Product Review

This form of Qigong, sometimes called Chinese Yoga, employs a carved wooden dowel. This symmetrically designed wooden object is held between the hands while the practitioner executes a series of special movements. The sphere in the center, helps to focus the mind while the practitioner glides through soft and fluid movements. Besides improving your balance, encouraging flexibility and bringing serenity, the Tai Chi ruler is excellent for coordinating mind and body.

The ruler can be used in many ways. For people interested in Chinese health methods it is easier to learn than Tai Chi. Using Tai Chi Ruler encourages a gentle, smooth type of movement helping the students to gain fluidity right from the start. On another level, not handled in this introductory DVD, the TCR can be the core of an entire martial system with training and applications.

This DVD, one of the first on the TCR in English, gives all the basic exercises you will need to create a strong foundation in this practice. After a good introduction to the history and philosophical principles of this instrument Terry Dunn takes us through more than a dozen patterns. A complete practice of its own, the ruler allows a lot of customization and can be assembled into a very personal regimen that improves with every session. The ruler can be a beginner's help and an advanced practitioner's resource. This has been long unavailable. This new DVD is the original video re-mastered straight across with no menu.