Tai Chi Movements : Tai Chi: Single Whip Movement

The single whip movement, in Tai Chi, is sometimes considered the signature movement of Tai Chi. Learn this important Tai Chi movement from a professional Tai Chi instructor in this free martial arts video.

Expert: Rich Marantz
Contact: www.greenmountaintaichi.com
Bio: Rich Marantz, a 26th generation Wudang Long Men lineage holder, is certified in the instruction of Tai Chi, Qigong and External-Qi Healing. He is also a high-level teaching student of Yun Xiang Tseng.
Filmmaker: Christian Munoz-Donoso

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• tai
• chi
• chuan
• martial
• arts
• kung
• fu
• stretching
• motions
• movements
• positions

[Hipponinja904]

waterbending :)

[captainmidas]

YES THIS IS RIDICULOUS FILMING HIM FROM WAIST UP! WHERE ROOT

[Aspwr]

It would be more helpful to see his FULL body while he is doing the movement. Why did you shoot his feet and hands separately?..

[Mikuru83]

no one explains this for me to understand. hes explaining it too fast and i get lost with the position of the body + the hands and arms movements + the feet movement... if he'd slow down quite a bit i might get what hes trying to say :/ this isnt the only single whip movement ive seen on expert village, the other one sucked pretty bad too. they didnt even show the feet movement. :p

[taichivermont]

Thank you,

There is always some bend left in the elbow. it is difficult to see because of the uniform but the elbows are not locked they are open.

[imbrd]

of course theres no power if u use arm muscles & brute force. the trick lies in the very subtlties here and it should be full of expansive peng power. this posture utilizes alot of the basic 8 energies of taiji so unless u got the energies down properly at least to certain degree- hen theres not much power

[AAAAkuuuu]

There's no power in that much extension.

[jheckmann]

Excellent teaching style.  Are the arms supposed to be straight, or a little bend left in the elbow?