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Now if that isn't systemized shamanic dancing destined (wanted to write designed... damn auto correct ) to transform on all levels with emphasis on physical benefits to eventually use in martial situations, then I don't know nothing anymore

interesting, seen many versions over the years. As for taijiquan, I think form is more important than things like this which is more like a warm-up.

Rhen wrote:interesting, seen many versions over the years. As for taijiquan, I think form is more important than things like this which is more like a warm-up.

I did wonder if it was more like a warm up.

As for the Tian Zhaolin forms, I'm fascinated by their movements.

https://youtu.be/RO8eRcpoJIE

https://youtu.be/pp_P6Jff2o4

A few more

https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6 ... -77EMCUpVg

A few videos from the youku page of one of Tian Bingyuan's students

https://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNDYyNzk4 ... 2~5~5!10~A

https://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNDgwNzc3 ... !2~5~5!9~A

https://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNDg2NzE4 ... !2~5~5!2~A

I learned a similar routine about 35 or so years ago but it was not called baduanjin but it tended to follow a pattern of what may be called baduanjin. it is an "older routine that fell into practice and somehow resurrected into 8 Brocade. It appears similar to a routine taught by Stuart Olsen. My Hong Kong teacher (I met him in Louisiana)-1978-1980 taught it as a warmup! I do not practice it but I do the more common 8 Brocade, without the 'fanfare'!

Another Tian Bingyuan video

https://www.ixigua.com/6948714239481610 ... e493c3daca