Tai Chi Chuan: Theory and Practice (Chinese Edition) 太極拳氣功推手

This is THE text book for the Gu branch of Yang style Tai Chi Chuan. In Chapter 1, it introduced the meaning of Tai Chi, the history of Tai Chi Chuan and some of the Tai Chi masters. In Chapter 2, it discussed the therapeutic effects of Tai Chi Chuan. In Chapter 3, it taught how to practice the fundamental of Tai Chi Chuan. In Chapter 4, it illustrated the whole set of Tai Chi Chuan postures and the hierarchy of Tai Chi Chuan practice. In Chapter 5, it described the training of Tai Chi inner energy, and in Chapter 6, it demonstrated the skills, the techniques and the essentials of Tai Chi push hands (jostling). English editions: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001BHU9VQ (hardcover) and http://www.amazon.com/dp/9628665162 (paperback). 顧式太極拳乃北少林名拳術家顧汝章師父于一九二六年南下廣州後給當地市民傳授武術時兼授太極拳的特有架式。雖然顧汝章師父早期曾跟隨孫祿堂及李景林學習太極拳，但顧式太極拳仍持有楊家特色的大功架拳型。每一架式以武術功架為根基，無論手、眼、身、步、法，在運拳時需要步活身靈，開合柔和，連綿不斷。式式前後貫串，虛實分清，充分表現出圓活緊湊、鬆靜自然的獨特風格。架式優美，有如行雲流水，氣勢萬千，實乃太極拳中運動量較大的一類型。 本書不但把顧式太極拳的拳架和招式有詳盡的解釋，更對太極拳的源流體系有一個總綱性的介紹，其中對太極拳的功法、推手和氣功的「動中求靜」和「靜中求動」的基本概念都一一有所討論，對于所有太極拳練習者，是一本不可缺的參考書。