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Tai Chi Chuan - Decoding the Classics for the Modern Martial Artist

By Dan Docherty

ISBN: 9781847970848
PUBLISHED: March 2009
PAGES: 160
BINDING: Paperback
SIZE: 235x165 mm
INSIDE: 160 colour photographs and illustrations

Tai Chi Chuan - Decoding the Classics for the Modern Martial Artist is the first book in English to provide a detailed, illustrated explanation of the Tai Chi Chuan Classics, the Classic of Boxing and the Tai Chi Diagram Explanation. The aim of this remarkable book is to enable the reader to 'do' the Classics and incorporate them into everyday martial arts practice.

Contents include: An overview of the Chinese martial arts A consideration of internal alchemy and meditation An examination of the duality of the martial and the cultural A summary of the theory and philosophy of Tai Chi Chuan Original English translations of key Chinese texts with helpful commentaries and explanations A discussion Tai Chi Chuan 'then and now'

Foreword by Dr Alexandra E Ryan

RRP: £14.99
Site Price £11.99

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