This unique book by Master Shi Ming and Siao Weijia explores the Chinese science of mind/body and the refinement of consciousness in the higher martial arts.
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Chinese
Original Language: Chinese
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Shi Ming is a highly accomplished master of the traditional Chinese martial art of Taijiquan, with over forty years experience and training. He is the inheritor of a private tradition that is outline his this book, and was featured on Bill Moyers’s acclaimed 1993 public television series Healing and the Mind, where he gave astounding demonstrations of the extraordinary inner power developed by an advanced martial artist.
Siao Weijia is a longtime practitioner of martial arts and one of Shi Ming’s leading disciples. He teaches Russian language in Beijing, and applies his own method in his study of Master Shi Ming’s skills and traditional Chinese culture.
Siao Weijia is a longtime practitioner of martial arts and one of Shi Ming’s leading disciples. He teaches Russian language in Beijing, and applies his own method in his study of Master Shi Ming’s skills and traditional Chinese culture.
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From a TaiChi Player,
By Eclectic Browser (Corydon, IN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mind Over Matter: Higher Martial Arts (Paperback)
Pass on this one. It is poor philosophy and worse science. It's descriptions of what happens (or can happen) in martial arts training lack the poetry and even the clarity of the Chinese classics. Not one experiment. Not one case study. Looking for some help on how tai chi chuan works and how best to train, I did not find it.
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A little too academic,
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This review is from: Mind Over Matter: Higher Martial Arts (Paperback)
This book is more of an academic approach to the internal martial arts than th zen koan parable style I'm used to. I'm sure if you spent months pouring over every page and looking up every 10 dollar word, you might actually reap some benefit from this book. But if you're looking for some spiritual insight, some quaint story that will enhance your being and improve your practise, look elsewhere.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Very interesting but a hard read,
By Sun Tzu (Montreal, Quebec Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mind Over Matter: Higher Martial Arts (Paperback)
I liked the book. It attempts to make the case for an aproach between the modern science and traditional martial arts saying that both are complementary and necessary for a breakthrough in consciousness research. The book also proceeds to describe consciousness refining consciousness through internal martial arts.It is not a book that deals with technique or gives advice on internal arts. IMO, it is an interesting reading for the serious martial artist and scholar. It is a short book but hard to read due to long, flowery phrases.
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MARTIAL ARTS EMPHASIZE both mental and physical refinement; all of them emphasize cultivation of the body and cultivation of the mind. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
higher apperception, psychophysical coordination, higher martial arts, twin cultivation, simultaneous refinement, mutual refinement, advanced martial arts, refining consciousness, using consciousness, dynamic thought, simple postures, consciousness field, manifest consciousness, external speech, highest morality, internal speech, latent capacities Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Healing and the Mind by Bill Moyers in Front Matter
- Farewell to Reason by Paul Feyerabend in Front Matter
- Mastering Yang Style Taijiquan by Fu Zhongwen in Back Matter
- Unlocking the Zen Koan: A New Translation of the Zen Classic Wumenguam by Thomas Cleary in Front Matter
- Traveller On The Path by Ronn Parker in Back Matter
- Shadow Strategies of an American Ninja Master by Glenn Morris in Back Matter
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