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This demonstration of Set 6 is by May Au, a Hong Kong-born professional dancer and Tai Chi Qigong teacher. A graduate of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, she has more than twenty years’ experience teaching and performing traditional Chinese and contemporary dance, and was certified in Shibashi by its creator, Professor Lin Housheng. Her dance background is particularly evident in Set 6: the livelier, more intricate movements are performed with unusual grace, precision and clarity, making the sequence both enjoyable to watch and easy to follow. You can find more of her teaching on the Qinergy YouTube channel.

This demonstration is by Francis Wong, a Shibashi teacher from Kuching in Sarawak, Malaysia. Recognised as an instructor within the Sarawak Taiji Qigong Shibashi community, he has created an unusually comprehensive collection of videos covering Sets 1–3 and 5–8. His calm, flowing demonstrations—sometimes accompanied by fellow practitioner and instructor Melissa Thian—are particularly useful for exploring the later Shibashi sets.

Here is a more martial approach to qigong by Ru Yizi (茹奕紫), a Taiwanese teacher based in Tainan whose principal practice is Chen-style Tai Chi. He has created an extensive online collection covering Tai Chi, Qigong and foundational exercises, including clear demonstrations of the first three Shibashi sets. His calm, precise performance of Set 3 makes the sequence particularly easy to follow.

Watch Wing Cheung amongst the birds down by the river – the style is very different from that of Lin Housheng. Interesting to note that he doesn’t do further sets from Lin, but rather creates his own set 3. I haven’t found one of Wing doing it, but here is one of his students.