Eric Hoffer Award WINNER - 2009IP\'S Highlighted Title Award FINALIST - 2009Fore Word\'s Book of the Year Award FINALIST - 2008USA Best Book Award FINALIST - 2008 Tai Chi Dynamics is intended for intermediate and advanced tai chi students.
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About the Author: Robert Chuckrow has been a Taiji practitioner since 1970 and has studied Taiji under the late Cheng Man-ch\'ing, William C.
The book includes personal anecdotes and stories and has over one hundred photographs and illustrations drawn by the author.
There is even a section on how to make your own footwear suitable for practicing Taiji.
A detailed chapter on health, self-massage, and healing discusses fasting (including the author\'s own experience with a twenty-eight-day fast), differences between Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine, and provides exercises and methods of self-massage for head, legs, feet, and back.
One chapter deals extensively with aspects of self development from a personal perspective, discusses how doing Taiji correctly is a precursor to spiritual growth, and compares religion, science, and spiritual teachings. - A chapter on Zheng Manqing (Cheng Man-ch\'ing) sheds light on Zheng and his students.
He applies logic and basic scientific principles- Anatomy- Physiology- Physics In order to create a deeper understand of - Muscular action- Breathing- Alignment in tai chi Movement and push-hands He clarifies, in depth, many perplexing concepts such as "correct force" by utilizing detailed explanations, illustrations, and photographs.- Sayings from the tai chi classics are quoted throughout, and exercises are provided to give readers a chance to confirm their understanding.- Over a dozen self-defense applications of the basic Taiji movements are illustrated- The effectiveness and completeness of Taiji as a martial art today is candidly analyzed. in experimental physics.
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The author Robert Chuckrow, Ph D, is a tai chi practitioner of more than forty years and holds a Ph.
Eric Hoffer Award WINNER - 2009IP\'S Highlighted Title Award FINALIST - 2009Fore Word\'s Book of the Year Award FINALIST - 2008USA Best Book Award FINALIST - 2008 Tai Chi Dynamics is intended for intermediate and advanced tai chi students