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Book Synopsis The Tai Chi Two-person Dance by : Jonathan Russell
Download or read book The Tai Chi Two-person Dance written by Jonathan Russell and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This centuries-old harmonizing of movements resembles a dance in which the lead switches from partner to partner with every movement, requiring participants to enter into a bodily dialogue with each other. Each movement has a specified number of beats, which aids in the correct positioning of one’s body. The book is amply illustrated with photographs of Master T. T. Liang performing the two-person dance.
Book Synopsis T. T. Liang's Tai Chi Chuan by : Jonathan Russell
Download or read book T. T. Liang's Tai Chi Chuan written by Jonathan Russell and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a thorough examination of the renowned Tai Chi teacher T. T. Liang's unique use of rhythm to aid in the understanding and practice of Tai Chi Chuan. More than a "how to" book, T. T. LIANG'S TAI CHI CHUAN explains in contemporary terms the subtle concepts and ideas behind this unique form. The relevance of each beat is explained using photographs and diagrams to lead the reader step by step through the intricacies, both mental and physical, of each posture.
Book Synopsis Lesser-Known Tai Chi Lineages: Li, Wu, Sun, Xiong by : Michael DeMarco
Download or read book Lesser-Known Tai Chi Lineages: Li, Wu, Sun, Xiong written by Michael DeMarco and published by Via Media Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-15 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anyone who has studied taiji long enough to gain proficiency in the fundamental practices, probably has read enough to also grasp the general history and theory of the art. What we read influences our ideas about what the word “taiji” represents as a practice. For this reason, it is beneficial to look outside the mainstream writings to gain a broader view of the rich tradition taiji encompasses. A look at some of the lesser-known lineages can illustrate fascets of taiji that would have otherwise been overlooked or under appreciated. In the first chapter in this anthology, Wong Yuenming details the Li Family Taiji style as it developed from the teachings of Yang Luchan. Sources state that Yang Luchan gave his student Wang Lanting classics writings from Yang’s teacher Chen Changxing, manuals, secret instructions, “heart transmissions,” and various notes. Wang’s gifted disciple, Li Ruidong, formulated a curriculum that was uniquely immense, including training regimens he inherited at the turn of the century. Cai Naibiao’s chapter focuses on a “gatekeeper” of Wu Family Style Taijiquan, Wu Daxin. He was the grandson of Wu Jianquan (1870-1942), the founder of this lineage. Daxin was particularly famous for his taiji saber skills. The author is a lineage holder living in Hong Kong and was able to provide much information and insights into the life and contributions of Wu Daxin. Training in Sun Lutang’s taiji style presents not only an extremely healthy exercise, but also an effective system of combat as author Jake Burroughs discusses in chapter three. This is a concise yet inclusive overview of Sun Family Taiji boxing, including the historical background, real-world applications, and the theory involved in this often overlooked system of taiji. Burroughs is assisted in photographic presentations by Tim Cartmell. The final chapter presents a branch of Yang Style as taught by Xiong Yanghe (1888-1981), who was a leading scholar/practitioner in Taiwan over the decades. Information assembled here provides a comprehensive overview of Xiong Style Taiji. Included are Xiong’s lineage, his preservation of the system, and its significance for the understanding taijiquan as a martial art and exercise for health.
Book Synopsis Tai Chi Fundamentals by : David Braga
Download or read book Tai Chi Fundamentals written by David Braga and published by . This book was released on 1999-10-01 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This program & accompanying manual teach the T'ai Chi Fundamentals Program. This unique program provides a systematic approach for mastering T'ai Chi basics. An analysis of the movements as well as their clinical applications & functional benefits are provided buy a physical therapist. It is designed for healthcare professionals seeking complementary mind/body exercises for their patients.
Book Synopsis They Call Me Sensei by : Reese Rigby
Download or read book They Call Me Sensei written by Reese Rigby and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of Sensei Reese Rigby's journey into Isshin-ryu karate-do from beginner white belt to ninth-degree black belt grandmaster, starting with his school of fourteen students in 1973 and growing to approximately three hundred karate students and an additional one hundred combined cardio kickboxing and tai chi students in 2012. In writing this book, Sensei Rigby wanted to share his story with his students, family, and others who are interested in a martial arts journey. This book is a tribute to his Isshin-ryu instructors, Grandmaster Angi Uezu and Grandmaster Tom Lewis, and his tai chi instructor, Sifu Diane Cannon.
Book Synopsis The Tai Chi Two-Person Dance by : Jonathan Russell
Download or read book The Tai Chi Two-Person Dance written by Jonathan Russell and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While there are currently many books on the popular solo exercises of Tai Chi Chuan, this is the first to detail the complete advanced Tai Chi sets performed with a partner. The Tai Chi Two-Person Dance combines all of the Tui Shou, Da Lu, and San Shou exercises of Tai Chi into one set. Students are able to use in context the slow and graceful movements that they have learned through solo practice. While the individual exercise emphasizes an internal observing of your balance and movements, the Two-Person Dance combines this internal observation with an active awareness of your partner's movement and balance. By harmonizing your movements with a partner you will develop sensitivity of feeling externally generated movement. The skills of interpreting and adhering without resistance or letting go can be developed and refined. The Two-Person Dance is the apex of the art of Tai Chi. This book came about through a twenty-year association between the author and the renowned Tai Chi teacher T.T. Liang. Photographs and diagrams lead the reader step by step through the intricacies of each movement. More than just a "how to" book, The Tai Chi Two-Person Dance explains in contemporary terms the subtle concepts and ideas underlying the movements.
Book Synopsis The Best Fight: A Memoir of a Martial Art Practitioner, Publisher, and Author by : Michael DeMarco
Download or read book The Best Fight: A Memoir of a Martial Art Practitioner, Publisher, and Author written by Michael DeMarco and published by Via Media Publishing. This book was released on 2023-10-10 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A needle may draw a thread through printed pages to bind a book. In this little memoir, I feel like a needle that drew a common thread though a segment of martial art history. This book details three interrelated activities: (1) martial art studies, (2) involvement as founder of Via Media Publishing, producing a quarterly journal and books, and (3) teaching martial arts. Publishers, writers, researchers and serious martial art practitioners will benefit with the detailed overview of Via Media and its publications. Via Media produced the Journal of Asian Martial Arts, known for its high academic and aesthetic standards. Its contents reflect the history of two decades and provides rich information for practitioners and scholars, making The Best Fighta valuable reference work. In addition to reading, the primary way to learn a martial art is through instruction. In reading about my studies and teaching experience, readers can relate to their own involvement in martial arts. What is important here is the portrayal of my instructors, their teaching methods, and reasons for being involved in martial arts. Their accounts should offer insights and inspiration for others who study and practice any martial art.
Book Synopsis Europe as a Common by : Walter Baier
Download or read book Europe as a Common written by Walter Baier and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2020-11 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To cope with the problems of today's world, we need to enter into a dialogue regardless of political, religious and philosophical beliefs - a transversal dialogue as Pope Francis called for in the private audience, he gave to Alexis Tsipras, Walter Baier and Franz Kronreif in September 2014. This conversation resulted in the DIALOP initiative - a transversal dialogue between Socialists and Christians. Since then, a network of universities and NGOs have been exploring paths of what they call a transversal social ethics. In this book authors from Austria, Belgium, Colombia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Portugal and the Vatican air their views on topics like social equality, European Unity, democracy, the commons and ecology.
Book Synopsis Ultimate Guide To Tai Chi by : John R. Little
Download or read book Ultimate Guide To Tai Chi written by John R. Little and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1999-11 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gentlest of the Chinese martial arts, tai chi has become a path toward inner peace and stress management for practitioners all over the world. This book discusses the philosophy and benefits of tai chi. 300 photos.
Book Synopsis Lessons With Master Liang: T'ai-Chi, Philosophy, and Life by : Ray Hayward
Download or read book Lessons With Master Liang: T'ai-Chi, Philosophy, and Life written by Ray Hayward and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-02-28 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compilation of Master T.T. Liang's teachings on T'ai-Chi, plus articles and stories about Master Liang.
Book Synopsis Power of Internal Martial Arts by : Bruce Kumar Frantzis
Download or read book Power of Internal Martial Arts written by Bruce Kumar Frantzis and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 1997-12-31 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of "Opening the Energy Gates of Your Body" comes a book that introduces martial arts practitioners to three "internal" arts and their subtle powers. Inner martial arts rely on internal energy for power rather than on muscles or tension. 15 photos.
Book Synopsis The Power of Internal Martial Arts and Chi by : Bruce Kumar Frantzis
Download or read book The Power of Internal Martial Arts and Chi written by Bruce Kumar Frantzis and published by Blue Snake Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Explains how awareness and development of chi gives internal martial arts their power and strength, contains full instructions on the Taoist system Nei Gung, describes how specific martial arts use chi, includes stories about masters. The new edition adds a new foreword, new introduction by author, practical explanations on spiritual traditions of the internal martial arts, index"--Provided by publisher.
Book Synopsis A Tai Chi Imagery Workbook by : Martin Mellish
Download or read book A Tai Chi Imagery Workbook written by Martin Mellish and published by Singing Dragon. This book was released on 2011-06-15 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative book makes the benefits of Tai Chi directly available to Westerners by communicating its essence in poetic, evocative, and humorous images that apply not only to movement practices of all kinds but to daily life. The book does not assume any knowledge of Tai Chi forms. The images in this book - drawn from a wide variety of sources, both Chinese and Western, ancient and modern - are easy to understand, fun to work with, and embody the true inner spirit of Tai Chi's timeless tradition. The book contains hundreds of photos and line drawings illustrating the images, detailed explanations of the biomechanical realities that underlie the images, and a summary of the latest scientific research on the benefits of Tai Chi.
Book Synopsis Tai Chi Push Hands by : Jwing-Ming Yang
Download or read book Tai Chi Push Hands written by Jwing-Ming Yang and published by . This book was released on 2020-11 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Push Hands is the "other" part of tai chi that makes your practice a true living art Tai chi push hands practice is a necessary next step for tai chi practitioners who wish to make their art come alive. Push hands practice requires two people to engage in a variety of "light touch" moving and walking routines. By practicing these movements, practitioners begin to develop tai chi's sensing, listening, and yielding skills. The Dao De Jing classic reminds us that "knowing others (an opponent) is important for knowing ourselves". By developing tai chi push hand skills, one begins to obtain a profound sense of feeling of ones' body and mind. This ability aids greatly in controlling body, balance, health, perseverance, compassion, and overall spirit.
Book Synopsis Yang Style Traditional Long Form T'ai Chi Ch'uan by : Gordon Muir
Download or read book Yang Style Traditional Long Form T'ai Chi Ch'uan written by Gordon Muir and published by Blue Snake Books. This book was released on 2008-05-13 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gordon Muir began his martial arts studies at the age of twelve, followed by years of serious study of a wide variety of disciplines including judo, kyokushinkai, karate, kempo, several kung fu styles, and kickboxing. Eventually he discovered the internal martial arts, which led to t’ai chi and Master T. T. Liang, renowned teacher of Yang style. The culmination of the author’s longtime study of this style is this enlightening look at the Yang style of t’ai chi. Focusing on the revered traditional form rather than the more recently created short form, the book describes in depth the type of movement t’ai chi strives for that distinguishes it from other martial arts. Clear and concise instructions help students understand how to move in order to create internal strength. Numerous photographs and detailed descriptions showcase and simplify the movements, which include the traditional Yang stances, hand and arm positions, and moving and powering. Written in a simple, engaging style, the book is designed to help new students get started in this rewarding tradition and more advanced practitioners deepen their knowledge of it.
Download or read book String of Pearls written by Ray Hayward and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-07-24 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To mark the 10th Anniversary of Twin Cities Tai-Chi Chuan Studio as a full time, non-profit school, Ray Hayward conceived, compiled, edited and contributed to make this book, String of Pearls. Articles, memories, stories, and testimonials by Master T.T. Liang, Grandmaster Wai-lun Choi, Master Paul Gallagher, Ray Hayward, and numerous others, together with many historical photos, makes this an incredible source-book for Tai-Chi students, martial artists, and health enthusiasts. This book shows Master Liang's lifetime vision which is, "Tai-Chi is the whole world's exercise."
Download or read book Black Belt written by and published by . This book was released on 1988-03 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The oldest and most respected martial arts title in the industry, this popular monthly magazine addresses the needs of martial artists of all levels by providing them with information about every style of self-defense in the world - including techniques and strategies. In addition, Black Belt produces and markets over 75 martial arts-oriented books and videos including many about the works of Bruce Lee, the best-known marital arts figure in the world.
