T'ai Chi for Beginners: 10 Minutes to Health and Fitness [Hardcover]

Claire Hooton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1996

A user-friendly guide to T'ai Chi offers illustrated instruction in one of the world's most popular forms of exercise, demonstrating the first twenty movements of the Yang-style of T'ai Chi and presenting a ten-minute program designed to enhance one's health.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 149 pages
• Publisher: Perigee Trade (June 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0399522077
• ISBN-13: 978-0399522079
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,108,333 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very clear, easy to follow., May 12, 1999

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[e-mail] (Chesapeake, Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: T'ai Chi for Beginners: 10 Minutes to Health and Fitness (Hardcover)

This book is excellent for the beginner. The descriptions are very clear, and the photographs are easy to see. I had no problem understanding exactly what Ms. Hooton was talking about.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A Major Disappointment, July 17, 2000

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Robert L. Stark - See all my reviews

This review is from: T'ai Chi for Beginners: 10 Minutes to Health and Fitness (Hardcover)

This book is mis-leading. In describing Tai Chi movements the pictures disagree with the written text..."foot directly below the shoulder" and it isn't in the photograph. There are more such discrepancies. The analogies may be common to the writer but confusing to this reader..."sand pouring down your leg". There is a large and growing number of Tai Chi manuals. It's too bad publications like this sound so good and read so poorly.

2.0 out of 5 stars excellent beginner instruction, September 20, 2001

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ellen flagg (usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: T'ai Chi for Beginners: 10 Minutes to Health and Fitness (Hardcover)

This video is excellent for beginners in that the instructor is very clear about the movements and also uses two "students"from a rear view,in order to better ,still,understand the postures.
The only disappointment is that after the steps are individually learned,they are not shown together in a "dance"(for lack of a better word)that one can do along WITH the instructor,nor is the meaning of each movement given,which is a very important part of the Tai Chi.