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Begin your daily practice by loosening up with the warm-up exercises.

For each movement below, carefully read the instructions, then view the video for the movement and practice it alone. When you are comfortable with a movement, you should practice all the movements up to that point, ending the sequence you are practicing with the Grand T'ai Chi. Only when you are comfortable with the full sequence up to a movement, should you move on to the next. You may choose to stay on a movement for many days before incorporating the next movement into your routine.

Watch the Full Sequence of Twelve Movements

Grand Tai Chi

Getting Ready Stance

  1. Pay Respect to Buddha
  2. Grasp Bird's Tail
  3. Single Whip
  4. White Crane Spreads Wings
  5. Brush Knees and Twist Step
  6. Deflect, Parry, and Punch
  7. Apparent Close Up
  8. Carry Tiger to the Mountain
  9. Under Elbow Blow
  10. Step Back to Repulse Monkey
  11. Slanted Palms Flying
  12. Grand Tai Chi (full sequence)

With practice, the warm-ups and the twelve Tai Chi forms three times will take about 10 to 15 minutes. All twelve Tai Chi movements can be done slowly in less then three minutes.