can practice daily. Five stars! *****

It’s great! Be good to have a darker or plain background to be able to see clearly. Other than that, the tai chi steps and breathing exercises were very helpful.

Perhaps the exercises are not meant to be instructional, but why have the demonstrations if they are not instructional? One problem is a lack of detail in the instruction. The footwork is not precisely explained, nor directions of travel. The narrator rather then just showing a motion should state right leg does such, left arm does such, otherwise the view is busy diagnosing which arms and legs are doing what in some view; remember the trainer turns around too. Rather then making the viewer reverse engineer the symetry just vocalize the move’s components as the demo is given. It’s very easy to do that. Also her hand motons are vague enough it’s unclear in her demo which step she is actually performing.In sum, if you want an ‘instructional’ this is the hard way to learn the 16 form.

I have followed Ms Liang on YouTube. I am interested in and practice her Tai Chi exercises. She is easy to listen to and has a good exercise plan.

HER IS INSTRUCTION IS CLEAR AND CONCISE.

When it said mirror view I thought it was her doing tai chi movements but that was not the case

It was a faulty dvd

Je n'avais jamais fait de Tai Chi auparavant et j'ai acheté ce DVD pour commencer à l'apprendre. J'adore! Les explications sont très claires et les angles multiples sont appréciés. Les exercices de Qigong au départ sont bien adaptés à la pratique. J'ai toutefois été surprise de l'espace nécessaire pour pratiquer le Tai Chi (je n'ai pas beaucoup d'espace devant mon téléviseur ce qui me rend la tâche un peu difficile pour l'apprendre. Je suis habituée au yoga qui ne requiert pas beaucoup d'espace). Bref, un excellent DVD pour tout débutant!

THE PERSON I ORDERED THE CD FOR WAS VERY SATISIFED WITH IT , HE SAYS IN THE SUMMER TIME HE WILL ODER MORE TAPES HE JUST NEEDS MORE ROOM TO USE THEM.HE ONLY HAS SO MUCH ROOM IN HIS HOME. TY.

Fabulous dvd! Helen teaches slowly and she is very easy to follow. I really like that there are different views. I find that helpful when i am learning the moves to watch it in different views first. I will definitely be getting her other dvds.