As someone who loves Taiji, yet does not read Chinese, I feel a great debt of gratitude to Mr. I know After having studied personally with the Yang Family for over 10 years, I can say that this book is an excellent resource for those interested in the serious study of Taijiquan. The book contains information that will benefit beginners, as well as texts that require many years of study and practice to comprehend. Wile for making these writings available in such a thoughtful and accessible form.
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moreĪfter having studied personally with the Yang Family for over 10 years, I can say that this book is an excellent resource for those interested in the serious study of Taijiquan. The contents include oral instruction, mnemonic verses and training songs, commentaries to the T’ai-chi Classics, essays, autobiography, and family legends, much of which have not been previously translated. This book draws together the written and photographic record of their teachings, a legacy spanning more than fifty years of published material.
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Yang Lu-ch’an in the nineteenth century, fllowed by his sons and their sons, have given T’ai-chi ch’uan the theoretical and practical standard which still defines and shapes the art for a majority of practitioners today. Yang Lu-ch’an in the nineteenth century, fllowed by his sons and their sons, have given T’ai-chi ch’uan the theoretical and practical standard which still define 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. 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.