The Art of Chi Kung: Making the Most of Your Vital Energy (Health Workbook) (Paperback)

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Chi Kung is the Chinese art of developing energy. Today, Chi Kung is becoming increasingly popular around the world as a means of stress management, healing, and maintaining fitness. THE ART OF CHI KUNG explains its principles and philosophy and how it works and includes the main Chi Kung exercises, fully illustrated.

About the Author

Wong Kiew Kit, popularly known as Sifu Wong, is the fourth generation successor of Venerable Jiang Nan from the famous Shaolin Monastery in China and Grandmaster of Shaolin Wahnam Institute of Kungfu and Chi Kung. He received the "Qiqong (Chi Kung) Master of the Year" Award during the Second World Congress on Qiqong held in San Francisco in 1997.

Since 1987, Sifu Wong has spent more time teaching Chi Kung than Kungfu, because he feels that while Kungfu serves as an interesting hobby, Chi Kung serves an urgent public need, particularly in overcoming degenerative and psychiatric illnesses.

Sifu Wong is one of the few masters who have generously introduced the once secretive Shaolin Chi Kung to the public, and has helped many people to obtain relief or overcome so-called "incurable" diseases like hypertension, asthma, rheumatism, arthritis, diabetes, migraine, gastritis, gall stones, kidney failure, depression, anxiety and even cancer.

He stresses the Shaolin philosophy of sharing goodness with all humanity, and is now dedicated to spreading the wonders and benefits of the Shaolin arts to people all over the world irrespective of race, culture and religion.

He is an internationally acclaimed author of books on the Shaolin arts and Buddhism. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 162 pages
• Publisher: Element Books (July 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1852304030
• ISBN-13: 978-1852304034
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 7.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #894,664 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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62 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Making The Most of a Fantastic Book, April 3, 2005

By	C. Freeman (San Leandro, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Art of Chi Kung: Making the Most of Your Vital Energy (Paperback)

I've been studying Chi Kung on my own now for almost 20 years, mostly through books, and as you can imagine I've read quite a few. Though most are quite good I consider THIS one the best out there, especially for someone looking for good general info on this fascinating topic. Beginning students will find a treasure trove of useful exercises, though more advanced practitioners may find some useful tidbits here too.

What makes this book so great is that the exercises are extremely effective and quite simple to practice, and what is more, you don't have to practice them for years to get results. In fact I tried a few myself and noticed a considerable difference in only a few days. Some might find these exercises TOO simple and believe that they just CAN'T be that effective. This is a grave error that illustrates how people often assume that unless something is complicated it isn't worth practicing. Believe me, sometimes the most effective things are the most simple, and once you've practiced some of the exercises in this book you'll understand why.

36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars HARNESSING YOUR VITAL ENERGY, January 1, 2002

By	Bonita L. Davis (Decatur, Georgia) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

More people than ever are taking the responsibility for their health through exploring alternative health care systems. Chi Kung, the Chinese art of developing your energy is one of these systems. This excellent volume gives you an introduction to Chi Kung and the impact it can have on your life.

Wong Kiew Kit presents a reader friendly workbook on the complex art of Chi Kung. He presents to the reader the philosophy behind the art, the explanation of the art's various terms and introduces the various exercises to help you raise your energy level.

I was very impressed by the simplicity of the book, the clarity of the exercise diagrams and the dynamics of Chi Kung. I began to practice just a few of the exercises and immediately felt the results. Since then this book has never been out of my reach. I had not been acquainted with the art and on a whim purchased this book to satisfy my curiousity. I highly recommend the book and its exercises for those who are beginning to explore Chi Kung. It is a good introductory volume that will give you invaluable lessons on harnessing your vital energy.

49 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Long on talk;short on walk, August 14, 2006

By	J. Barr (Westerville, OH USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This review is from: The Art of Chi Kung: Making the Most of Your Vital Energy (Paperback)

This book has a lot of text on chi as far as it relates to body meridians, and various expressions of chi in sex, and disease. It covers the more esoteric parts of chi if your interest is along that line. There are good graphics to go along with these explanations. The book is very nicely broken down but I have to admitt that I'm not one for flowery chapter headings that sound more like vague generalizations than specific divisions. But this may just be my personal preference.

Where the book fails to me is that it does not show you the cycle of chi gung exercises to develop the internal strength it highly praises. There are a few specific movements that are "prescribed" for certain maladies or goals but these are not going to be very useful without having taken the time to develop the basis for such use. I've been involved with the martial arts, aikido and jujitsu, for over 20 years and I've been doing chi kung for about half that time. To get anywhere near the type of results this book mentions you have to develop the full cycle of chi kung exercises through a regimen of daily practice. "Spot" applications of particular exercises will lack the chi development that comes from daily practice...it would be like going in to a gym and expecting to come out looking like Atlas after one visit. Following the advise in this book by itself, based on my experience, would be very frustrating to people.

A better "how to" book for chi kung is "The Way of Energy" by Master Lam Kam Chuen. Master Chuen offers a very specific and practical development of the chi kung exercises from beginner to advanced. Drawings and explanations are easy to understand and not poorly translated from Chinese. There are also adequate healthcare warnings as several of the moves can be quite a strain on the circulatory system.