The only workout video where you sit down AND become immortal.
Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming explains, demonstrates, and discusses the Eight Pieces of Brocade (jian shen ba duan jin), a qigong practice for health and wellbeing. The Eight Pieces of Brocade is a sequence of eight movements intended to build qi, promote blood circulation, assist the immune system, strengthen the internal organs, and energize the body. Dr. Yang teaches both sitting and standing variations of the practice.
Direction
Dr. Yang's patient, precise instruction style.
Practical Effects
Sitting variations for the chronically unmotivated.
Production
Charming '80s instructional aesthetic, zero pretension.
Director
Yang Jwing-Ming
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Eight Pieces of Brocade dates to 12th century China, supposedly created by General Yue Fei to heal his soldiers—making this possibly the world's oldest recorded military fitness program.
Dr. Yang founded Yang's Martial Arts Association in 1982 and was among the first to systematically teach qigong to Western audiences, essentially translating embodied philosophy into repeatable exercise.
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