| The knowledge Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming possesses | | | | Yang. He goes through all five animals in this |
| never ceases to amaze me. He is truly a gifted | | | | manner: Tiger, Deer, Bear, Monkey (Ape), and |
| martial artist, healer, and most importantly a | | | | Bird. The entire program is just under three hours. |
| teacher. His books and DVDs are extremely | | | | However, in the menu you can select "Play |
| educational as well as inspiring. In this particular | | | | Continuous Form" and watch the students go all |
| DVD, "Five Animal Sports Qigong" done with | | | | the way through the form with the narration by |
| Kathy K. Yang, Dr. Yang explores and teaches an | | | | Dr. Yang. This takes about 50 minutes. |
| ancient and popular set of medical Qigong | | | | Please note, some of these movements may be |
| exercises. | | | | fairly difficult for some, so be prepared to spend |
| The first half hour of the DVD is lecture format | | | | time practicing to become proficient at these |
| with Dr. Yang providing some history of the | | | | forms and to be able to feel the art as Dr. Yang |
| Qigong exercises and Kathy Yang providing some | | | | says near the end. I also liked one of the |
| explanation of the Table of Correspondences with | | | | comments that Kathy Yang made, and that was |
| the Five Organs that is included inside the DVD. | | | | to have fun with the forms and enjoy moving like |
| (You can also find these under the "Quick | | | | an animal. Sometimes I think we forget to have |
| Reference" on the DVD as well.) Dr. Yang's | | | | fun with our training. |
| daughter, Kathy, does not seem as comfortable | | | | There are many different Qigong exercises and |
| speaking as her father, but that is to be | | | | forms. This particular DVD focuses on the Five |
| expected, she has not done as much teaching as | | | | Animal Sports Qigong forms, and is a great |
| he has. I still found both segments interesting and | | | | instructional tool for this series of exercises. It is |
| informative. | | | | not a simple form, so again, one will have to put |
| Dr. Yang then demonstrates some warm up | | | | in the time to master what is taught, but doing so |
| stretches with a group of his students before | | | | will be well worth it in health and fitness benefits. |
| going into demonstrations of the different Qigong | | | | The program is yet another excellent resource |
| movements. Dr. Yang first demonstrates and | | | | from Dr. Yang and YMAA. I recommend it to |
| explains the movements, and then the DVD | | | | anyone who wants to further their knowledge of |
| shows a small group of his students performing | | | | Qigong and practice an interesting set of Qigong |
| the movements with audio instruction from Dr. | | | | exercises. |