Ultimate Guide to Tai Chi Ultimate Guide to Tai Chi: The Best of Inside Kung-Fu the Best of Inside Kung-Fu

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Practiced by millions of people all over the world, the ancient and gentle Chinese martial art of tai chi offers the perfect balance of mind and body, strength and flexibility, grace and agility. Its smooth, fluid movements demand precision and regulate at the same time as offering exercisers of all ages improved fitness, stress reduction, and self-defense skills. Whether you are a curious novice, an intermediate student seeking deeper understanding, or a tai chi expert, Inside Kung-Fu’s Ulitmate Guide to Tai Chi provides you with a wealth of insightful, reliable, hard-to-find information from world-renowned experts in every aspect of tai chi. Inside, you’ll be able to find chapters that inform and inspire, addressing such topics as:

• The history of traditions of tai chi chuan
• How to find and evaluate schools and teachers
• Creating a strong foundation of basic techniques
• Mastering advanced techniques, including the cultivation of chi, breath regulate, and using weapons
• The founders of tai chi and teh variety of tai chi styles
• The self-defense applications of tai chi

In this volume, you’ll be able to find everything you wish to have to know to fortify your practice, increase your understanding, and reap the proven health and fitness benefits of the powerful internal martial art of tai chi. John R. Little is the writer of The Warrior Within and Bruce Lee: Words from a Master as well as other books on Bruce Lee. He is also the writer of a lot of published articles on martial arts philosophy and practice. Curtis F. Wong is the publisher of Inside Kung-Fu and other highly respected martial arts magazines.