Cheng Hsin
Cheng Hsin

Author: Peter Ralston

Publisher: North Atlantic Books

Published: 1999-01-29

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 9781556433023

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Every once in a while you find a high impact book. Something that awakens something deep within and lasts forever. This is the one. It is a book that you can pick up time and time again and always gets something new out of it, or something deeper than you. Cheng Hsin is the best introduction for beginners to the internal practice of fighting. It is a seminal work that draws on T'ai Chi Ch'uan, Aikido, and Pa Kua Chang and was written by the first Westerner ever to win the world championship in a full-contact martial arts tournament.

Taoism and the Arts of China
Taoism and the Arts of China

Author: Stephen Little

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2000-01-01

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13: 9780520227859

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A celebration of Taoist art traces the influence of philosophy on the visual arts in China.

The Tai Chi Book
The Tai Chi Book

Author: Robert Chuckrow

Publisher: Ymaa Publications

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1886969647

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Introduces the philosophy of tai chi, and discusses breathing, stances, alignment, and movements

A Healthy Old Age
A Healthy Old Age

Author: Stephanie Fallcreek

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 1984-01-01

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 9780866562478

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Provides the health care practitioner with information on how to design, implement, and evaluate health promotion programs for the elderly.

Tai Chi Dynamics: Principles of Natural Movement, Health & Self-Development
Tai Chi Dynamics: Principles of Natural Movement, Health & Self-Development

Author: Robert Chuckrow

Publisher: Martial Science

Published: 2024-05-07

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781594394201

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Intended for intermediate level Tai Chi players. The author, a thirty-seven year Tai Chi practitioner with a Ph.D. in experimental physics, applies logic and basic scientific principles to clarify many perplexing concepts in Tai Chi such as force, muscle contraction, breathing, and more. Discusses self-development, Tai Chi massage, how diet effects Tai Chi, the role of a teacher and many more common concerns of intermediate Tai Chi students. Supported with photographs and drawings throughout.

T'ang China
T'ang China

Author: S. Adshead

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2004-07-29

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 0230005519

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This book presents a picture focused on the T'ang period, one of China's acknowledged golden ages. Within a looser web of globalization, the T'ang period and its dynamics offers a distant mirror of our own time. An argument in world history may thus cast light on issues in contemporary politics.

Nei Jia Quan
Nei Jia Quan

Author: Jess O'Brien

Publisher: Blue Snake Books

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 9781583941997

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"Seventeen teachers of tai ji quan, xing yi quan, and ba gua zhang present perspectives on the philosophy, history, and training methods of the internal martial arts. The revised edition contains four new teacher profiles and artwork"--Provided by publisher.