Yin-Yang in Tai-Chi Chuan and Daily Life

by Kuo, Simmone; Rybold, Daniel; Bratten, John; Hamilton, Jonas

• ISBN13: 9781556435164
• ISBN10: 1556435169
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-12-07
• Publisher: Blue Snake Books

Summary

InYin-Yang in Tai-Chi Chuan and Daily Life, Simmone Kuo provides the philosophical context for the practice of this popular martial art, showing how Taoist, Buddhist, and Confucian traditions have shaped the practice of Tai-Chi Chuan. Included here are student accounts of the strong impressions Mme. Kuo made on her students. Drawing on yearly research trips to China and her lecture in Advanced Tai-Chi Chuan at San Francisco State University, Mme. Kuo explores the application of Yin-Yang theory to: -Health and Nutrition -Daily Practice -Traditional Chinese Philosophy and the I Ching -The Teacher-Student Relationship -Self-Awareness and Self-Defense

Author Biography

Simmone Kuo has taught Chinese internal martial arts in San Francisco for the last two decades. She is familiar to Bay Area citizens and children from her many television and school appearances. She continues to lead classes at the academy, which bears her family name and is a member of the Physical Education Department at San Francisco State University.

Table of Contents

AUTHORS INTRODUCTION TO YIN-YANG IN TAI-CHI CHUAN AND DAILY LIFE	IX
INTRODUCTION TO SIMMONE KUO BY DANIEL RYBOLD	XI
FOREWORD BY JOHN BRATTEN	XIII
PREFACE BY JONAS HAMILTON	XVII
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	XIX
PART 1: Simu's Teachings	1	(146)
I: Introduction to the Martial Arts Tradition	3	(20)
The History of Chinese Martial Arts	4	(5)
The Legacy of Shao-Lin Temple	9	(4)
The History of the 64-Movement Tai-Chi Chuan Set	13	(6)
The Life of Grand Master Kuo Lien-Ying	19	(4)
II: Yin-Yang in Theory	23	(52)
Tai-Chi Philosophy	24	(2)
The Tao	26	(4)
Yin and Yang	30	(8)
Chi	38	(2)
The Five Elemental Phases	40	(8)
Yin-Yang and Time	48	(14)
The I Ching	62	(13)
III: Yin-Yang in Tai-Chi Chuan	75	(20)
Yin-Yang in Tai-Chi Chuan	77	(15)
The Universal Stance	92	(3)
IV: Yin-Yang in Daily Life	95	(22)
Daily Practice	97	(8)
Martial Arts Weapons	105	(3)
Chin-to-Toe	108	(4)
Teaching Tai-Chi Chuan	112	(5)
V: Yin-Yang in Society and the Cultural Arts: Chinese Literature	117	(30)
Lao Tzu and the Tao Te Ching	119	(4)
Mencius and Book Four of the Four Chinese Classics	123	(6)
The Monkey King	129	(2)
Chinese Poems of the Tang Dynasty	131	(7)
Chinese Aphorisms	138	(4)
Chinese Parables	142	(5)
PART 2: Practicing Tai-Chi Chuan: Student Experiences	147	(38)
The Experience of Tai-Chi Chuan by Jeffrey Kessler	149	(12)
Choosing Tai-Chi Chuan by Richard Praeger	161	(3)
Experience of Philosophy by Mark Nelson	164	(2)
Confucius by Zhao Demei	166	(3)
Philosophical Background by Shannon Cook	169	(3)
Tai-Chi and I by Dan Y.P. Wang	172	(4)
The Chi and Tao of I Ching by Dan Y.P. Wang	176	(9)
APPENDIX I: ADVANCED TAI-CHI CHUAN CLASS AT SAN FRANCISCOSTATE UNIVERSITY	185	(6)
APPENDIX II: ALCOHOL TREATMENT FOR MINOR INJURIES	191	(2)
APPENDIX III: KUO FAMILY APPRECIATION	193	(8)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY	201