Customer Reviews

Tai Chi for Health & Vitality: A Comprehensive Guide to the Short Yang Form (Hamlyn Health & Well Being S.)

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I am taking a beginning Tai Chi class, in which we are learning the Yang Short form. I bought this book to help me practice and learn the moves in between my once-a-week classes. The book is very well illustrated and the moves are explained clearly. There's also a most helpful visual review of the entire sequence at the end of the book. I also really like the explanations of the health benefits of each move and posture.

I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 for two reasons, both limitations of the book form itself. First, it would be nice if this book had the kind of binding where it would stay open to a page so that you could look at the pictures at the same time you're practicing the moves. Second, I find it just very difficult to learn movement from a book. Far more helpful to me is the DVD: T'ai Chi for Health/Yang Short Form by Terence Dunn.

I recommend this book as an accompaniment to a class. I think it would be close to impossible to teach yourself the Tai Chi Yang short form using this book by itself.