Long Life, Good Health traces the historical and philosophical development of Tai-Chi Chuan within the context of the sister martial arts from which it was created. This book includes precisely sequenced photographs, and step-by-step instructions. Though intended for beginners, Long Life, Good Health should fascinate more advanced students who want to research and compare ancient forms and lineages of Tai-Chi Chuan.
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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.
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Long Life, Good Health through Simmone's book,
By "merelymichelle" (Daly City, California United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Long Life, Good Health Through T'ai Chi Ch'uan (Paperback)
This book is a wonderful guide to Tai-Chi Chuan. I have read this book, along with her husband's book, for both of her Tai-Chi courses at SFSU. This is a great book to carry with you, even if you are not enrolled in any of her courses or her outside classes at her studio. You really do develop long life and good health through this beautiful exercise. Simmone is a great teacher through words and action.
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Long Life Good Health through Tai-Chi Chuan by Simmone Kuo,
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This review is from: Long Life, Good Health Through T'ai Chi Ch'uan (Paperback)
An excellent guide to a particular school/style of Tai Chi, helpful to those that follow the Shao-Lin Chuan style or want to learn it. (This style is followed by many in the San Francisco Bay Area where Kuo and other followers taught and are teaching.) The guide is extremely precise and detailed, difficult to follow if you are standing next to the book trying to copy each movement, but the equally detailed pictures are a great help in learning to get it right. Having done this type of Tai Chi for over two years now, I still consult this guide frequently to check on moves I'm uncertain about.
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wonderful teacher, interesting person,
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This review is from: Long Life, Good Health Through T'ai Chi Ch'uan (Paperback)
Okay, I haven't yet actually read this book, just browsed it at Cody's in Berkeley. I am a beginner, studying Tai Chi with Simmone at San Francisco State University and she is a dynamic teacher-fun yet strict, philosophical yet irreverent. This book tells about her husband's practice and a little about his life. It also has lots of pictures of Simmone! Hee hee!(I give it three stars if you're a student of Simmone's)
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The origin of the martial arts can be traced back to the very beginning of human culture in ancient China. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Tai-Chi Chuan, Chuan Shu, Shao-Lin Chuan, Shing-Yi Chuan, Universal Stance, Warm-Up Exercises, Pa-Kua Chang, Master Kuo Lien-Ying, Shao-Lin Temple New!
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The origin of the martial arts can be traced back to the very beginning of human culture in ancient China. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Tai-Chi Chuan, Chuan Shu, Shao-Lin Chuan, Shing-Yi Chuan, Universal Stance, Warm-Up Exercises, Pa-Kua Chang, Master Kuo Lien-Ying, Shao-Lin Temple New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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