These are the clearest examples I have ever seen. Thank you.

Hi Kevin ,May 2024 after a very long spell away from practice,very informative and excellent documentation of the foundation Tai Chi practice.Found a local class good to get back into practice.THANKS❤.

Thank you so much for this series of exercises. Your explanations are extremely clear, especially that you show them both front on and to the side.

Love how you demonstrate and explain Kevin. 🙏

Thanks Kevin, I am recovering from a a Dec..2018 stroke awhich paralyzed my hand, I practiced Taoist tai chi for 25 years previously, which greatly helped with my mobility recovery, and would hope that it would also help with my hand recovery too, by practicing the foundations daily, so I’ll bedoing t hem every day with you and alone too. Not leaving the housemuch because of the isolation Covid 19mandate, but this is also helping to keep me calm and relaxed, stay home and stay safe! Everyone

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3 жыл бұрын

Hi Chris, Just saw this message! Sorry for the delay in responding. I must have missed getting the notification. Glad the videos are helping and hope the recovery is going well. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask at kevin@awareness.website Not sure if you have checked out the other videos on our You Tube channel and there is more info on our website about our Live Stream classes too. Cheers Kevin

Your demonstrations and coaching are great! Articulate, thorough and helpful...never received this level of detail in my classes, thank you for your teaching and communication skills!

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4 жыл бұрын

Hi Franklin, Very glad the videos are helping and thanks for the kind words! Practice lots! Cheers

Thanks Kevin! We just started Muay tai Chi and it is very helpful to review what we learn in class with these videos!

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5 жыл бұрын

Hi Pain & Serenity, LOL cool name for Tai Chi people! Glad you are enjoying the videos. Having a resource like our videos seems to be helping a lot of people remember and improve their Tai Chi. Have you checked out our You Tube channel for all our other videos? Cheers

Kevin, this program is exactly what I have been looking for, Its so nice to slow down and exam the moves and you do an excellent job of explaining. Thank you.

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6 жыл бұрын

Hi Sheila, You are very welcome. If you ever have any questions, just ask and we will help out as best we can! Cheers

Thank you for all that has brought you to this spot

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5 жыл бұрын

Hi Allan, So glad you are enjoying the videos! Cheers

Great job Kevin. I will do foundations again. Also, after one year of doing and one year of missing due to Covid. I now know how to spell Dan Yu's Tor Yu's.

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3 жыл бұрын

Hi Doug, LOL an important aspect indeed! Cheers Kevin

Always good! Merci!

So glad to see your videos so that we can practise home , and we have a wonderful teacher , Ginette Collin. Thanks you .

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6 жыл бұрын

Hi Nicole, You are very welcome and yes, you are lucky to have Ginette. Practice lots! Cheers

Kevin You are silly. Moy taught me the secret of tai chi and that is spiraling.

Good job Kevin :)

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6 жыл бұрын

Hi Safe Water, Thanks! Glad you enjoy our videos. Cheers

Hi Kevin, can I ask if this is merely an exercise, or is it meant to instil the principles of Tai Chi? If it's an exercise than great. If it's meant to teach students bodies to follow Taiji than there is a flaw in what the back leg does. Of course you probably realize what I mean; the connection between upper and lower is severed. There of course needs to be continuous uncoiling from the foot to hands. Your back leg fully straightens half way through and well I guess you can see my point. (Hopefully everyone can accept this comment which is from the heart.) Good luck in your practice.

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6 жыл бұрын

Hi Len, Thanks so much for your comments. I really do appreciate it. You have a good eye and I’m not sure if you are an instructor or not but you should be if you can pick out the subtleties of timing and such. To be clear though, this video ( as well as the other foundation videos) is intended to introduce the beginner to the basics of the foundations and so is simplified to simply show things like where to put the hands and feet and the basic dynamics. I feel that with practice the body learns the timing but it has to start with proper alignment. Mr. Moy had a very good understanding of the dynamics of the body and how the circulations worked (He was a Taoist monk) and he had a unique way of teaching and sharing his understanding. I try to follow his example as best I can in terms of giving the student what they need to progress from where they are at in the moment, and this is why I demonstrate the way I do in the foundations videos as well as some of the other videos. You are correct in pointing out the timing ‘flaws’ and again, while there is a reason for it, I appreciate your comments. It sounds like you have a good handle on your own Tai Chi. Check out some of our other videos on our channel and maybe you will see a difference. BTW what style do you practice? Cheers

@lenwenzel7440

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Kevin, in the past I used to see the flaws in what was being passed on incorrectly. Initially it was kind of frustrating as while I could see how things were wrong My knowledge didn't match my instincts. For me that was a spur towards self cultivation, and development. I realized that all teachers are human, just the same as everyone in this world. I guess it's our responsibility to try to not let our flaws influence our students, and instead surpass our flaws. I have a lot of respect for your society and the work it does for human development, and wish you all the best.

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6 жыл бұрын

Hi Len, Thanks for sharing all that and just to let you know I haven’t been with the society for a few years now. I have chosen to be an independent resource for people that want to improve their Tai Chi as well as follow a path of self cultivation.( hence the variety of videos on our channel). Glad to see you are on that path. You are right, Mr. Moy had created something that goes a long ways in human development and far beyond just learning Tai Chi and my goal is to continue sharing his vision in making it available to everyone. Take care and hope to chat some more with you. Cheers

Really enjoying your tai chi exercises. Just a grammar question. Why is it ‘s? Should plural not be Tor Yus. The apostrophe denotes belonging to.

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3 жыл бұрын

Hi Inger, Great to hear you are enjoying the videos. Yep, that would be an editing oopsie all right. Thanks for the head's up! Cheers Kevin

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3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for answering. I just gave a heads up of your great videos to several friends. On looking into the word yu it seems to be one of those words which can be either plural or singular though I think one could add an s.

@kevinwerre2700

3 жыл бұрын

@@ingerpaulsen6459 Hi Inger, As I understand it, Tor Yu translates roughly as "turning spine". Dan Yu translates as "sitting spine". Cheers Kevin

When extending forward and when the weight is mainly in the front foot, where should you feel the weight in the front foot? I find when my arms are extending out more the weight tends to shift to where my toes are. I adjusted my arms so that my elbows were lower and bent and closer to my body and regained balance. After doing so I noticed I could extend a bit more forward whilst keeping my body straight. I think we should try and keep the weight in the middle of the foot is that correct?

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4 жыл бұрын

Hi Jordan, Sorry for the delay in responding. Yes, the weight should end up going into the middle of the foot (bubbling springs) so that the whole foot is loaded and then the body can relax down into it. If the weight is in the toes, it can create tension in the leg and usually indicates that the knee is going too far forward so maybe see if that is happening. Mr. Moy would emphasize stretching in the Tor Yu's (and the set) and keeping the elbows down was important. Allowing the arms to extend would engage the tendons but it needs to be balanced with equal and opposite extension of the back leg as the weight drops into the front leg. The body extends forward but keeping a straight line heel to head with the balance in the front leg ( not folding forward at the waist). The longer the step, the more you can extend and the shorter the step, the more upright you need to be. Keeping the back leg connected when extending forward is important. Are you working with an instructor? If so ask them to watch and help you with the alignments. If not, or they can't help you, don't hesitate to send us an email and I will help as best I can. Cheers

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4 жыл бұрын

@@TheAwarenessWebsite Thanks for the reply! I'll keep those point in mind when I practice. Cheers