If you have ever wondered what it is like to study Tai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan) in China itself, read this book! Author Howard Thomas went there in 1989 and spent five years with different Masters, Teachers & Coaches doing just that.
Yang-style Taiji Quan is one of the main schools of Chinese Taiii Quan. Like the other schools, the Yang-style is characterized by its combination of hardness and softness,
Catherine David picks the essence from inconspicuous corners where it has been gathering dust and shows us how she uses it to unlock the gates leading to inner beauty.
Popularly referred to as "Pushing-Hands," the two-person training practice of Sensing-Hands (Tui Shou) has never been adequately presented in English-until now.
These have played a major role in preserving the knowledge and wisdom of the masters, although in many cases, the identity of the authors and the dates of origin have been lost.
These thoughts started to come to me on the 20th December 1976, and after two hours they were still entering my brain, so it occurred to me that others
The Tai Chi Book is a detailed guide for students who have learned a Tai Chi form and want to know more. It also introduces beginners to the principles behind great Tai Chi, and answers common questions.
As always, the most important of my Tai li disciplines is to know when to stop the thinking words and start the dancing. My spirit takes my mindbody out to my garden and up to my roof studio,
In this introduction, Alan Peck explains how tai chi is essentially a system of self defence which teaches a flexible and yielding response to confrontation, and promotes balance, harmony and peace in daily life.
In 1965 Sifu Kuo Lien- Ying, a Chinese master of Tai- Chi Chuan, brought with him to the United States the traditional form of Tai-Chi from which the many other family-named forms were derived.
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