Returning Tai Chi
Learn a transformative daily tai chi practice in the comfort of your home with one of the last-remaining teachers of the original Classical Yang (Yeung) Family Tai Chi Chuan Forms.
What makes Returning Tai Chi Unique?
The Form is called Returning Tai Chi because it takes you back in time, returning to the historic Yang (Yeung) Family Tai Chi Chuan Form as it was originally practiced 200 years ago while incorporating movements from every other variation. Over the centuries, each Master in the Form varied the stances and postures to accommodate his body of students. Master Vincent Chu, a sixth-generation practitioner of the Classical Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Form, and Qigong Master Ou Wen Wei, creator of the Pangu Qi Gong Form, developed and perfected the Returning Tai Chi Form over the course of 13+ years.
What can I expect from this class?
The complete Returning Tai Chi form or "Pangu Tai Chi Chuan Form" is broken down into 3 parts, each a full and complete course on its own. Each part of the form is designed to take your practice deeper, introducing more challenging movements and requiring greater strength and endurance.
Through consistent daily practice, you will naturally develop the endurance, strength, flexibility, balance, directional awareness, advanced breathing techniques, and focus required to perform each part with precision.
Each section teaches one part of the form through an instruction video and occasionally a modification video to support success with limited mobility. Each section also contains a silent demonstration video for you to follow along when practicing.
For best results, it is recommended that you dedicate a minimum of one week of daily practice to each section before moving on to the next. To encourage steady progression, a new section will unlock each week.
Health Benefits
This Tai Chi form supports the development of stability, balance, and strength. The more stability you have, the more it's possible to safely build strength.
Additionally, it is working on the fundamentals of martial arts, such as agility, balance, coordination and opening the body's joints by stretching the ligaments, tendons and muscle groups.
Pangu Tai Chi has two unique features. First, Pangu Tai Chi harnesses the qi of the universe in order for it to improve the body's physiological condition, including the immune system; and second, it emphasizes exercising the lower body and upper torso to improve blood circulation, making it easier for the blood to return to the heart.
Benefits of Regular Practice
The more you practice, the greater the rewards: increased strength and flexibility, improved coordination and balance, and relaxation and trust in your body and mind. This course is optimized for success.
Weekly Discipline
You'll learn and practice one small set of movements each week. By mastering one set of movements at a time, you will perfect your form to get the most from the exercise. You may even memorize the form so you no longer have to reference the videos as a guide.
Enjoy a Daily Practice
By the end of the course, you'll have learned the full Returning Tai Chi Part 1 Form. When you continue to practice the full Part 1 Form each morning, you'll start your day with an empowered state of mind.
Is this course right for me?
Sessions are tailored for beginner & intermediate levels.
BEGINNER
Those who are new to Tai Chi will gain an understanding of each basic movement while developing the skill of implementing each posture and stance. By committing to weekly lessons and daily practice, beginners will learn a skill that brings benefits for a lifetime.
INTERMEDIATE
Intermediate practitioners will benefit from honing the intricacies of the Form and experience a fundamental understanding of the mind-body connection as they deepen their practice. Join Sifu Dimitri's loyal following of students who have experienced improved health and wellness through Tai Chi and Qigong.
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faq
Part 1: 28 lessons, 28+ weeks. Without instruction, the form is 10-12 minutes of continuous motion.
Part 2: 42 lessons, 42+ weeks. Without instruction, the form is 11-13 minutes of continuous motion.
Part 3: 49 lessons, 49+ weeks. Without instruction, the form is 20 minutes of continuous motion.
All sessions are pre-recorded so you can practice at your own pace.
The full form (parts 1-3) is 35-40 minutes long.
Each lesson consists of an instruction video, a demonstration video, and sometimes a modifications video.
- The INSTRUCTION video teaches the nuances of the movement you need to keep in mind as you practice.
- The DEMONSTRATION video is a silent demonstration of the form to guide your practice.
- The MODIFICATION video provides an alternative variation of the form to accommodate those with limited mobility.
- At the end of every module, there is a demonstration video that includes all sections covered.
- At the end of the course, there is a demonstration video that includes all sections covered in the course.
- Bonus: Part 2 includes the 10 Principles of Tai Chi.
Yes! After purchasing the course, you will have lifetime access to the recordings.
No. Returning Tai Chi Part 1, 2 and 3 are each full courses on their own. Each part requires its own course, but you do not have to purchase all 3 parts to gain value from one.
Each part of the form is designed to take your practice deeper, incrementally increasing your ability to experience the full benefits of Tai Chi.
Each part of the form is designed to take your practice deeper, incrementally increasing your ability to experience the full benefits of Tai Chi, much like becoming more engrossed in a compelling book as you move through the middle and toward the end.
Each part introduces more challenging movements, requiring greater strength and endurance. Through consistent daily practice, you will naturally develop the endurance, strength, flexibility, balance, directional awareness, advanced breathing techniques, and focus required to perform each part with precision.
Each part is longer than the next:
Part 1: 28 lessons, 28+ weeks. Without instruction, the form is 10-12 minutes of continuous motion.
Part 2: 42 lessons, 42+ weeks. Without instruction, the form is 11-13 minutes of continuous motion.
Part 3: 49 lessons, 49+ weeks. Without instruction, the form is 20 minutes of continuous motion.
Part 2 introduces the 10 principles of Tai Chi, foundational guidelines that will enhance your understanding of movement, breathwork, and balance. Part 2 and 3 also introduce modification videos, which provide adapted techniques for success with mobility limitations.
Sifu Dimitri K. Mougdis is a world expert in Classical Yang (Yeung) Family Tai Chi Chuan and Qi Gong and holds direct teaching lineages from China and the U.S. He began his studies in 1983 under Grandmaster Gin Soon Chu and Master Vincent Chu from Boston, with whom he continues to study. Sifu Dimitri also studied, and teaches, Pan Gu Shen Gong (PGSG) from Professor Fang Ning.
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About Sifu Dimitri
Learn tai chi from one of the last-remaining teachers of the original Classical Yang (Yeung) Family Tai Chi Chuan.
Dimitri K. Mougdis is a world expert in Classical Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan and Qigong, holding direct teaching lineages from the U.S. and China. Originally from Abelonas, Greece, just south of Mount Olympus, Sifu Dimitri began his study of Tai Chi Chuan under Grand Master Gin Soon Chu and Master Vincent Chu in Boston in 1983. Sifu Dimitri has more than 41 years of study and 22 years of teaching experience. He is one of a few remaining teachers sanctioned in the original Classical Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan.
In June 2000, Sifu Dimitri established the Internal Arts Institute with the encouragement of Professor Fang Ning and the approval of Grand Master Gin Soon Chu and Master Vincent Chu. He continues his studies under Master Vincent Chu. The Internal Arts Institute is dedicated to teaching the true Classical Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan for promoting good mental and physical health as well as self-defense.
Sifu Dimitri also studied with Professor Fang Ning, who graduated from American Mission School St. John University in Shanghai, China, in 1947 with degrees in Political Science and Economics. Professor Fang Ning practiced and researched Qigong all his life and was the 5th-generation successor (as he called it) to Orthodox Wudan Yang-Family Tai-Chi Chuan.
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Returning Tai Chi
Part 1
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Returning Tai Chi
Part 2 & 3
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Returning Tai Chi
Part 1, 2 & 3
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Try the course for 30 days risk free! Each week a new lesson unlocks, so by the end of the 30 day period you will have access to the first 4 sections of the course.
If you aren't satisfied, refund request can be submitted here. Once a refund is processed, we will revoke your access to all course materials.
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