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title: Chen Style Tai Chi Essential 18 Forms | Lesson 1 |Tai Chi Starting
teacher: Authentic China with Dawn
runtime: 2 min
url: https://tai-chi.app/library/chen-style-tai-chi-essential-18-forms-lesson-1-tai-chi-start-6-kY0Mhcocs
lang: en
source: Tai Chi — https://tai-chi.app
---


# Chen Style Tai Chi Essential 18 Forms | Lesson 1 |Tai Chi Starting

2 min with Authentic China with Dawn. Standing, and safe to do holding a chair. Works for focus. Suits beginners. Runtime verified against YouTube, and where it fits in a session explained.

Taught by **Authentic China with Dawn**. Not hosted by Tai Chi — it is embedded from YouTube with attribution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-kY0Mhcocs

- **Runtime**: 2 min (112 seconds, verified against YouTube on 2026-08-02)
- **Posture**: Standing, and safe to do holding a chair
- **Style**: Chen style — the oldest family, alternating slow passages with sudden released power; the most demanding of the legs
- **Trains**: focus
- **Suits**: someone in their first weeks, someone with a few months behind them
- **Intensity**: gentle, moderate
- **Phases it can fill**: Form
- **Teaching style**: talks you through each movement as you go
- **Spoken language**: English

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