How wonderful that you are practicing those 5 minutes a day, Mike! I had taken Yang Long form decades ago, and just joined a "grey haired" group that practices in a park three times a week!

It is very sad when someone dies or moves to a nursing home. Be thankful for your health! I practice out on a porch I share with a Vietnam Veteran who has terminal cancer. This place blew my mind. AHHHHHHH!

I made a video some folks might find interesting. The Vietnam Veteran died.

I've been practicing Silat and Escrima since 1993 and Taiji, Bagua and Xingyi since 2008. I like practicing slow twisting and circling steps with blades. It nourishes my brain and I circulate my chi to stay healthy and massage my internal organs to stay soft and limber. The first thing I would teach someone is how to relax and root and circulate Qi. After relaxing, someone can learn basic Gong Fu! Ginseng A river of life through eyes Seen blue skies and dream Each day’s scene A shade of green from the leaves Beautiful blossoms So many herbs Spirits Here you find a shining light So bright Brandish an axe Blades fast As Y Flash the task or die I rehashed the Sun Splash Never dry We relax Eye And get higher than the slaughter It’s over And over the shoulder we Cold as roll into ball We crawl Light relax and draw in and out the breath Take eight steps in eight directions Bet you get it Don’t sweat it We don’t threaten it The externalists wet in it with blood caked On Weapons Broken down into sections I made a new video. I bought a camera. There's some way to set it up without a phone. You have to be a rocket scientist to set up this camera. You have to learn how to edit video and run the whole shop. Peace. Mike Neidlinger

Where are you today? It took me almost ten years to learn our form, and another ten to feel semi comfortable with it. It saved my life on more than one occasion, though I will need many more years to grasp it's mystery. Good luck, keep practice. Train for life. Laoshr #60 Ching Yi Kung Fu Association

Cheng Manqing did not teach the traditional Yang style.

@@milosslaninka8134 nor does this bloke .who teaches post revolution yang style !

I am drinking Water and watching Tai Chi which is my favorite thing. Yang Jun is doing an excellent job. He is not the best martial artist in the World but he has a good approach and I respect him. I love this form. Yang Jun receives high honors.

1:41 This video is a copy from the Yang Family Teaching DVD and may be 20 years old. Master Yang Jun's performance follows the exact standard form - must do- it's from the Learn DVD. But there are also some Videoclips from the last ten years in the net. I learned and teach this form and style in Germany. Greetings, Conny

@@Taichido1 Hello Conny, are you from Germany ? Lebst Du in Deutschland ? Besitzt Du die DVD ? Ich kann nirgends eine Möglichkeit finden, sie zu kaufen. Wäre großartig, wenn Du mir antwortest ! Gruß, Helmuth aus Deutschland

i died in more ways than one doing it

Someone somewhere has photos of my footprints I left in a large area from practicing Silat and Escrima for 5 hours a day. I saw this guy taking pictures a few times. I call them flowers. I no longer have any interest in external martial arts. My footprints were really amazing! Beautiful flowers. Love, Mike.

Get dynamic. Are you learning for health?

i had two school years available to study the full 108, so depends upon your available time frame. while better to learn something rather than nothing, in the long haul the long form is more complete and useful/functional.......

I agree I've practiced the long form for over 11 years. During which a lady admitted she had done 10 years of yoga and got bored. My tea he Neil Bradley, told us after long study it was better to learn the long form 1st. If we really understood that shorter forms prevent boredom. You bring the interest, and the journey to as as for as you intend.

Look at what's available around you, and jump in! I learned long form (and some Qigong warm ups) in my 30s, and recently joined a group that practices Long Form 3 times a week. They started with empty form, then when there was enough interest, began leading Long Form! I do Soaring Crane Qigong on my own other days.

I learned the 24 first, and then come to this.

It is 103

A lot of Taiji is Internal. It's difficult to pick up. If you learn all the movements, you can fight to some degree. You need to train for decades to get the Chi to really kick butt. I also practice Wu/Hao and Sun Styles! I also train various styles of Bagua and Xingyi, since 2008. That's when I made the Internal Switch! I started practicing Silat and Escrima in 1993. Taiji is my favorite Martial Art!

Try learning the Eight Ways! Ward Off, Rollback, Press, Push, Pull Down, Split, Elbow Stroke, Shoulder Stroke. Those are the building blocks of Taiji Gong Fu!

I started learning Taiji by "blanking" strikes with sticks. I stopped using force against force and used minimal force. It's very confusing to an opponent who has never dealt with it! Always keep in mind that you don't use force against force and you use minimal force. You try to use 4 ounces to move 1000 pounds! I ended up sticking to the opponent and could use timing and leverage to push them out.

My Ginseng Shipment is late! I am Fasting Water and I want Ginseng Tea. I also like Astragalus or Fo-Ti. I want to learn Chinese Language so I can study Texts on Boxing, Fencing, Herbs, Acupuncture, Philosophy. I love Eastern Philosophy.

Basically. We count it as 103, but others count as 85 or 108.

?? It's exact the Yang Style standard long form.

You know his great-grand father is literally Yang Chengfu?

@ShredST not sure who or what my great grandfathers were , I think one was a tinker , that does nt make me one

@@iancuthbert7738 Yes. The difference is that he dedicated his life to passing on his family's legacy, whereas your family has no comparable legacy.

@@ShredST the point I m making is there are several stream s of family , what was passed to what family members is not openly recorded . You do know there are family members in Hong Kong ?

@@iancuthbert7738 Ohhhh. The actual point you seem to be making is that you think you're studying from the "real" Yang family lineage