T'ai Chi Ch'uan : Becoming One with the Tao.
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T'ai Chi Ch'uan : Becoming One with the Tao.
Yazar:
Kobayashi, Petra.
ISBN:
9781462901043
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Fiziksel Tanımlama:
1 online resource (263 pages)
Seri:
Tuttle Martial Arts
İçerik:
CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. The Styles -- Chen-Style -- Yang-Style -- Wu-Style -- Sun-Style -- Peking-Style -- 2. The Principles -- 3. Posture -- 4. How to Move -- 5. Relaxing -- 6. Exert No Force -- 7. Quotations from the Old Masters -- Sun Lu-Tang (1861-1932) -- Tung Ying Chieh (1888-1961) -- Chen Wei-Ming (?-1960) -- Yang Cheng-Fu (1882-1936) -- 8. Let Go (Release), Non-Action, and Follow -- 9. Sixty-Four Questions and Answers about T'ai Chi Ch'uan -- 10. Meditation -- 11. Energy -- The Ch'i Development -- Ch'i and Chin -- 12. Six Levels of Development -- 13. The Thirteen Basic Positions and the Techniques -- 14. The Song of the Thirteen Positions from Yang Cheng-Fu -- 15. Advanced Practice -- Center Equilibrium ("Centered Balance") -- Full and Empty -- Open and Close -- 16. Master Chi's Ten Important Rules for Advanced Practice -- 17. Two Aspects of the Forms: Practice and Application -- 18. Without Arms -- 19. Left Directs Left, Right Directs Right -- 20. The Bow Step -- 21. The Millstone Principle -- 22. The Millstone Exercise -- 23. Push Hands (Tui shou) -- The Application of the Various Chin in Push Hands -- Uprooting -- 24. The Short Form -- 25. Remarks about Practicing -- 26. Important Questions to Ask Yourself When Correcting Your Own Practice -- 27. Advice on Learning the Short Form -- 28. List of the Positions-Short Form -- 29. The Short Form -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Özet:
T'ai Chi Ch'uan (or tàijíquán), 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 T'ai Chi, these aspects form an inseparable unity. In this guide to the classical Yang style, Petra and Toyo Kobayashi present the foundations of T'ai Chi Ch'uan and give comprehensive insights into its methods. Special emphasis is placed on understanding the inner energy-Ch'i-and its contribution to a refined practice of T'ai Chi and its application in self-defense. The book contains a clear and fully illustrated exploration of the 37 positions of the Yang style's short form and a basic partner exercise, Push Hands. Easy-to-follow photographs and diagrams with step-by-step instructions will help you to improve your practice. Ideal for practitioners at any level, chapters include: The Styles The Principles Quotations from Old Masters Sixty-Four Questions and Answers About T'ai Chi Ch'uan Six Levels of Development The Thirteen Basic Positions and Techniques Advanced Practice Important Questions to Ask Yourself and more!.
Notlar:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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