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Book Synopsis The T'ai Chi Boxing Chronicle by : Kuo Lien-Ying
Download or read book The T'ai Chi Boxing Chronicle written by Kuo Lien-Ying and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 1994-07-13 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The T'ai Chi Boxing Chronicle is a translation of the text left behind by the Orthodox Masters who developed this system of boxing. Over a period of generations, fives basic movements were developed, called the Bone Marrow Washing Exercises. These exercises helped the monks restore their health and will-power. As the movements were passed down from generation to generation, the meaning behind the movements of Tai Chi was almost completely lost. Due to the integrity of Kuo Lien-Ying, this information is presented without modification or alteration. This book contains a clear explanation of the physical laws of the art of T'ai Chi that hold true wherever it is practiced. The person who studies the information contained in this book will have the tools to achieve the highest level of mastery and skill to be obtained through the practice of T'ai Chi Ch'uan." -Guttman
Author :Robin Johnson Publisher :Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 13 :9781502467607 Total Pages :346 pages Book Rating :4.4/5 (676 download)
Book Synopsis A Barefoot Boxer's Chronicle by : Robin Johnson
Download or read book A Barefoot Boxer's Chronicle written by Robin Johnson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-11 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a first translation, back into body-language, of Tai Chi Chuan's profound yet obscure Classics and Aphorisms. Away from words about words toward words about natural movement and martial action. Stillness Defeats Motion, Softness Defeats Hardness, Adhere Follow Neutralize, Double-weighting, Steel Within Cotton, and more than 100 others, are revealed in this Chronicle as fruits of whole-body action. What was meant by these old words? This book finds answers by exploring the ground between a Body-language too complex for words, and Tai Chi boxing techniques largely invisible to outside scrutiny. Whole-body (Body) combat was the true source of the wisdom later reduced to pithy yet confusing statements, pored over by thousands of students and teachers. Thus a key premise of A Barefoot Boxer's Chronicle is that true Tai Chi Chuan (NEI CHUAN, or internal boxing) is not what is seen "out there", but what is to be found "in here", the source of mysterious Intrinsic Energy. This book orients you toward yourself, and conducts you through the myriad ways of Tai Chi technique. These are governed by a handfull of highly refined skills that you may have only glimpsed up to now. Here are chapter-workshops on Stillness and Motion, Softness and Hardness, and key Tai Chi Essentials, such as Eight Dynamic Techniques and Five Tactical Directions. You'll also find integral sections on Elasticity, Tactics, Stepping, Range, and Number. The main text is bolstered and expanded with generous text notes. And there are methods toward reclaiming your lost or hidden fluidity, flexibility, and power. There are many examples of a (often the) major obstacle to your progress, perverse habits acquired unknown from modern lifestyles. So progress can with perseverence be made in your own way with your own body. This complex and integrated chronicle* marks a lifetime of martial arts, including 40 years of real-time practice in Tai Chi Chuan. Does it work? Is there another or a better way? These have been the guides that you too can apply to the content of A Barefoot Boxer's Chronicle. * See also Stalking Yang lu-chan, available at Amazon.com.
Download or read book The Tai Chi Bible written by Dan Docherty and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical guide to Tai Chi Chuan, the most common of Tai Chi techniques. In The Tai Chi Bible, Dan Docherty explains the form of Tai Chi Chuan with reference to the Ming dynasty book, The Tai-Chi Boxing Chronicle, the text left behind by the Orthodox Masters who developed the Tai Chi system. Suitable for people of all ages, Tai Chi requires little or no special equipment and can be practiced indoors or out, earning it an enthusiastic reception worldwide. It can help people improve their physical health, equip them with skills in personal defense, and sharpen their powers of meditation. The Tai Chi Bible gives down-to-earth advice and provides enough detail that beginners can try Tai Chi for themselves and benefit from practicing the postures. Experienced students and teachers will gain greater insight into their regular practice. For the greatest benefit for all students, the book includes information not readily available elsewhere, such as the Traditional Tai Chi Chuan Syllabus and the five Tai Chi Chuan Classics, which govern the practice of all styles of Tai Chi. He also references Chinese myth and legend. Features include: All forms and techniques demonstrated in color sequence photographs Pushing hands, hand forms and major form techniques Inner form techniques ("every movement has its function") Weapons Expert practice tips Romanized Chinese names and terminology Tai Chi's development as a Chinese martial art Tales of Tai Chi masters from the past. The Tai Chi Bible's down-to-earth advice will be of use to the novice and adept alike. Its compact size makes it an excellent portable guide.
Book Synopsis Tai Chi Chuan - Yang Style Boxing Strategies by : William Beattie
Download or read book Tai Chi Chuan - Yang Style Boxing Strategies written by William Beattie and published by . This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We have to ask ourselves what is hidden beyond the Yang family (Tai Chi Chuan) manuscripts of Li Ying-ang, the nine secret transmissions of Wu Meng-hsia, and the manuscripts of Shen Chia-chen? In my humble opinion, the deepest sourced revelations are revealed in Cheng'fu's, 'Self Defense Applications of Tai Chi Chuan,' and Wu Meng-hsia's 'Nine Secret Transmissions of Tai Chi Chuan.' Using the mental faculties of 'associated deduction' and 'exact introspection,' we can start to unravel the bedrock of clad-shielded Yang-family secrets, which has yet to be brought to the forefronts in modern day Tai Chi Academia. 'Tai Chi Chuan Boxing Strategies' breaks down the fighting secrets of the old Long Form (108) and divulges the true application of the forms devised by the founder, Yang Lu'Chan.WARNING - A fundamental grasp of Yang Tai Chi Chuan is needed to understand the argot used in this book. Thanks again!Contact me at: [email protected] if you have any questions...
Download or read book Scholar Boxer written by Chang Naizhou and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2005-07-07 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master Cháng, known as the “scholar-boxer,” lived and practiced in Hénán province, at the center of Chinese culture and martial arts near the Shàolín Temple and legendary Luòyáng. His extensive writings reflect many of the ideas, even the phraseology, now familiar from classic Tai Chi Chuan texts. Chinese-language authority Marnix Wells traveled to Cháng’s village, where the master’s family carries on his tradition of Cháng boxing. This resulting study of Chang’s life and teachings reveals the true origins of today’s internal martial arts.
Book Synopsis Tai-Chi Chuan in Theory and Practice by : Kuo Lien-Ying
Download or read book Tai-Chi Chuan in Theory and Practice written by Kuo Lien-Ying and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 1999-02-10 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published before Kuo Lien-Ying left China and then again in 1966 soon after his arrival in the United States, Tai-Chi Chuan in Theory and Practice has now been edited and expanded by his widow and disciple, Simmone Kuo. Her version includes new material on the philosophical origins of Tai-Chi Chuan, particularly how it relates to the I Ching, the most ancient text of Chinese wisdom. The book also provides explanations of the meaning of this ancient and elegant martial art--its name and history--the keys to understanding the Thirteen Movements, archival photographs of Lien-Ying performing the movements, and other supplementary literature.
Book Synopsis The Art of Western Tai Chi Ch'uan by : Gurjot K. Singh
Download or read book The Art of Western Tai Chi Ch'uan written by Gurjot K. Singh and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces Trainers and Fighters to the philosophy and application of Western Tai Chi Ch'uan for Amateur Fighting Competitors.Western Tai Chi Ch'uan is the merging of its 13 Strategies into the basic tactics of Western Boxing, Kickboxing and Grappling. The result is an Amateur Fighter with a savage and intimidating defense and a calculated and deliberate offense.You will learn the essential principles, objectives and obstacles of an Amateur Fighting Competitor, including breathing techniques, proper understanding of form and function, intense multi-discipline sparring techniques, and the practical use of meditation processes. Also included is a section for Trainers, with an example of a complete course outline as well as a section that presents classical Tai Chi treatise and definitive striking points on the human anatomy.Producing over 20 (Amateur) champions from 2007 to 2009 at the State and Regional levels, Western Tai Chi Ch'uan is emerging as a dynamic and effective fighting system used for Martial Art competition in the Southeast Region of the United States.Gurjot K. Singh, M Ed. (Retired, U.S. Army Ranger, S.E.R.E. & Drill Instructor) holds graduate degrees in Educational Technology & International Relations from Troy University and has several academic and professional publications. He received his rank of Master from renowned Grandmaster & Dr. Ibraham Ahmed. Master Singh is a certified American Tai Chi & Qigong Association professional (Level II of III.) He is the Owner of Angel's Gym in Fayetteville, North Carolina which is a training facility for the MMA Promotion group, Elite Fighting Challenge. Learn more at www.angelsgym.com or www.youtube.com/ANGELSGYMSINGH.Publisher's website: http: //www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/TheArtOf WesternTaiChiChuan.html
Book Synopsis The Manual of Bean Curd Boxing: Tai Chi and the Noble Art of Leaving Things Undone by : Paul Read
Download or read book The Manual of Bean Curd Boxing: Tai Chi and the Noble Art of Leaving Things Undone written by Paul Read and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-12-10 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Manual of Bean Curd Boxing is a book that introduces us to a new perspective on Tai Chi and 21st Century Living. Step by Slow Step, this manual shows: * How to reach out and grasp life with more energy, with more passion and with more wisdom. * How to absorb the simple lessons of Taoism and Tai Chi into your daily activities with no sweat and no stress. * How to learn to get out of our own way, so that life can pursue its natural course * How to remain tranquil and calm under the stress of daily life and yet stay intensively connected to the world around. If you are a beginner to Tai Chi and Taoism, and new to these ancient disciplines or an Intermediate student looking for a new approach to your practise, The Manual of Bean curd Boxing will aid you in this ancient yet contemporary art of doing, without doing.
Book Synopsis Tai Chi, Baguazhang and The Golden Elixir by : Scott Park Phillips
Download or read book Tai Chi, Baguazhang and The Golden Elixir written by Scott Park Phillips and published by Angry Baby Books. This book was released on 2019-05 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Immortal & the Angry Baby...General Qi Jiguang was coughing up blood, near death in a field hospital, when he received a visit from the Sage Lin Zhao'en. The Sage performed a martial exorcism with explosions and a talisman to capture pirate ghosts who blamed General Qi for their deaths. General Qi was completely healed. The Sage then taught General Qi the Golden Elixir, cementing a lifelong bond.Sage Lin claimed that he learned the Golden Elixir in secret night-visits from the Immortal Zhang Sanfeng. The Immortal was a theatrical character, known for defeating twenty-four palace guards with thirty-two moves while snoring like an earthquake and smelling of booze and vomit-thirty-two moves that General Qi wrote about and later became known as Tai Chi! The dragon-killer Nezha cut his flesh from his bones and returned it to his parents. He was done. Or so it seemed, until Nezha's secret father Taiyi descended from the sky and gave him a new body made of lotus flowers and the Golden Elixir-making him invincible.Nezha was China's most important hero-god-so important that caravan guards and rebels nicknamed Beijing "Nezha City." In 1900 thousands of Boxers possessed by Nezha died fighting foreign guns. Blamed and ridiculed for this failure, martial artists who practiced the dance of Nezha hid their history and gave their art a new name-Baguazhang!The reason you never heard these histories is so dark that few have dared to speak about it, until now... Completely new and meticulously researched, Tai Chi, Baguazhang and the Golden Elixir erases a hundred and twenty years of confusion and error to reveal the specific theatrical and religious origins of Chinese Internal Martial Arts.
Download or read book Tai Chi Fa Jin written by Mantak Chia and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-02-08 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to the seemingly effortless yet explosively powerful martial art techniques of Fa Jin • Explains how to collect energy within and discharge it for self-defense as well as healing • Explores how to counter the natural instinct to resist force with force and develop yielding softness through the 13 Original Movements of Tai Chi • Illustrates routines for the partner practice of “Push Hands” (Tui Shou) Fa Jin, an advanced yang style of Tai Chi, complements the physical, mental, and spiritual conditioning available through solo Tai Chi practice and the internal martial arts of Taoism. Fa Jin enables adepts to harness the energy of yin, yang, and the earth in the lower tan tien and discharge it as an extremely close-range yet explosively powerful blow in self-defense and partner practice as well as in healing techniques. Integrating the teachings of many Taoist masters, including Chang San-Feng, the creator of Tai Chi; Wang Tsung-Yueh, the legendary 19th-century master; Bruce Lee, the actor and martial artist who made the “one-inch punch” technique famous; and the Magus of Java, a living master able to discharge energy in the form of electric shocks, this book explores the history, philosophy, internal exercises, and physical practices of Fa Jin. Drawing on Iron Shirt Chi Kung and Tan Tien Chi Kung techniques, Master Mantak Chia and Andrew Jan reveal the secrets to collecting yin and yang in the lower tan tien and discharging the energy in a seemingly effortless yet explosive blow. Illustrating several routines of the Tai Chi partner practice of “Push Hands” (Tui Shou), they explain how to apply Fa Jin techniques by “listening” to your opponent’s intentions and countering the natural instinct to resist force with force through yielding softness and redirection. The authors also detail how to prepare for this advanced practice through stretching, meditation, breathing, relaxation, and energetic exercises.
Book Synopsis The Taijiquan Classics by : Barbara Davis
Download or read book The Taijiquan Classics written by Barbara Davis and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2004-02-05 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Along with Chinese art, medicine, and philosophy, taijiquan has left the confines of its original culture, and offers health, relaxation, and a method of self-defense to people around the globe. Using the early texts now known as The Taijiquan Classics which have served as a touchstone for t’ai chi practitioners for 150 years, this book explores the fundamental ideas and what they mean to practitioners, students, and scholars. It also incorporates newly discovered sources that address the history of taijiquan and newly translated commentaries by Chen Weiming.
Download or read book Tai Chi Wu Style written by Mantak Chia and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-01-22 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to the internal martial arts exercises of short-form Wu-Style Tai Chi • Details the 8 core forms of Wu-Style Tai Chi with fully illustrated instructions • Ideal for older practitioners as well as those with health disabilities due to the “small frame” primary stance, slower and smaller movements, and conservation of energy • Explains how Wu Style provides a natural introduction to martial arts boxing • Reveals how Wu Style eases stiffness, relieves back pain, and reduces abdominal fat Following the flow of chi energy, rather than directing it as in traditional Tai Chi, Wu-Style Tai Chi focuses on internal development, seeking to conserve chi energy and gather jin power from the Earth through the tan tien. Centered on a “small frame” stance--that is, feet closer together and arms closer to the body--and a slower progression of movements in solo practice, Wu Style offers a gentle Tai Chi form for beginners and, when practiced with a partner, a grounding introduction to martial arts boxing and Fa Jin (the discharge of energy for self-defense). The more functional stance, smaller movements, and conservation of internal energy make Wu-Style Tai Chi ideal for older practitioners as well as those with health disabilities. Condensing the 37 movements of Wu Style into 8 core forms, Master Mantak Chia and Andrew Jan illustrate how to build a personal short-form Wu-Style Tai Chi practice. They explain how Wu-Style Tai Chi removes energetic blockages and helps to elongate the tendons, reducing stiffness and allowing the limbs to return to their natural length and full range of motion. Regular practice of Wu Style relieves back pain as well as reducing abdominal fat, the biggest hindrance to longevity. Exploring the martial arts applications of Wu Style, the authors trace its history beginning with founder Wu Chuan-Yu (1834-1902) as well as explain how to apply Wu Style to “Push Hands” (Tui Shou) and Fa Jin. Through mastering the short-form Wu Style detailed in this book, Tai Chi practitioners harness a broad range of health benefits as well as build a solid foundation for learning the complete long-form Wu Style.
Book Synopsis Tai chi chuan (The supreme boxing) for beginners by : Chi-han Chang
Download or read book Tai chi chuan (The supreme boxing) for beginners written by Chi-han Chang and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chinese Boxing written by Robert W. Smith and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 1993-01-26 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distilling the martial art known in the West as kung fu, Robert Smith presents Chinese boxing (ch’uan shu) as an art “that combines the hardness of a wall and the softness of a butterfly’s wings.” His lively, pragmatic account conveys the discipline and insights acquired in ten years of study and travel in Asia. Smith describes his work with t’ai chi master Cheng Man-ch’ing, and connects ch’uan shu with the softer aspects and inner power of that popular practice. Fifty black and white photos illustrate this informative and personal account of the Chinese boxing tradition.
Book Synopsis Tai Chi Chuan in Theory and Practice by : T. R. Chung
Download or read book Tai Chi Chuan in Theory and Practice written by T. R. Chung and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Stalking Yang Lu-Chan by : Robin Johnson
Download or read book Stalking Yang Lu-Chan written by Robin Johnson and published by Sunstone Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique manual of internal methods, inspired by the skills of Yang the Invincible, reveals key elements in finding and training a Tai Chi body. The author presents core components of Tai Chi movement--identifying, describing, and explaining structures and techniques of a moving body.
Book Synopsis Anatomy of Yang Family Tai Chi by : Steffan De Graffenried
Download or read book Anatomy of Yang Family Tai Chi written by Steffan De Graffenried and published by Nomentira Publishing. This book was released on 2007-12-20 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important resource for both students and teachers exposes the true meaning behind the flowery, esoteric language of Tai Chi's classic Chinese texts, and offers concrete examples of the principles of Tai Chi in action.
