Four-Season Tai Chi II - Summer This is part of a series of Tai Chi forms following the change of seasons for a healthy life.  According to the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine (Huangdi Neijing), the essence of the summer season is flourishing and growth.  Therefore, Tai Chi practice should be active and release the abundance of yang energy, exercising the cardiovascular system and preparing for harvesting energy in the autumn. Chen Style Tai Chi is the favored practice among young people and martial artists.  It is characterized by spiraling and coiling, occasional powerful strikes, stamping, and jumping.  All of these motions from the core, driven by internal power, and will train you to develop inner strength.  This short form is a combination of Master Tsao's studies from recent years with Grandmasters Chen Zhenglei and Zhu Tiancai.  He teaches in English with front and back views.  Suggested 25 class hours. (Difficulty: Beginner to Intermediate Levels)

On-Chair Tai Chi for Health is an instructional video based on principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine and classical Tai Chi and Qigong postures.  It is focused on cultivating inner energy and improving joints and muscle strength, and is a gentle and effective workout to enhance your mind-body harmony, relieve stress, prevent hypertension, headaches, and back pain.  Breathing has been fully integrated into the movements.  Jesse Tsao teaches the 14 postures in English, with a face-to-face, mirror-imaged demonstration--viewer-friendly, no confusion.  This video will especially benefit seniors and those recovering from injury or from illness.  It will help restore your mind and body well-being in a relaxed, seated position.  This is also a good workout for travelers on long plane flights. It is a resource for instructor's teaching preparation.  Suggest 15 class hours.  (Difficulty: Beginner Level).

Qigong is an ancient Chinese meditation practice that works on the body's vital energy by gathering and cultivating universal energy from nature. Using the mind-body connection, impurities break away from the inner organs and stress is released from the body. In this DVD, Master Tsao will teach you Qigong as an alternative medicine for disease prevention and promoting better health. Master Tsao teaches in detail with front view demonstrations. It is a good reference for home study, or a resource for instructor's teaching preparation.

The most anticipated self-healing instructional video from Master Jesse Tsao! He shares with you the treasured knowledge of thousands of years of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), with the priority of preventing disease. This video serves this purpose, summarized from Master Tsao's research and teaching. The 36 points presented in this video are the most easy to touch by oneself and have the greatest efficiency. Detailed instruction in proper hand touch techniques to activate and stimulate these energy points is provided. It is a good reference for home study, or a resource for instructor's teaching preparation.

Eight Piece Brocades (ba-duan-jin) is an eight-part , centuries-old Chinese exercise suitable for all ages. It is a traditional Chinese medicine and a clinically proven health exercise for improving your immune system, strengthening your inner organs' function, and balancing your inner energy flow. This is the traditional/original version before Chinese Health Qigong Association's contemporary synchronized version. Master Tsao presents demonstration first and teaches in English with plenty of repetitions for each posture. It is a easy to follow practice. It is a good reference for home study, or a resource for instructor's teaching preparation. Suggest 30 class hours.

Tai Chi meditation will help you to cleanse stress and badness from your inner energy's circulation. Detailed instructions are given in English, with the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) approach for potential instructors to use. This is a easy to follow practice. Master Jesse Tsao shares with you his many years professional teaching experience for Cigna HealthCare as an expert in disease prevention. There are four major parts: guided meditation; Tai Chi's open and close hands; detoxification; and waking-up. It is a good reference for home study, or a resource for instructor's teaching preparation. Suggest 30 class hours. (Difficulty: Beginner Level)

 According to the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine (Huangdi Neijing), the essence of the autumn season is gathering and harvesting.  Therefore, Tai Chi practice refrain from excess emotion, remaining calm and gathering energy through breathing exercise to enhance lung function.  This will prevent lung illness and benefit the conservation process of the winter season.  Suggest for beginners and middle-age people.  Master Tsao teaches in English with front and back views.  Suggested 25 class hours. (Difficulty: Beginner to Intermediate Levels)

It teaches basic Tai Chi patterns for hand movements, major footwork and stances, and connects them with yin and yang philosophy and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). This video also discusses the "Thirteen Essential Techniques" in self-defense applications of Tai Chi moves. (peng lu ji an cai lie zhou kao jin tui gu pan ding). Beginners will have a solid understanding in the fundamentals of Tai Chi and will be ready to move on to any routine. Master Tsao teaches in English. It is a good reference for home study, or a resource for instructor's teaching preparation. Suggest 15 class hours. (Difficulty: Beginner Level).

It is a combination of Tai Chi, Qigong, Taoist 8-Immprtal Cane, and traditional Chinese medicine energy points stimulation practice. It opens body%u2019s blockages to let energy flow flushing out stress, clean out stagnation and toxin. Dr. Jesse Tsao created this routine based on his Ph.D. research on traditional Chinese exercise for disease prevention and wellbeing. He teaches in English with side-view review. It is a good reference for home study, or a resource for instructor's teaching preparation.

Four-Season Tai Chi I - Spring This is part of a series of Tai Chi forms following the change of seasons for a healthy life. According to the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine (Huangdi Neijing), the essence of spring is birth and spread. Therefore, tai chi practice in springtime should be like young deer prancing in the meadow, vivid and agile. This routine is flavored with Wu style fast form. It exercises the tendons and stimulate bone growth, and will also release stress to prevent liver problems. Master Tsao teaches in English with front and back views. It is a good reference for home study, or a resource for instructor's teaching preparation. Suggested 30 class hours. (Difficulty: Beginner to Intermediate Levels)  (Difficulty: Beginner Level)