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Approx total duration: 5 hrs
Integrating 4 Major Styles to a Greater Set
The Combined 42 Forms set is composed by Professors Men and Li. It has integrated all four major styles seamlessly with its own wonderful rhythm and energy.Features:
The Program
Following an introduction to tai chi and of the benefits you will gain by learning this set, Dr Lam will teach warm up exercises and the Combined 42 Forms with his stepwise progressive teaching method. There will be close ups, repetitions and diagrams to aid learning. Throughout the lessons, Dr Lam will explain the tai chi principles and how to use them to improve your tai chi.
Commencing Form
Section 1
Form 1 - Commencing FormPosted by Denise Johnson on 1st Sep 2022
This is a wonderful transition from 24 Form toward 73 Form. Not only do you practice familiar movements but there is gentle introduction to new forms and movements
Posted by Michael C on 29th Jul 2020
Great! Easy to follow instructions. Repetitive part by part learning is great.
Posted by Marshall Garland on 8th Jun 2020
I have been practicing Tai Chi for over 20 years and have been teaching Yang Style 24-form Simplified for about five years. I have studied with great instructors both in-person and online.
I highly commend Dr Lam on the quality, not only of his teaching, but also of his 42-form instructional DVD.
The recording is sharp and clear. The audio is excellent. Dr Lam's explanations and demonstrations are easy to follow and make the learning experience easy and a pleasure.
To Dr Lam, a thousand thank-yous and congratulations on producing such a fine piece of instructional work.
Posted by David Dugas, Austin TX on 24th May 2020
I have studied 3 martial arts and have started and stopped my Tai Chi with international changes in location and work. Back in the USA, I began relearning the long Yang form, then recalled the 24-48 combined set I started learning in Korea. I found a good DVD presentation and learned the 24 form sequence.
When I began searching for the 48 form sequence, I found Dr. Lam's videos and his commentary about the combined 42 form sequence. It is this DVD about which I am commenting.
I taught at university for about 15 years and have created many courses in science and language (EFL). I have learned Tai Chi from videos and DVD before, so I was pleasantly surprised at how well organized this DVD is for distant learning.
In particular, the sequential instruction of individual forms is very helpful. What makes the DVD presentation exceptional is the way in which the DVD is organized so that individual lessons can be accessed quickly and easily from a single screen for repetition. Then the full sequence is presented from multiple aspects, which is necessary to detect details of body position in three dimensions.
Overall, I would rate this the most effective DVD I have ever seen or used for distance training by a Tai Chi teacher. The teaching experience of Dr. Lam is clear and I am grateful that I found this DVD.
Thank you, sifu.
Posted by Sue Glick on 23rd Oct 2019
I had been trying to learn this form from internet sites and from Dr. Lam’s old DVD version. There is no comparison with the wonderful new stepwise progressive approach. At last I feel welcomed and confident in learning this form. Much gratitude to Dr. Lam for remembering the learning needs of us intermediate practitioners.