Tai Chi for Health & Vitality A Comprehensive Guide to the Short Yang Form

by Parry, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780600610908
• ISBN10: 060061090X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-03-01
• Publisher: Hamlyn

Summary

Tai chi is good for everyone, of any age or fitness level. An experienced tai chi teacher presents one of the most popular styles--the Short Yang form--and shows complete beginners how they too can enjoy its many health benefits. These richly illustrated and information-filled pages make it amazingly easy to follow every move. Generously sized photographs with numbered, comprehensive instructions show all the positions in every sequence. Inset close-ups focus in on details. There's also guidance on shifting body weight and notations on when to inhale and exhale. Begin with a warm-up, and then try narrow stances, diagonal steps, steps that go backwards and sideways, rotations and turns, and closing movements. For easy reference, a summary of movements features 160 mini-photos.

Table of Contents

Introduction	6	(4)
What is Tai Chi?	10	(14)
The Short Yang Form	12	(1)
Principles of tai chi	13	(1)
The Jingluo	14	(2)
Yang and Yin	16	(2)
Benefits of tai chi	18	(6)
Getting Started	24	(16)
When and where to practise	26	(2)
Posture and stance	28	(4)
Changing positions and stepping	32	(1)
Hand shapes and movements	33	(1)
Warm-ups	34	(4)
How to use this book	38	(2)
The Short Yang Form -- Part 1	40	(28)
The Short Yang Form -- Part 2	68	(66)
A Summary of Movements	134	(7)
Index	141	(3)
Acknowledgements	144