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Taijiquan: The Art Of Nurturing, The Science Of Power | 
 enlarge | Authors: Yang Yang, Scott A. Grubisich
Publisher: Zhenwu Publications
Category: Book
Buy New: $34.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 497328
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 219
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 6.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 0974099007
Dewey Decimal Number: 615
EAN: 9780974099002
ASIN: 0974099007
Publication Date: February 28, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Search out this book and buy a copy July 20, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am beginning a Qigong practice. After researching many books on the art, I decided on this one. I feel very lucky to have found it. It is a clear and helpful guide to the practice. Yang Yang is a scholar and martial arts master. You will benefit from both his skills. He very clearly directs you in a practice, while explaining the intention behind each direction. In a complete practice, you seek to acquire the internal and external aspects of Taijiquan. If either component is missing in your practice, "gong", the fruit of practice, is limited. Specifically, Dr. Yang Yang's complete curriculum includes, "Three essential pillars": Qigong, Taiji Form, and Push-hands. My advice is to search out a copy of this book and buy it. I think you will appreciate it as much as I do.
A classic for any stylist January 11, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I am a Yang-style tai chi student but found this book to be perfect for everyone. Yang Yang perfectly captures the essence of our art and presents it in a readable and enjoyable style. I read it slowly to savor every concept and every turn of phrase. This book is highly recommended to those just beginning tai chi or those who have been doing it for many years. If you have never experienced what tai chi can do for you, this book will send you looking for the nearest sifu.
Excellent resource December 27, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Best book on Taiji for beginners or more advanced that I have read. It is very clearly written. Scientific literature review is very helpful.
Masterful explanation of Taijiquan September 13, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Yang Yang's book, Taijiquan, is very deep and goes beyond what most people will ever know or need to know about Taijiquan and science. As a M.S. student in Exercise Science, as well as a practitioner of Hunyuan Taijiquan, I was very impressed at the depth that Yang goes into in describing the neural mechanisms at work in Taiji. He also points out various topics that western science can delve into that has yet to be investigated.
I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in Taijiquan as well as to students of Exercise Science in order to better understand why Taijiquan is as helpful as it is in delaying aging processes.
The best outline and explanation of Taijiquan August 3, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Whether beginner or expert, Master Yang Yang's book will provide a foundation on not only what Taijiquan is and is not, but how to work your way into an understanding of it.
The book begins with some self-history of Master Yang Yang, then dives into what exactly Taijiquan is, and what it means to practice a martial art, with emphasis on both words. There follows an excellent chapter on how to pick an instructor, which is often neglected in the face of advertising and convenience.
The meat of the book goes through the three pillars of Taji practice: meditation (feeling and building your Qi), forms (using and extending your Qi) and push hands (feeling Qi from the outside). In each section, he provides the why's (why is meditation crucial), the how's (how to get started, the basics) and motivation (if you need any). The chapters also discuss how these three pillars are linked to one another.
The final chapter, "Why Practice Taijiquan?" pulls it all together, describing what you will, might and will not get out of efficient practice.
There also follows a quite well done appendix on the history of Tajiquan and the Chen school.
This is not a technical "how-to-do-the-forms-and-moves" book. For that, I recommend Dr. Yang, Jwing Ming's series of books and DVDs (or, if you are lucky enough, take one of his seminars).
You will not learn Taijiquan from this book. But you will get a excellent background and a sense of what it is, how you should approach it and practice it, and what it can become inside you. Master Yang Yang writes not only with thought and intellect, but you can feel the passion that he has for his art. Martial artists say that the art lives through them, and that comes through in this book.
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