Nei Jia Quan : Internal Martial Arts Teachers of Tai Ji Quan, Xing Yi Quan and Ba Gua Zhang

by O'Brien, Jess

• ISBN13: 9781556435065
• ISBN10: 1556435061
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2004-08-01
• Publisher: North Atlantic Books

Summary

Using an interview format, this book brings out the many different facets of the Nei Jia Quan, the umbrella name for Tai Ji Quan (Tai Chi), Xing Yi Quan, and Ba Gua Zhang. Each teacher gives a sense of the history of their art, its philosophical and spiritual underpinnings, and their training philosophy, giving students strategies for incorporating a wide range of approaches into their own studies. Included is additional commentary on these traditions, along with biographies of each of the teachers.Nei Jia Quanalso features interviews with Tim Cartmell, Gabriel Chin, Gail Derin-Kellog, Bruce Kumar Frantizis, Paul Gale, Fong Ha, William Lewis, Luo De Xiu, Allen Pittman, James Wing Woo, Tony Yang, Zhao DaYuan, and Albert Liu.

Author Biography

Jess O’Brien, the editor and compiler of this anthology, is an internal martial arts enthusiast based in Oakland, California.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
Tim Cartmell	1	(38)
Gabriel Chin	39	(22)
Gail Derin-Kellog	61	(24)
Bruce Kumar Frantzis	85	(32)
Paul Gale	117	(34)
Fong Ha	151	(18)
William Lewis	169	(24)
Luo De Xiu	193	(26)
Allen Pittman	219	(24)
James Wing Woo	243	(26)
Tony Yang	269	(26)
Zhao Da Yuan	295	(18)
Appendix: A Brief Survey on the Origin and Development of the Water Set	313
Albert Liu