Margaret Emerson made this video in response to requests from her students for a
training tape. It shows a Wu style long form preceded by traditional warm-up exercises.
A voice-over guides the student through each movement. Margaret also discusses some
of the basic principles of the form. The sequence was filmed split-screen--half of the
screen shows the front view and the other half shows the back view.

Margaret studied this form for six years under Kao Ching-hua. Kao learned it as a girl in
pre-Revolutionary China. As a teenager, Kao Ching-hua used her T'ai Chi practice to
overcome a debilitating heart condition. While earning her bachelor's degree at National
Central University of China, Kao taught T'ai Chi to female college students. Before
entering the U.S. for graduate studies in phys ed, she was made the only honorary female
member of the previously all-male T'ai Chi Ch'uan Association of Shanghai. The
communist revolution in 1949 prevented her from returning to China.

Margaret has been practicing this 97-movement sequence since 1979 and teaching since
1989.

The DVD is one hour long. A sequence list is enclosed.