Michael A. Babin, 2007. — 104 c. The main purpose of this little handbook is to provide notes on standing qigong, the solo and applications forms as well as the martial training methods of the Yang style.
Fightmonks Books, 2011. — 201 p. 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...
Berkeley: North Atlantic Books., — 1985. — 223 p. — ISBN: 0-938190-45-8. Millions of people worldwide practice t ai chi, the most popular form of which was codified beginning in the 1960s by Cheng Man Ch'ing. In this scholarly yet practical book, Professor Cheng shows precisely how the postures and moves of t ai chi work, with examples from anatomy and physics, both internally...
Rochester , Toronto : Destiny Books ., — 2012 . — 276 p . — ISBN: 978-1-59477-811-7 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...
Rochester , Toronto : Destiny Books ., — 2012 . — 262 p . — ISBN: 978-1-59477-811-7 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...
Universal Tao Publications, 2011. — 75 p. — ISBN: 978-616-90057-7-3. Tai Chi Chi Kung Discharge Form Introductory Movements Wu Chi Stance Smile Breathing Opening Tai Chi Chi Kung II Form Preparation: Step Out Core Movements - Left Hand Form Step Forward: North First Ward Off: Opening Stance Tai Chi Chi Kung II: Angular Directions in the Form Step Forward, Ward and Press Push...
Rochester: Destiny Books ., — 2005 . — 264 p . — ISBN: 978-1-59477-842-1 Explores the deep , internal work necessary for the effective practice of tai chi Reveals the Taoist principles that gave birth to the Yang - style tai chi forms Shows how tai chi can circulate powerful healing energies through the body. Taoist adepts developed tai chi as both a martial art and a way to...
CRCS Publications. 1985. — 140 p. The most comprehensive book on Yang style Tai Chi that I've found. Detailed instructions. Step-by-step illustrations of foot movements. Photos of every move. It's as though the instructor were right there with you.
Rijeka: Karate klub "Delta". — 114 s. Dinamički Tai Chi Chuan je sinteza Yang škole Tai Chi Chuana i Shaolinskog wu shua. Pri tome se iz Yang škole obučavaju forme, kao i vježbe Tui so-guranje dlanova, dok se od Shaolinskih medota koriste vježbe za razvoj snage. Naziv Dinamički Tai Chi Chuan dat je iz razloga što se forme rade u različitim dinamičnim ritmovima; polaganom, brzom...
Translated by Louis Swaim. Berkeley, California: Blue Snake Books, — Copyright 1999, 2006. — 247 p. — eISBN: 978-1-58394-688-6. Originally published: North Atlantic Books : Berkeley, Calif., c1999. Original publisher's PDF (v3.1) with table of contents, system of links and transitions. This is the first English translation of Fu Zhongwen’s esteemed handbook on Taijiquan....
Nodo 13 Lunas Monterrey(México)., — 73 p. La forma de Tai Chi Chuan aquí presentada, está basada en el modelo de las 64 Runas UR de Las 20. Las fotografías ilustrativas de las posturas son del Maestro Tung Ying Chieh, y están tomadas de su libro de 1948, El Gran Libro Rojo. La premisa sobre la que esta forma está diseñada es la relación morfogenética/simbólica/icónica entre las...
London: A & C Black (Publishers) Ltd, John Hine 1992. — 225 p.— ISBN: 0-7136-3576-2. The most widely practised type of Tai Chi is the Yang style. It offers enormous benefits to mental and physical health by exercising and stimulating both the mind and the body in a positive, balanced way. This book, written by the Chief Instructor of the United Kingdom Tai Chi Association, will...
123 p. Publication details not specified. The preparation Form 太極起式。 Raise Hands 提手上勢。 Hand Strums the Lute 手揮琵琶。 Grasp Peacock’s Tail 攬雀尾。 Single Whip 單鞭。 Oblique Flying Posture 斜飛勢。 Raise Hands and Step Up 提手上勢。 White Crane Spreads Wings 白鶴亮翅。 Brush Knee Push Step Left & Right 4 Times 摟膝拗步左右四度。 Hand Strums the Lute 手揮琵琶。 Step Forward, Deflect, Punch 進步搬攔捶。 As if Sealed Up...
YMAA Publication Center, 2003. — 302 p. In the last seven centuries, many songs and poems have been composed about Taijiquan. These have played a major role in preserving the knowledge and wisdom of the masters, although in many cases, the identity of the authors and the dates of origin have been lost. For the last twenty years, Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming has translated many of these...
Tuttle Publishing, 2006. — 300 p. — ISBN: 978-1-4629-0104-3. T'ai Chi Ch'uan (or taijiquan), a Chinese internal martial art, is best appreciated in the West for its health and fitness benefits, as an art of self-defense, and as a spiritual path. In classical Tai Chi, these aspects form an inseparable unity. In this guide to the classical Yang style, Petra and Toyo Kobayashi...
MAA Publication Center, 2015. — 640 p. — ASIN B01DN0GVMY, ISBN 1594392781. Learn today's most popular tai chi forms! This book is designed for self-study and can help you learn both the Simplified Tai Chi Chuan 24 Posture form and the Simplified Tai Chi Chuan 48 Posture form quickly and accurately. Simplified Tai Chi Chuan 24 Posture is one of today's most popular tai chi...
Blue Snake Books, 2008. — 225 p. — ISBN: 978-1583942215. 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, a...
London UK, Little, Brown Book Group, 1997. — 134 p. — ISBN10: 074991713X. Tai Chi is a form of "moving meditation" for the body, mind and spirit. This manual introduces the short yang form in a structured learning programme. It is divided into eight lessons with warm-up exercises; then the book demonstrates the movements necessary to perform the eight-minute "dance". Each...
Translation by Paul Brennan, March, 2019. — Published June, 1959. — 63 p. Someone once a sked me: “A previous master [Chen Weiming, in his 1925 manual] said: ‘Taiji hasno techniques. Movement itself is the technique.’ The commentary section to the Book of Changes says: ‘Change does not stop, but circulates through the six hexagram lines. None of the lines stay the same above...
Sweet Ch’i Press. 1983. — 174 p. — ISBN: 13: 9780912059013. Three generations of Yang family masters lifted the art of T’ai-chi ch’uan from a closed courtyard in the Honan Province to the status of a national treasure and made of it, like India’s yoga, a gift to the world. Yang Lu-ch’an in the nineteenth century, fllowed by his sons and their sons, have given T’ai-chi ch’uan...
Www.yellowdragon.co.uk. — 32 p. (Publication details not specified). Master Simon Wong is a distinguished practitioner of both the internal and external Chinese martial arts. He is known and respected throughout the martial arts community. Through his teacher Chu King-Hung, he traces his lineage in Tai Chi Chuan directly back to Yang Cheng-Fu, the founder of the modern version...
Wu Kuo Ch'ung, 1988. — 329 p. Grandmaster Wu Kuo Chung, born in China in 1932, came from a family with three generations of martial artists and started learning martial arts from his father when he was only 9. At 16, Grandmaster Wu joined the army and in 1949 followed the nationalist forces to Taiwan. After he retired from the army Grandmaster worked for the Transport Ministry...
Translation by Paul Brennan. — Posted on October 25, 2016; July 31, 2016 by Paul Brennan. — 286 p. — (Published by 大東書局 Great East Bookstore, Sep, 1936). 弁言 （一）凡百事物。單看不知優劣。不明眞偽。若集合多數同類之事物。陳列眼前。比較之下。誰 優誰劣。誰眞誰偽。是非立判。以此例彼。可不言而喻也。蓋近年學習太極拳者衆。出版物日增。一般熱心太極拳者。徬徨歧路。無所適從。所以本書集合各家之名著。作有統系之研究。將不 同之點。列表比較。使學者一望而知。各家太極拳略有不同意義之所在。考各家太極拳之源流。...
Translation by Paul Brennan. — Posted on October 25, 2016; July 31, 2016 by Paul Brennan. — 286 p. — (Published by 大東書局 Great East Bookstore, Sep, 1936). 弁言 （一）凡百事物。單看不知優劣。不明眞偽。若集合多數同類之事物。陳列眼前。比較之下。誰 優誰劣。誰眞誰偽。是非立判。以此例彼。可不言而喻也。蓋近年學習太極拳者衆。出版物日增。一般熱心太極拳者。徬徨歧路。無所適從。所以本書集合各家之名著。作有統系之研究。將不 同之點。列表比較。使學者一望而知。各家太極拳略有不同意義之所在。考各家太極拳之源流。...
Translation by Paul Brennan. — Posted on December 31, 2016 by Paul Brennan. — 77 p. — (Published Oct, 1943). 太極拳正宗詮真 自序 余承師法著太極正宗稿成，蒙楊師指正，乃同門陳、胡二先生校訂，問世後風行海內，又荷謬許，益感愧恧，朝夕思之，應如何努力以報同道之企望，毋負楊師之心傳播，余雖不敏，感師友之 督責未敢稍有自滿，乃對太極拳作進一步之探討，行將十年訪得名師益友傳授之心法，作太極正 宗銓眞，以供愛好同道之印證。 蓋太極拳練習有架式有推手，推手為架式應用之試驗，架式為練習之體，推手為闡明架式之用，此為太極拳體用兼備一貫之體系也。...
Translation by Paul Brennan. — Posted on December 31, 2016 by Paul Brennan. — 77 p. — (Published Oct, 1943). 太極拳正宗詮真 自序 余承師法著太極正宗稿成，蒙楊師指正，乃同門陳、胡二先生校訂，問世後風行海內，又荷謬許，益感愧恧，朝夕思之，應如何努力以報同道之企望，毋負楊師之心傳播，余雖不敏，感師友之 督責未敢稍有自滿，乃對太極拳作進一步之探討，行將十年訪得名師益友傳授之心法，作太極正 宗銓眞，以供愛好同道之印證。 蓋太極拳練習有架式有推手，推手為架式應用之試驗，架式為練習之體，推手為闡明架式之用，此為太極拳體用兼備一貫之體系也。...
Berkeley: Nort Atlantic Book, 2005 .— 124 p . — ISBN: 1-55643-545-2 The publication in 1934 of Yang Chengfu's book , Essence and Applications of Taijiquan (Taijiquan Tiyong Quanshu) marked a milestone in the modern evolution of the art of taijiquan . Using what is best-termed demonstration narrative , the author presents for postures and suggested applications from his own...
Wolfeboro: Ymaa Publication Center ., — 2010 . — 890 p . — ISBN: 978-1-59439-200-9 Taijiquan ( Tai Chi Chuan ) is a slow and relaxed moving meditation . It is also a sophisticated martial arts system . Through practicing Taijiquan , you are able to calm down the mind , locate your spiritual center , and consequently find your entire being . From the relaxed moving exercise ,...
YMAA Publication Center, 2016. — 400 p. Martial applications found within tai chi chuan are a direct link to your tai chi as a form of self-defense. When you study the martial side of tai chi, you can become proficient in a variety of high-level skills, including sensing, neutralizing, yielding, striking, chin na, and even throwing. If you know a tai chi form, you are going to...
YMAA Publication Center, 2016. — 400 p. Martial applications found within tai chi chuan are a direct link to your tai chi as a form of self-defense. When you study the martial side of tai chi, you can become proficient in a variety of high-level skills, including sensing, neutralizing, yielding, striking, chin na, and even throwing. If you know a tai chi form, you are going to...
YMAA Publication Center, Inc., 2015. — 320 p. The study of tai chi power is a direct link to tai chi as a martial art. When you finish learning the tai chi form and begin the second level of your practice, it’s time to focus your efforts on theory and principles of tai chi’s amazing power (jing). This will lead you to deeper martial skills, proper body alignment, rooting, and...
YMAA Publication Center, Inc., 2015. — 320 p. The study of tai chi power is a direct link to tai chi as a martial art. When you finish learning the tai chi form and begin the second level of your practice, it’s time to focus your efforts on theory and principles of tai chi’s amazing power (jing). This will lead you to deeper martial skills, proper body alignment, rooting, and...
Hong Kong, Beijing: Hai Feng Publishing Co & Morning Glory Press, 1988. — 292 p. — ISBN: 962-238-092-1. This was one of the first substantial English books on the art of Yang style Taiji. Written by Yang Zhendou, Yang Chen Fu's son, it gives a very clear, standardized and well written accounting of the form and numerous other key points.
YMAA Publication Center, 2016. — 232 p. — ISBN: 9781594393549. This is the anticipated follow-up to the author's previous work, The Mind Inside Tai Chi (In this edition he turns his attention to Yang style, guiding you through the 22-step form with an eye for detail and a love of nuance. “Tai chi is born from wuji, a state of emptiness,” Zhuang writes. “Empty the mind. There is...
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