» Applied Tai Chi Chuan (Martial Arts)
	Year: 1998 Subject:   Rating: Publisher: A & C Black Publishers Ltd Pages: 128 Binding type: Paperback Author: Nigel Sutton Synopsis: This book covers lots of different aspects of Tai Chi, but has therefore to settle for relatively little detail. This is an excellent book for those just starting, or whose teacher concentrates mainly on one aspect (i.e. mainly for health).It should help you decide if there is a specific subject within Tai Chi that you want to find out more about. Little practical help, but plenty of basic info for those beginners looking to expand there knowledge.
	» Cheng Man-Ch'ing's Advanced T'ai-Chi Form Instructions: With Selected Writings on Meditation, the I ching, Medicine and the Arts
	Year: 1989 Subject:   Rating: Publisher: Sweet Chi Press,U.S. Pages: 162 Binding type: Paperback Author: Cheng Man-Ch'ing Synopsis: Cheng Man Ch'ing is widely regarded as a modern master and this is an essential read and reference for anyone with a serious interest in T'ai-Chi - especially those studying the Cheng Man Ch'ing form. The translation is readable and concise. The writings on related subjects are of interest too, but possibly don't reflect the quality of distilled knowledge passed down from earlier generations that can be found in the T'ai-Chi sections. The guide to the Form is written to provide detailed directions and explanations for those wanting to extend their knowledge of the Form and who might be without a teacher. In that regard, the directions seem to me to be inevitably flawed because it seems unrealistic to expect to learn this complex and sophisticated martial art from a book alone. But as a study aid to a serious student, they are invaluable, as are the explanations of root, posture, breathing, use of the waist and so on. A rare vessel containing distilled knowledge.
	» Gateway to the Miraculous: Further Explorations of the Tao of Cheng Man Ch'ing
	Year: 1994 Subject:   Rating: Publisher: North Atlantic Books,U.S. Pages: 136 Binding type: Paperback Author: Wolfe Lowenthal Synopsis: I guess I was expecting a better follow up to THERE ARE NO SECRETS but this is nowhere near as good. It felt like the leftovers never published in the first book.
	» Knocking at the Gate of Life: And Other Healing Exercises from China
	Year: 2000 Subject:   Rating: Publisher: Newleaf Pages: 256 Binding type: Paperback Author: Edward C. Chang Synopsis:
	» Master of the Way. The Life and Teaching of Master Liang He Qing. 1937-2007.
	Year: 2007 Subject:   Rating: Publisher: Living Tradition Pages: 0 Binding type: Paperback Author: Edited and Translated With Commentary By Nigel Sutton Compiled Synopsis:
	» Scholar Boxer: Cháng Nâizhou's Theory of Internal Martial Arts and the Evolution of Taijiquan
	Year: 2005 Subject:   Rating: Publisher: Blue Snake Books Pages: 312 Binding type: Paperback Author: Chang Naizhou Synopsis: Master Cháng, known as the "scholar-boxer," lived and practiced in Hénán province, at the center of Chinese culture and martial arts near the Shàolín Temple and legendary Luòyáng. His extensive writings reflect many of the ideas, even the phraseology, now familiar from classic Tai Chi Chuan texts. Chinese-language authority Marnix Wells traveled to Cháng’s village, where the master’s family carries on his tradition Cháng boxing. This resulting study of Chang’s life and teachings reveals the true origins of today’s internal martial arts.
	» Searching for the Way
	Year: 1999 Subject:   Rating: Publisher: Unique Publications (Subs. of CFW Enterprises, Inc Pages: 208 Binding type: Paperback Author: Nigel Sutton Synopsis: If you need some inspiration, whether you are training in martial arts or have othere interests in far Eastern culture, "Searching for the Way" can give you a real boost. Nigel Sutton recounts many experiences of his, often painful, lessons in martial arts. Throughout, his enthusiasm for and love of martial arts, especially Taiji, bubbles up through the writing, making this book a joy to read.
	» Tai Chi Chuan: Decoding the Classics for the Modern Martial Artist
	Year: 2009 Subject:   Rating: Publisher: Crowood Press Pages: 144 Binding type: Paperback Author: Dan Docherty Synopsis: The first book in English to provide a detailed, illustrated explanation of the Tai Chi Chuan Classics, the Classic of Boxing, and the Tai Chi Diagram Explanation, the aim of this remarkable book is to enable the reader to do the Classics and incorporate them into everyday martial arts practice.
	» Tai Chi Chuan: Roots and Branches
	Year: 1996 Subject:   Rating: Publisher: Tuttle Publishing Pages: 121 Binding type: Paperback Author: Nigel Sutton Synopsis: For anyone learning the Cheng Man Ching form this is a valuable guide. Clear, well-written and with easy to follow diagrams, whether as a learning tool or correctional reference it is useful. The advice from different teachers regarding the form is both useful and interesting. It gives quotes from the Tai Chi Chuan classics, providing principles to focus for the more experienced practitioner.
	» Tai Chi Chuan: Volume 1 - Form to Function: Vol 1
	Year: 1999 Subject:   Rating: Publisher: C.E.Tuttle Co. Pages: 121 Binding type: Paperback Author: Nigel Sutton Synopsis:
	» Tai Chi: Supreme Ultimate Exercise for Health, Sport and Self-Defense
	Year: 2005 Subject:   Rating: Publisher: Tuttle Publishing Pages: 128 Binding type: Paperback Author: Cheng Man-Ch'ing Synopsis: The Chinese secret for youthfulness, health and long life lies at least partly in T'ai Chi, the ballet like callisthenics they've practiced for centuries.
	» The Book of Martial Power
	Year: 2008 Subject:   Rating: Publisher: Overlook TP Pages: 192 Binding type: Paperback Author: Steven J. Pearlman Synopsis: Different styles of martial arts offer contradictory information, philosophies, and techniques for the body in combat. A practitioner of Judo might advocate grappling, reasoning that most fights converge into close range after a short time, when an advocate of Tae Kwon Do would argue that one should strive to maintain one's distance in an encounter that would allow one to use the legs, the most powerful weapon on the human body. As a lifelong student and teacher of multiple styles of martial arts, Steven Pearlman has sought to distill from these disciplines not a fusion of techniques, but rather a compilation of fundamental principles that can guide the individual martial artist to the ideal action. Through his exploration of a set of basic principles that range from the physical (spinal alignment, the triangular guard, breathing) to the spiritual (the void, the body-mind, the character), Pearlman arrives at a system open to all martial artists without bastardizing the techniques of the original disciplines. The Book of Martial Power will capture the minds of martial artists and anyone interested in finding a path to success that is not beholden to a specific form but is instead driven by fundamental principles.
	» The Wonders of Qigong: A Chinese Exercise for Fitness, Health, and Longevity
	Year: 1985 Subject:   Rating: Publisher: Wayfarer Pubns Pages: 112 Binding type: Paperback Author: China Sports Maganzine Synopsis:
	» There are No Secrets: Professor Cheng Man-ching and His T'ai Chi Ch'uan
	Year: 1992 Subject:   Rating: Publisher: North Atlantic Books,U.S. Pages: 176 Binding type: Paperback Author: Wolfe Lowenthal Synopsis: wonderful stories of man-chings time teaching in america sprinkled with his wisdom as told by one of his students. well worth a read.

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