T'ai Chi Ch'uan Ta Wen: Questions and Answers on T'ai Chi Ch'uan

Wei-Ming, Chen

ISBN 10: 0938190679 / ISBN 13: 9780938190677

Published by Blue Snake Books, 1993

About this Item

Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Seller Inventory # M00938190679-G

Bibliographic Details

• Title: T'ai Chi Ch'uan Ta Wen: Questions and Answers on T'ai Chi Ch'uan
• Publisher: Blue Snake Books
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0938190679
• ISBN 13: 9780938190677
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

"This book, T'ai Chi Ch'uan Ta Wen, was written sixty years ago by Professor Ch'en Wei-ming, who was a famous exponent of the Yang style T'ai Chi Ch'uan and a student of the great master, Yang Cheng-fu. In 1927 he established the Chih Jou School in Shanghai where he taught many students. At that time he saw how popular T'ai Chi Ch'uan was becoming and he was concerned that if it became a fad it would lose its original spirit. In the process of its being spread, its principles would be forgotten or mixed with other forms, thus leading to the loss of an important part of its essence. Therefore, this book is based only on what Professor Ch'en heard in his teacher's classes. The questions are his own personal questions."
-Benjamin Pang Jeng Lo, from the Introduction

About the Author

Robert W. Smith is one of America's great pioneers in the Asian martial arts and has written numerous books and articles on theses ancient fighting traditions. Smith is the author of Chinese Boxing: Masters and Methods, also available from North Atlantic Books. He lives in Hendersonville, North Carolina.