Tai Chi Chuan Classical Yang Style: the Complete Form and Qigong - Softcover

Yang Ph.D., Dr. Jwing-Ming

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1594392005 ISBN 13: 9781594392009

Publisher: YMAA Publication Center, 2010

Synopsis

IP's Living Now Award GOLD WINNER - 2011
eLit Award GOLD WINNER - 2011
Eric Hoffer Award FINALIST - 2011
USA Best Book Award FINALIST - 2011

Taijiquan (Tai Chi Chuan) is a slow and relaxed moving meditation. It is also a sophisticated martial arts system. Through practicing Taijiquan, you are able to calm down the mind, locate your spiritual center, and consequently find your entire being. From the relaxed moving exercise, you can bring your physical body into an ultimate level of relaxation and natural ease, resulting in smooth Qi (inner energy) and blood circulation. This is a key to maintaining health and recovering from sickness.
This book is an in-depth guide for beginners to learn Taijiquan properly. It offers a general plan for practicing Taijiquan, and then goes into great depth to present enough content for proper learning.
You will learn:

• What Taijiquan is
• How to practice
• The history of Taijiquan
• Taijiquan postures
• About Qi and Qigong
• Main Fundamental stances
• Categories of Qigong
• Taiji qigong
• Qigong training theory
• Qigong and Taijiquan
• Taijiquan thirteen postures (eight doors and five stepping)
• The traditional Yang Style Taijiquan Long Form

This REVISED EDITION has a new easy-to-follow layout, each movement presented in a series of large photographs with clear same-page instructions for each Taiji posture. This book is sure to advance your practice and save you much time and energy.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming is a renowned author and teacher of Chinese martial arts and Qigong. Born in Taiwan, he has trained and taught Taijiquan, Qigong and Chinese martial arts for over forty-five years. He is the author of over thirty books, and was elected by Inside Kung Fu magazine as one of the 10 people who has "made the greatest impact on martial arts in the past 100 years." Dr. Yang lives in Northern California.

Review

"Excellent Resource! Five Stars! This book is a fount of information! It not only includes how to perform the moves but the history of Chinese martial arts itself. I learned so much while reading it.It provides a comprehensive look at the art of Tai Chi Chuan, its history, and the theory and practices behind it. Towards the end there are pictures that show the movements of this martial art and, again, explain in great detail how and why to perform them in such a way – as well as the many ways they can be modified to different results. All in all, I'm very glad I have this book – it's beautifully put together with a lot of information. Tai Chi Chuan contains 402 pages, so there's a LOT of history, information, and practice here. A good addition for anyone looking to not only learn this discipline, but learn more about Chinese martial arts in general and Tai Chi Chuan in specific." -- Angela Hanson, touchthenight.blogspot.com

Edition details

• Publisher: YMAA Publication Center
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1594392005
• ISBN 13: 9781594392009
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 396