Ride The Tiger To The Mountain: Tai Chi For Health (Portable Stanford) (Paperback)

by Martin Lee (Author), Emily Lee (Author), Joan Johnstone (Author) "We live in an age of science, an age of technological innovation..." (more)
Key Phrases: final leg position, facing right corner, right leg hollow, T'ai Chi, Ch'i Kung, Checking Yourself (more...)

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T’ai Chi Ch’uan is an “inner martial art,” a set of beautifully slow, continuous movements based on ancient Chinese philosophy and medicine. Here is a practical guide to the twelve most basic T’ai Chi exercises, a program for relaxation and surprising physical rejuvenation through greater mind-body awareness, which can also bring improvement in conditions ranging from ulcers to arthritis to high blood pressure.

About the Author

Martin Lee, a physicist with the Stanford Linear Accelerator, is also founder of the T’ai Chi Cultural Center in Los Altos, California. He and his wife, Emily Lee, have been teaching together for over twenty years. Martin Lee, a physicist with the Stanford Linear Accelerator, is also founder of the T’ai Chi Cultural Center in Los Altos, California. He and his wife, Emily Lee, have been teaching together for over twenty years. JoAn Johnstone is a freelance writer. Joan Johnstone is a freelance writer.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Da Capo Press (January 21, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201180774
• ISBN-13: 978-0201180770
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #441,347 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Maybe the only practical how-to for t'ai chi, August 23, 2001

By	Melinda Artz (Helena, MT USA) - See all my reviews

Eager Westerners scoop up videos and books on t'ai chi hoping to learn this powerful movement form without a real, live teacher. "Ride the Tiger" is one of the few that can help you do just that! Simple, step-by-step, behaviorally specific instructions with photos and drawings are balanced with equally simple questions to self-check one's progress. The story of how the author, a nuclear physicist, was drawn to learn and then teach t'ai chi provides a unique slant on East meets West. His explanations of how it works based on his scientific understandings are especially intriguing. Qualified teachers are becoming more widely available, but in the meantime, this book is a useful tool.