What is included with this book?
Dedication | p. v |
Editorial Notes | p. vi |
Foreword | p. ix |
Preface | p. xi |
Acknowledgments | p. xv |
General Introduction | |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Common Knowledge of Chinese Martial Arts | p. 2 |
A Brief History of Chinese Martial Arts-East and West | p. 3 |
Northern Styles and Southern Styles | p. 13 |
Internal Styles and External Styles | p. 15 |
Martial Power-Jin | p. 18 |
Hard Styles, Soft-Hard Styles, and Soft Styles | p. 18 |
Four Categories of Fighting Skills | p. 20 |
The Dao of Chinese Martial Arts | p. 21 |
The Real Meaning of Taijiquan | p. 29 |
General History of Taijiquan | p. 30 |
History of Yang Style Taijiquan | p. 32 |
Taijiquan and Health | p. 36 |
What is Taijiquan? | p. 38 |
Contents of Yang Style Taijiquan Practice | p. 41 |
How Do You Learn Taijiquan? | p. 43 |
Becoming a Proficient Taijiquan Artist | p. 49 |
Qi, Qigong, and Taijiquan | |
Introduction | p. 53 |
Qi, Qigong, and Man | p. 54 |
Categories of Qigong | p. 74 |
External and Internal Elixirs | p. 76 |
Schools of Qigong Practice | p. 77 |
Qigong Training Theory | p. 84 |
Qigong and Taijiquan | p. 98 |
Taijiquan Thirteen Postures (Eight Doors and Five Steppings) | |
Introduction | p. 107 |
Eight Doors ($$$) | p. 110 |
Five Steppings($$$) | p. 127 |
Traditional Yang Style Taijiquan | |
Introduction | p. 133 |
How to Practice Taijiquan Sequence | p. 135 |
Postures and Taijiquan | p. 136 |
Fundamental Eight Stances (Ji Ben Ba Shi, $$$) | p. 140 |
Still Sitting Meditation (Yin) | p. 146 |
Still Standing Meditation (Yang) | p. 147 |
Moving (Yang) | p. 150 |
Stationary (Yin) | p. 160 |
Traditional Yang Style Taijiquan | p. 187 |
Conclusion | p. 367 |
Names of Traditional Yang Style Taijiquan Movements | p. 345 |
Translation and Glossary of Chinese Terms | p. 349 |
Taijiquan Classical Yang Style DVD | p. 363 |
Index | p. 365 |
About the Author | p. 373 |
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