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T'Ai CHI: The Supreme Ultimate Exercise for Health, Sport, and Self-Defense
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T'Ai CHI: The Supreme Ultimate Exercise for Health, Sport, and Self-Defense Paperback - 2004

by Cheng Man-Ch'ing; Robert W. Smith

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Master the Chinese martial art of T'ai Chi with this accessible, illustrated guide.

T'ai-chi (Tai Chi) is an effortless and rhythmical art that stresses slow breathing, balanced and relaxed postures, and absolute calmness of mind. It requires no special equipment or place to practice and takes no more than ten minutes a day.

This book, from renowned Tai Chi master, Cheng Man-Ch'ing, introduces T'ai-chi as a means to a healthier life, as a sport and as a method of self-defense. It is a complete step-by-step manual for the beginner. With conscientious practice, readers will master the sequence of thirty-seven postures that will make up the T'ai-chi solo exercise. Students will learn how to progress from exercise to sport to self-defense with maximum efficiency. The instructions are clear and easy to follow, and more than 275 photographs and 122 foot-weighting diagrams guarantee an understanding of the correct form.

A history of T'ai-chi, including thumbnail sketches of famous masters, and the first English translation of the basic T'ai-chi document, known as the T'ai-chi Ch'uan Classics, are also included.

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  • Title T'Ai CHI: The Supreme Ultimate Exercise for Health, Sport, and Self-Defense
  • Author Cheng Man-Ch'ing; Robert W. Smith
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Original ed.
  • Pages 128
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Tuttle Publishing
  • Publication date 2004-12-15
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780804835930 / 0804835934
  • Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.5 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 1.27 cm)
  • Themes
    • Topical: Health & Fitness
  • Category Diet / Health / Fitness
  • Library of Congress subjects Tai chi
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2009289043
  • Dewey Decimal Code 796.41

About the author

The late Cheng Man-ch'ing was an international authority on T'ai Chi and wrote two earlier books on the topic.

Robert W. Smith is also the author of The Secrets of Shaolin Temple Boxing and A Complete Guide to Judo. He lives in Hendersonville, North Carolina.

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