Stand Still Be Fit on YouTube

I've noticed that some enterprising young fellow has uploaded all 10 parts of Master Lam Kam Chuen's Stand Still Be Fit program onto YouTube. It's a beginners guide to Zhan Zhuang originally shown on British TV back in the '90s. It's split into days, and they showed each episode on subsequent days, the idea being it enableing you to 'stand along' with Master Lam as he goes through the 5 basic health postures of the Zhan Zhuang system.

It's a fantastic Chi Kungi system. I do these 5 postures every day (or at least try to do all 5 every day!) myself and I can attest to the difference they make to your health - you'll generally feel much happier, more full of energy and more balanced physically if you do them.

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Doing all 5 takes a long time, and it's very physically demanding. Start slow, try to get the first posture for something like 10 minutes before moving to the second. Watching Master Lam really helps - he demonstrates excellent posture and gives you hints and tips on how to stand. There's also an interview with his teacher Professor Yu of Beijing who was a student of the founder of Yi Quan, Wang Zhang Zhai.

You can watch all 10 episodes by clicking here.

Remember: Join in - don't sit to watch!