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> >Would anyone here like to recommend a new Tai Chi tape for me?

Not a specific tape, but look for one that is called, or has in the title, 
Chi Quong (soemtimes spelled, Chi Gong, or Qi Gong, or any such attempt at 
transliteration).  

'Tai' means 'extreme' or 'great'.  And of curse 'chi' or 'qi' is the vital 
life force.  So "Tai Chi" is the formal form of the exercise and art from.  
Add 
the word 'Chuan' (fist) to it and Tai Chi Chuan is the martial arts form.

'Quong' or 'Qan' or 'Gong' means 'practice' and is the form of Tai Chi to 
achieve the flow and purging of the Chi in a much more informal way.

James