Mastering Yang Style Taijiquan - Softcover

Zhongwen, Fu

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1556433182 ISBN 13: 9781556433184

Publisher: North Atlantic Books, 1999

Synopsis

Fu Zhongwen's classic guide offers the best documentation available of the Yang style of taijiquan. The superbly detailed form instructions and historic line art drawings are based on Fu’s many years as a disciple of Yang Chengfu, taijiquan’s legendary founder. Also included are concise descriptions of fixed-step, moving-step, and da lu push hands practices. Additional commentary by translator Louis Swaim provides key insight into the text’s philosophical language and imagery, further elucidating the art’s cultural and historical foundations.

About this title

About the Author:

Louis Swaim lives and practices in Oakland, California. He has also translated an earlier taijiquan manual, Yang Chengfu: The Essence and Applications of Taijiquan (North Atlantic Books, 2005). He received his master’s degree in Chinese history, Mandarin, and Classical Chinese at U.C. Berkeley, and did additional language study at the Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies. He has been a taijiquan practitioner for over thirty years.

About this edition

• Publisher: North Atlantic Books
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1556433182
• ISBN 13: 9781556433184
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264