8 years later and this gift is still giving, Thank you Jake!

There are m.artists that have better technique than others. There also ones who can teach better than fight, compete etc. Having a wife chinese does not mean you have better knowledge than others. Being chinese does not mean you know more than non-chinese. The lesson here is to take what you like and leave what you do not. Live life the way that makes you happy. Use this as a guide to being a healthier person. Do not judge someone who is trying to help others. Peace and tranquility.... And by the way, I just came across this video this morning.

I’ve had years of experience training hard martial arts, weapon retention and control, and military calisthenics drills. Going through this sequence is like giving myself a hug after years of hard living. It released something in me and I teared up a little. I think I’ll keep this as a practice session for days off since it’s been my first training in a long time meant to take care of me instead of hurt someone else. As I get older with a disease that is slowing me down, I’ve sometimes wondered what is an acceptable minimum for my ability to move and defend myself. I think this will do nicely. As I get better, I’ll add it into my walks.

It's Meditation Monday at the Kung Fu and Tai Chi Center KZfaq Channel with Jake Mace! Today's Meditation Monday Video is about 24 Tai Chi - Form! Enjoy!

Mr. Mace I have been watching your tutorials for some time. I have read the numerous negative comments regarding your skills and I admire your perseverance and class with which you handle it. You obviously love what you do and I commend you for that. Many so called masters have much to improve on as well. Having spent the last twenty or so years learning both Yang and Chen family systems it is apparent however that some of these criticisms are accurate with regard not only to technique but of Chi flow as well. I know you are aware of this unless you are deluded somehow but I don't believe this to be the case. I understand the business side so I get that one can admit to not knowing everything but probably not a good business decision. Anyone who teaches understands that 99% of those who wish to learn Tai Ji Quan will never move past the beginning level. And the sad reality is that most teachers are fitness oriented at best. The one aspect I feel many of the haters fail to realize is that learning and teaching are the same thing. We teach others to reveal our own weakness. Students who continue to learn find our teachers are not so perfect once the martial romance wears off. Keep doing what you love and teach others. Keep advancing and never become the "master". You and I as well as all the other players out there have much more to learn.

Best beginner Tai Chi video. Ive been searching for a good one for ever, and you finally put one out. Yay! Thanks Jake.

One of the better videos of this form. Stoked on it, can't wait to get out today and try this on my work out.

Thank you for making this video and sharing it. Coming from nothing to finding this, has opened me to a new world. I honor your willingness to create this space amongst the heaviness of the world. I'm grateful that it can easily be added to my morning and evening routine without feeling overwhelmed with a huge intense practice to maintain! May you be blessed as never before :)

i practice your tai chi movements everyday and, amazingly, they make me spend the day in an excellent mood...thanks and please keep on posting!!

Awesome! Love the way you describe the details of the movements and the breathing pattern, makes it easier for viewers to follow. Thank you!

Just started, don't have a teacher. Your video makes it look easy but I think it will take 24 takes to get it half right. But a huge thank you for putting this together. 👍

Hello Jake, I want to thank you for these videos. I just finished this one. I really appreciate the back view, (as my brain does not well in the viewing of right & left). I practiced 9 times till I was able to complete this properly (will continue practicing fir the next 2-3weeks) Now onto the 8 brocades and then drunken stlye. Again my thanks.

Thanks Jake for posting the video. I've started to learn Tai chi quan several weeks ago. This video is really easy to learn and the way how you describe things is great! Keep up the good work! You're really an inspiration for me!

Do your thing man, don't let people bring ya down you look outstanding, you can rock the chain whip,,don't listen to the haters.

Excellent instructional, articulately explained. Thanks Jake, keep up the good work!

You are such a wonderful teacher, Jake! I very much ENJOY your videos and refer my students to them for extra practice to improve skills.

Hi Jake, really enjoyed the first half of the 24 Style Form and was wondering when you were going to post up the second half?

These exercises are very helpful. Thank you Sifu Mace.

Loved the moves and presentation as if it was in a class. Definitely relaxing along with the music and feeling it in Meditation Mode for evening and morning. Thank You. Just getting into practicing Tai Chi a couple of weeks ago and hope to stick with it for health and self defense :)

That was an excellent video. Very clearly explained and loved the reverse view. Thank you Jake. Very helpful

Hi Jake, Excellent beginner video ! Explaining the breathing is very helpful. Waiting for your 2nd part video to come out ! Thanks, LA Guy

amazing ! i was looking for something like that, thanks Shifu ! :) i can go and practice now ! :)

hi, my name is marty. feb 15 2011 I fell off a 60FT cliff and destroyed my entire body. I shattered everything from my collar bone down, and sat in a body cast for 6MONTHS. they said i'd never walk again, but i learned on my own after a long time of rolling around in that chair. recently i started going downhill really bad, but i found a new doctor who is trying to help. I've been following these videos for a couple of years as i do my rehab. I used to be a very skillful martial artist and had been studying kung fu since i was a kid, and Brazilian jiu jitsu as a teen and young adult. i started following you and have watched this video in particular many times to teach myself how to move again, and re-learn my tai-chi. It helps a lot to get up and move the body in many directions and learn to focus on my movements. Just wanted to say thanks, and keep up the good work. I would like to see new tai-chi videos as I progress, so i'm hoping maybe you can post more forms soon to follow. If anyone reading this has gone through anything as bad as i have. it really works to study and practice, and learn to use your body again. and it really helps reduce the pain to get your body back into shape. whether it's brutal nerve pain, inflammation, broken bones, unfused bones, metal implants or whatever. laying down 24/7 only makes it worse cuz your muscle will atrophy. I'm not saying this is a cure, or that it will give you a miracle or anything like that, but i am saying it will help, and it definitively helps to deal with the depression of recovery. give it a try if you can move, and give it sometime. you may notice some improvement. work through the pain and stay positive. it takes time, and for some of us who will be in pain forever-this helps reduce those negative effects and bring some peace to your soul. hang in there and good luck and godspeed. and thanks again for this video man. i will keep watching untill I master it, and it makes a difference when you contribute these lessons for free to people who would otherwise, not be able to learn from a dojo, whether it's that they can't afford it, or that they simply can't get up and volunteer at a studio or a dojo. keep up the great work man.

I used to have horrible headaches to the point where it would keep me in submission pretty much all the time and absolutely NO energy. I started doing Tai Chi and it's amazing! :D I have NO headaches and the energy is awesome :) Thank You so much for making and taking your time to create these videos :) You are amazing too..

Hey, thanks for the learners video. Its really helped me create a new form a meditation. Still learning but I definitely appreciate the videos. Please post more. I like how you go through the motions fluidly.

This was really good! I hope the next part will come soon

I always wanted to learn tai chi chuan. Now I understand the breath and the movements are one :-). Thank you.

So this was my first time in a few years looking for a tai chi tutorial video. Few years back there wasn't much out there or I wasn't looking correctly. I spent about 45 minutes today looking for one that could teach clear concise and concretely. Yours was it! Not too much stopping to explain or cutting the video after each pose. Your video was nearly perfect! Iv'e never done Tai Chi so it was hard to follow along while you were facing us. It was great that you showed us in real time as you were facing away. My only suggestion is maybe as you're walking us through, you have a student facing you so we see what it looks like and folks don't mirror you ultimately doing it wrong lol. Anyway, thank you for the video and I will be using this one and the following to practice til I can do it on my own in my own back yard. :-)

Thank you for the back view. That's so much easier to follow.

I really like how you presented this. Made it a lot easier to comprehend the movements. Thanks!

correct work ,keep coming friend thanks for sharing ur knowledge !

Brilliant! Thank you Jake

Thank you Jake! This helps a whole lot.

Tai Chi Master is my favorite martial arts movie! And with a very - young - Jet Li! :-) I love when it shows them as kids, spying on the older kids to learn the art. The movie has just the right amount of humor in it as well. The choreography is amazing!

I'm appreciating your videos! Thank you :)

thanks this is really helping me out with learning the 24 forms

Great Video for explaining the steps. Thanks

Jake You are the mfn Man! I could care less about the haters and non believers.My martial arts has improved and continues grow because of your influence and instructions. Peace Love and Light my brother.

Thanks Jake for that little bit at the end

I have been following for some time now I feel the benefits. from Kenya.

Hi Jake! Where can I find the part 2?

Jake do you know anything about astral projection? That would make a great video for Meditation Monday.

Me encanta! Por favor, hay videos traducidos al español? Gracias. Un saludo.

When is the second part coming?

Yes it is Jake. I’m interested in practising more tai chi , be that form training or whatever else you got so please could you show me

Hi Jake, I have fallen in love wth Tai Chi. I look forward to your classes each day. Even though I have not memorized the forms, i try to follow you as best as I can. You are a flowing riveer of power and strength. Beautiful. Thank you. When will part 2 be available???

Enjoyed the vidio, try to watch u everyday,your instructions are Great, thank U

I am a big fan of PhoenixLongevityArts and Jake's teaching style. Really appreciate you taking the time to produce these training videos. My favorite TAI CHI movie would be the same..."Tai Chi Master"...Huge fan of Jet Li.

Learning and loving it ❤. So meditating and relaxing

I am new to tai chi,love your videos. Thanks for posting !

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Very good and I love it 😄

Yes! It's always exciting when you post a new video! I want to learn how to kick, do you have any kicking flexibility videos? If not please please make one! I noticed you changed the channel name looks good! I'm excited to learn this form! Much love :)

Jake I love all your videos about Tai Chi and other things too but the Tai Chi the best. When are you going to film part two if the 24 forms of Tai Chi? The first part is soooooooo good! Please film it soon!

Wow Jake this one is one of your best and easiess tai chi session this is great and will help me as I'm a beginner and start 2 month ago with your other video. Keep up master :-)

24 Tai Chi Form - Amazing. Learn Tai Chi 24 Form or sometimes called Tai Chi Chuan 24 or Tai Ji Quan 24 Form in this video. Tai Chi Instructor Jake Mace takes you through the first half of the 24 Style Tai Chi Form with Instruction and then performs the Tai Chi 24 Form from the Back to allow you to follow along as if you were in one of his Tai Chi Classes. Enjoy:

i got a q, how would u handle a street fight situation with karate ? typically a guy thug who is strong who swings wildly but can do some damage if landed i actually have a video of who im talking about beating up someone badly, i know these people in person. just wondering if u already have vids made on what you would do for those kinds of fights

Did you ever come out with the second part of this? I was looking through your channel, couldn't find it

so gooood, so nice, THANKS

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excellent job

***Check this out: 05:32, View the 24 Tai Chi Form from the Back View with Music as if you were standing behind me in one of my classes!

Hi Jake I was wondering, where can I find part 2 of this form. I looked through you vids but could not find it. Can you help please.?!1 Thanks a lot. Peace. ps. I was thinking about purchasing your dvds, but I have a couple of questions before I make that decision .

Thanks for your help !

Hi Jake I was wondering how many styles of tai chi do you practice ? Just curious

thanks Jake

Hola Jake, where can I find the rest of 24 TaiChi Chuan

I sense a warm and kind heart . Hope you live full of love . Regards

I've never seen anyone practing tai chi bare-footed!

Will you do the bunkai for that kata? Thanks!

Yes amazing...thank you

Amazing... I would like to become a student for you ....

This form reminds me of when I was training in Taekwondo, and white belts. More specifically, what I was taught when being instructed in how to be a good instructor. "Don't expect perfection from the white belts. They're WHITE BELTS. They're beginners. Just the most basic movements is sufficient to begin with. Then, as they go up through the ranks you refine their technique, and you refine their technique... BLACK BELTS you can expect perfection from." I do something similar when teaching weight lifting techniques - I've got someone who's been working on the deadlift for some time now. First I got her to understand the idea of looking straight ahead (so as to keep the back upright instead of bending over and lifting with the back). Then to thrust forward with the hips as if wearing a strapon. Then she got the hang of grunting and tensing up the abdomenals to form a "muscle corset" as I described it to her. And then to pull BACKWARDS with the shoulders, to further refine her technique... now I'm working with her on the idea of pretending she's wearing spike heels and is driving them through the feet of someone unpleasant. Euphemisms and metaphors to help her grasp the concepts more readily than "focus on contracting the gluteal muscles and hamstrings, which are names you won't remember for muscles you're only starting to learn how to be aware of and using dry technical terms makes me sound intellectually superior to my stupid student, because I'm more interested in being a bully than in actually teaching." We're improving her technique a little bit at a time, as the amount of weight on the bar slowly increases and increases... once she's up to a suitable amount of weight I'll take a bunch of weight off the bar and start teaching her to do cleans. My only complaint regarding this video is that Jake Mace isn't explaining the WHY of things. I'm having to look at other videos showing the applications of the tai chi movements. So far I've had to look at several different videos regarding "white crane spreads wings" to understand that it's about parrying, grabbing, and throwing or striking with power generated from the hips/legs as with a wide hook punch or a ridgehand strike. And additional videos regarding applications of "strum the lute" to understand it's a parry/arm bar or a parry/strike. Now I'm about to look up the applications regarding the stuff at the end, because I've got the general idea (I think), but I want to know the WHY to make sure I've got this right.

The Kung Fu Tai Chi Day Simplified 24 Routine , Hi Jake please highlight and enter the first part of the sentence , It helped me tremendously learning the Beijing 24. Love your motivation in your videos though.

Compare to taekwondo which is a street fight style of martial arts, taichi is so fluid in movement and very calming. I've been watching your taichi video and practicing it when have to urge.

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Thank so much!!!

Good job Jake. Liked the way you are teaching this for the beginner. I tell people that learning Tai Chi is like learning to write cursive. No two people will have exactly the same cursive. Your "cursive" is quite nice and easy to "read". I've seen some Tai Chi people who I can't "read" at all. Couldn't even tell it was Tai Chi. You have good Tai Chi Penmanship!

Learning this form and this video is very helpful. Thank You. Only problem is the cameraperson is following you around during the second half of form causing loss of perspective. So basically I am losing direction and can not follow. Still very helpful. Still trying.

Supernice!

Looks like it's trying to be the Yang 24 form Taiji, but needs a lot of work. Should give it another year or two before teaching it. 这好像是他自己发明的一种太极拳，但是每一个动作没到位啊。

May i know if how many tai chi form or puseture do you have idol?

Amazing! Amazing! Amazing!

Is there a second part?

👏🏼The amazing thing is practicing Tai Chi is not necessarily do it as if we were Masters, Tai chi is to do slow movement that as long you do it slow and move softly the Meridians in our bodies would be activated, so many people do their horses very low because doing for many years give you flexibility and so many young people who have practice gymnastics can do even lowers horse with great flexibility. If you ask people who don't even speak English in China who received their instruction from their ancestors, they will tell you; as long as you breath and move slow don't even need to do all the movements and can miss some of them and still be ok! Those who correcting this young man have so much pride, anything to serve to share a talent even to charge for it as long as they do it with the good intention is a good deed and benefit the soul.

jake, is this the beijing 24 form from 1956?

I think this is pretty good, to be honest, for the beginner, although I would say that you also need to give a quick comment on where the feet are going on each manoeuvre, in tandem with saying - which you do, very clearly - where the hands are going.

This guy is good. Hardest thing to do with Tai Chi is find a competent and ethical teacher.

Make more vedios

Hello Jake: Where is the rest of the form. I tried looking through your videos using find command to increase effectiveness for a while now and still have not found it. Can you put link to the next section on this page? Thanks.

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I m really curious abt the benefits of Tai chi good simple video for learners ... meditation in motion unlike Indian meditation..

I'll admit I thought you were cheesy, but I gotta give you props man your a Kung Fu health maniac!

Thanks👍🏻much better no talking.

im no expert, but i thought Tai Chi was about cultivating qi stores and qi flow. although this form looks physically aesthetic, i can not see the song in the movement to enable correct qi flow? looks like physical form rather than energy form.

O yes and it’s important to mention that your whole body should be in motion from beginning to end. Jegan

sorry but i have one stupid question. we have to tightness abdomen or other body part ? :D

Even if he isn't doing this properly, I like his attitude.

Thanks lcan learn it becomes a tai chi master

You are very fluid.