Tai Chi:Chinese Art Of Healing And Self Defense [Paperback]

Carlton Books (Author), Erle Montaigue (Author)

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Publication Date: October 28, 2002

This art unites the mind and body, combining aspects of meditation, exercise, visualization, and martial prowess.

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About the Author

Erle Montaigue was the first Westerner to be granted the degree of Master in taijiquan and dim-mak. In 1995 Erle was invited to study with Liang Shih-kan, the leader and keeper of the now almost extinct forerunner to taijiquan, the Wutan Shan System of Boxing, thus becoming the only Westerner and one of a handful of people to be taught the nine qi-disruptive methods. He serves as head of the World Taiji Boxing Association (WTBA), which has schools in more than 30 countries. He is highly regarded internationally as one of the leading instructors of the internal martial arts, including taijiquan

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Carlton Books (October 28, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 185868868X
• ISBN-13: 978-1858688688
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,029,284 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not sure, March 9, 2010

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Charles M. Stoy "charst46" (Canon City, Colorado United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tai Chi:Chinese Art Of Healing And Self Defense (Paperback)

I hope the author and publisher recovered their investment....don't spend the money on the book if you want something more than a martial arts version of a coffee table travelogue.

4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Truely authentic, October 19, 2001

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Kalyan Kumar Mukhopadhyay (Rockville, MD USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tai Chi:Chinese Art Of Healing And Self Defense (Paperback)

This book contains a wealth of information for serious Tai Chi practitioners. It may feel a little difficult to learn the complete long form from this book alone , but it can act as an useful companion to the author's beginner's tape on Taijiquan (MTG1). Tai Chi is being constantly abused by con masters many of whom happen to come from the land of its origin and as a result myriad short forms are being devoloped to make it easy and accessible. But, there is no substitute for hard work. As someone who had been practicing the complete long form for sometime now and greatly benefited from it, my advise to beginners would be to learn from authentic materials such as this. Begin slowly. After one learns the 'opening form' and 'grasping sparrow's tail', even repeating these two forms perhaps a dozen times on both sides would give one actual tangible benefit. And, don't rush to the next until you truely master the previous form. May you realize the Tao.

1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The original, ancient, authentic form of Taiji (Tai Chi ), August 9, 2003

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"shady529" (Hugo, CO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tai Chi:Chinese Art Of Healing And Self Defense (Paperback)

I actually never knew this book existed. I First began to study Taiji from Erle Montaigue a couple weeks ago by video instruction. But Yang Cheng Fu's Taiji form is a moving Qigong (Chi Kung). So breathing in and out with/during each individual flowing movement is important or its useless. Just as if you had the breathing down perfect and you're postures were wrong it would be useless. I can see on the excerpt pages that he tells you when to breath in or out. He tells you these things in the video but more time is spent describing the postures and movements.
And I can tell you it's the original Taiji. If you get Erle Montaigue's book "Encyclopedia of Dim Mak ,Volume 1" He will go into the history of Taiji. See his instructional videos at " Taichiworld.com".