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Tai Chi Handbook

by Paul Tucker - £4.99  Anness Publishing (2006)
paperback    ISBN 13: 9781844763191 | ISBN 10: 1844763196

This title shows how to use the ancient art of Tai Chi for health, suppleness and well-being. It is a clear, easy-to-follow guide with over 240 step-by-step photographs and illustrations.
 
Learn how classic exercises and movement sequences can be integrated into the contemporary lifestyle. De-stress your mind and body through gently flowing movements and achieve a new vitality and self-awareness.
 
This is a beautiful volume clearly illustrating how with discipline an age-old system of movements can bring harmony and balance to the modern life. The book opens with a brief history of Tai Chi and its origins in the Taoist philosophy of ancient China. It defines the system as "strength within softness", "poetry in motion" and "moving harmony". The main, practical section of the book begins with a description and illustration of a comprehensive warm-up exercise routine.
 
The book then takes the reader through the Yang-style Short Form Tai Chi movement sequences with clear instructions and helpful step-by-step photographs.With its over 240 beautifully clear and simple photographs and illustrations, this book will inspire any new student to take the first steps with confidence along a path that can lead to a lifetime's rewarding study, and guide them with increasing assurance through every stage.

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