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 enlarge | Authors: Yang Yang, Scott A. Grubisich
Publisher: Zhenwu Publications
Category: Book
Buy Used: $99.93
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 837928
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
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The best outline and explanation of Taijiquan August 3, 2006
2 out of 2 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.
The inner aspects of Taiji June 13, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book is for me a sort of Bible on the inner aspects of Taiji. This is to say that I read it and reread it and find it helpful again and again. This book does not show you the moves of Taiji. If you want to learn the moves I recommend the books and DVD's of Liang, Shou-yu. But for the inner aspect of nurturing your health and your power there is none better that I have found than Yang Yang's book. His organization is called The Center for Taiji Studies and can be found at [...].
Highly recommended.
explaining the subtle & mysterious June 17, 2005
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Rebeccasreads highly recommends TAIJIQUAN as an elegant & finely written introduction to this great pugilistic art from China.
Everyone's caught glimpses, in movies or news broadcast, even advertisements, of people standing in lovely natural settings, moving their bodies through various positions. If you've ever wondered what they were doing, it was TAIJIQUAN or "T'ai Chi Chuan" to our Western ears.
If you know of anyone interested, no matter their age, in this ancient form of exercise & life enhancement, you could give no better gift than TAIJIQUAN. It is a book from a Master, that will accompany you all the years of your life, & an enjoyable read.
A standout among Taiji books May 3, 2005
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
More than just a collection of the movements for various forms of Taijiquan, this book includes the theories and principles of Taiji from both Eastern and Western perspectives. The author examines the mental, physical, and spiritual aspects of the art to bring the reader a deeper appreciation of what it is and is not. It even includes one of the best sections I have ever seen on what to look for in a good teacher. With the popularity of Taiji there has been a flood of teachers, some of whom know little about the art other then one of the standard forms.
Of course it includes the expected meditation forms and techniques that are in all Taijiquan books. If you have ever wondered why you should practice Taiji this book contains an excellent section on the best of what Taiji has to offer the practitioner. The book concludes with an appendix that covers the history of the popular Chen Style. Taijiquan: The Art of Nurturing, the Science of Power is a highly recommended book to anyone interested in Taiji.
A 'new' classic book on Taijiquan. March 7, 2005
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
Taijiquan: The Art of Nurturing, The Science of Power is certainly one of the most well written books on any martial art in recent times.
Written by a contemporary master who not only thoroughly understands the art but can explain its intricacies in a way that makes sense to the western mind. It's not so much a "how-to" book as far as showing applications or forms, but it explains the principles and lays out the proper way to train in such a way that I think any martial artist would benefit from reading it.
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