Tai chi is a martial arts discipline comprised of slow precision movements. Yoga is a stretching regimen that promotes strength and flexibility. Both improve balance and health, and here they are combined by acclaimed instructor David-Dorian Ross into something he calls a "tajifit" experience. Filmed in a bamboo forest in Hawaii (with bamboo symbolically showing how it can bend with the wind but not break), Ross and companion C.J. McFee lead viewers through a number of beautiful moves. Along the way, Ross narrates in a manner that is much like a guided meditation ("…in this move one hand is drawing back the arrow, while the other is holding the bow…"), suggesting complementary visual images while also directing the breathing for various exercises. Recommended. Aud: P. (C. Block)
Tai Chi Fusion: Bamboo
(2017) 60 min. DVD: $29.95. YMAA Publication Center. ISBN: 978-1-59439-593-2. Volume 33, Issue 3
Tai Chi Fusion: Bamboo
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