Tai Chi Secrets of the Yang Style: Chinese Classics, Translations, Commentary [Paperback]

Yang Jwing-Ming (Author)

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Publication Date: September 17, 2001

Uncover long-held secrets of Yang style Tai Chi Chuan, passed down from generation to generation of Tai Chi masters.

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About the Author

Yang, Jwing-Ming Ph.D., is a renowned author and teacher of Chinese martial arts and Qigong. Born in Taiwan, he has trained and taught Taijiquan, Qigong and Chinese martial arts for over forty-five years. He is the author of over thirty books, and was elected by Inside Kung Fu magazine as one of the 10 people who has "made the greatest impact on martial arts in the past 100 years." Dr. Yang lives in Northern California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Ymaa Publication Center (September 17, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1886969094
• ISBN-13: 978-1886969094
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #689,448 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Read to simplicity, October 14, 2002

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Peter van Elderen (Best Netherlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tai Chi Secrets of the Yang Style: Chinese Classics, Translations, Commentary (Paperback)

The book gives people who can't read Chinese the possibility to read into the works of the ancient Yang-style decendants.

By presenting a direct translation of the originals YJM gives you the possibility to read and explain the text - with your own practical experience - to your own opinion. Therefore it gives you the possibility to grow further in your own development. Furthermore it gives directly knowledge of the - for many people not acceptable - origin of Tai Chi, the martial arts. No secrets and flowting techniques, but plain and simpel, right to the point telling where to look in your own Tai Chi.

We make Tai Chi difficult, but it isn't, you just have to train and look the right things, make them your own. The book says where to look.

I agree with the fact that you will need a certain practice experience to understand what is written, but when you read the book several times in the years to come and practice, you will see different things in the text with time.

With the commentaries of YJM over the direct translations I do not always agree, but at least he will put you in the right direction to look. It is impossible to write out, what you have to experience through practice! So buy the book, read several chapters and look for the things in your training.

Time will tell you!

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars by Aleko, October 1, 2010

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This review is from: Tai Chi Secrets of the Yang Style: Chinese Classics, Translations, Commentary (Paperback)

I can feel,maturity,wisdom and nobleness are the key elements of YJM's mission here on earth!