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Mind Body Spirit-Tai Chi: An Introduction (2000)

Mind Body Spirit-Tai Chi: An Introduction (2000)

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Released 19-Nov-2009
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Details At A Glance

General		Extras
Category	Lifestyle	Biographies-Cast
Rating
Year Of Production	2000
Running Time	47:16 (Case: 50)
RSDL / Flipper	No/No	Cast & Crew
Start Up	Menu	Cast & Crew
Region Coding	4	Directed By	David Morgan
Studio Distributor	IMC Vision Reel DVD	Starring	Lucy Lloyd Barker
Case	Amaray-Transparent	Starring	Lucy Lloyd Barker
RPI	$14.95	Music	None Given

Video		Audio
Pan & Scan/Full Frame	None	English Dolby Digital 2.0 (192Kb/s)
Widescreen Aspect Ratio	None
16x9 Enhancement	No
Video Format	576i (PAL)
Original Aspect Ratio	1.33:1	Miscellaneous
Jacket Pictures	No	Miscellaneous
Subtitles	None	Smoking	No
		Annoying Product Placement	No
		Action In or After Credits	No

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Plot Synopsis

Mind Body Spirit-An Introduction to Tai Chi is another title in a new range of 26 health, exercise and wellbeing DVDs being released through Reel DVD. This particular show was made in 2000 and seems to be a UK production. Our host is Lucy Lloyd Barker, a very fit and healthy looking middle aged English woman. She presents the Tai Chi moves standing on a mat on a rocky beach somewhere.

The program is made up of a number of sections which do a good job of introducing the basics of Tai Chi to the novice. I knew very little about Tai Chi when I watched this disc and felt it explained the moves clearly allowing me to understand what I was doing quite easily. There is an introduction, followed by basic stances, warm-up routines and the 18 standard positions or moves of Tai Chi. Tacked on the end is about 9 minutes about meditation and footage of Lucy wandering beaches and things. Since it is at the end if you are not overly interested in this you can just skip it.

I found this DVD easy to follow and it allowed me to get straight into Tai Chi without lots of theory.

If you are interested in getting started on Tai Chi without needing to attend classes or want to find out if it is for you, this disc is worth a look.

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Transfer Quality

Video

The video quality is good.

The feature is presented in the original aspect ratio of 1.33:1. It is not 16x9 enhanced.

The picture was reasonably clear and sharp throughout. There was quite a bit of background grain throughout.

The colour was fine.

There are no subtitles.

There is no layer change.

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Audio

The audio quality is good.

This DVD contains an English Dolby Digital 2.0 soundtrack encoded at 192 Kb/s.

Dialogue was clear and easy to understand.

The music is suitably new age.

The surround speakers and subwoofer were not used.

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Extras

Cast Bio - Lucy Lloyd Barker

Text Bio of the presenter.

R4 vs R1

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This is a Region 4 release and there does not seem to be other releases of this same material.

Summary

A good introduction to the basics of Tai Chi.