When we started out we bought quite a few Tai Chi videos trying to find ones that were right for our level of ability and understanding. Some we have are very pretty - great scenery - not so good on explanations. Others are demonstrations by masters which look wonderful. Its amazing how good Tai Chi can look - it's a real shame that they were too advanced for us.

Last time we looked at Amazon and our local video store there were Tai Chi videos everywhere. And their content doesn't seem to be described any better now than it was when we started out. Tai Chi videos can be expensive - we don't want you to make the same mistakes we did. So we're going to go through all the videos we have and write formal reviews of them for you.

Tai Chi videos are supposed to teach you something - so we'll look at how well they teach Tai Chi or Qi Gong - if the basic principles are covered - are the instructions safe - that sort of thing. And we'll look at how difficult they are. Not all Tai Chi videos are aimed at beginners and lots more don't tell you about the more difficult features - we will!

We're starting with our favorites - because we would be happy to recommend them. And then we'll dust off the others and see what we think of them now. We've cheated a little because we'll be mixing videos, CD Roms and DVDs in the same group.

We hope you find the Tai Chi and Qi Gong video reviews useful - and we hope they save you money.

Feel free to leave your own comments on each of the videos on the site by following the ‘post review’ link.