Tai Chi: Snake Creeps Down

Viewing videos requires the latest version of Adobe's Flash Player.
Get the latest Flash player.

Showing 1-5

Part of the video series: Tai Chi Movements

Tai Chi: Direction Tips for Form...

Tai Chi: Fair Lady Works the Shu...

Tai Chi: Part Wild Horses Mane

Tai Chi: Part Wild Horses Mane T...

Tai Chi: White Snake Spits Out T...

Add to My Playlist What is a playlist?

Summary: It's important to perform the snake creeps down movement, in Tai Chi, with proper technique and skill. Learn some tips for executing this movement from a professional Tai Chi instructor in this free martial arts video.

Views: 474 | Tags: martial, arts, tai, chi, positions, kung, fu, chuan, stretching, movements, motions

Get the latest Flash player.

Email Video Add to Favorites

About the Expert
Contact: greenmountaintaichi.com

Rich Marantz Rich Marantz is the director and instructor of Green Mountain Tai Chi in Manchester, Vermont. He has taken his passion for Taoist philosophy and Chinese inter... read more

Hide Comments

Conversations About This Video

Comments
(0 comments)
Questions & Answers
(0 questions) (0 answers)

Be the first to comment on this video.

Have a question about this video topic? Ask our community members and let them share their knowledge with you!

Ask A Question

You must sign in to perform that task.

Log In Now!
Don't have an account? Click here to sign up for FREE!

Sign Up Now!
Already have an account? Click here to sign in.

Email Address:

Password:

Confirm Password:

Screen Name:

I would like to receive the Expert Village Video of the Day

Date of Birth:

Gender: Male Female

Country:

Zip/Postal Code:

Enter the letters you see below

What's This?

I agree to the terms of use and privacy policy.

Video Transcript

Tai Chi: Snake Creeps Down

In this segment I'm going to be talking about snake creeps down. What's most important when performing snake creeps down is not how low you go. What's most important is doing it correctly. So if you need to stay up high, stay up high, if you can go all the way down put your butt on the ground, go for it. But don't give up the quality of the movement for the sake of the quantity of the movement. This is a basic Tai Chi principle. So in the yang style Tai Chi we begin at single whip in our school we take a very small step back to extend our stance. Dropping the heel so we're in a long stance. We turn the back leg so the foot is at ninety degrees but don't just turn the toe you have to turn the whole leg as this opens your hip joint. You shift straight back, keeping yourself very vertical here, so you are vertical sitting down. Now as you drop down turn a little bit to your right, this will let you drop down, drop down, drop down, keeping the front leg straight if possible, it's not like me keep your back as straight as you can. Ok, so this is the idea of snake creeps down. You want to have a sense that you're sitting down and then we take this back leg we push off the back leg as we do that our front leg bends, coming forward, coming forward out of snake creeps down. Ok this is a revised version of this, as I said it's not the quantity of the movement, you turn the leg come back, sit down what's natural for you, so you are just sitting down natural, making sure this leg is straight. You sweep the ground with the hand, this is a very appropriate snake creeps down, but if I'm here it's no good. So nice and straight vertical then come forward into the rest of your movement.