Tai Chi Chuan Martial Applications: Advanced Yang Style

I like to teach more of the martial/self-defense applications of Taijiquan, this book is helpful.

Very good!

Looks good so far. He understands that the practitioner eventually exptesses the art on their own way. Seems well done.

Illustrations next to Impossible to make out, extremely disappointed.

Looks like a lot of older books put together in a new cover. still good info

This book is very inlighting, not all books will show you applications,not alone. What they mean. Thank you ,Jwing Ming Yang

Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming is my favorite of all the teachers I had in 50+ years of Martial Arts. His books and videos are priceless. I highly recommend them because everyone I've purchased was authored better than all my other books....except the 3 I wrote on different subjects. : )

The book Tai Chi Chuan Martial Applications Advanced Yang Style is one of many books that I have by Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming. I have practiced martial arts for over 30 years, and I have always found his books to be engaging, well thought out with much martial application. This book is no different, and looked at the self-defense aspects. This book as like many books gets into the through application of techniques, and allows you to apply many of the basic principles to your own particular martial arts style.I like how Dr. Jwing-Mng takes each movement and breaks it down into each application of technique, and then for example used Qin Na (Chin Na Application) as it pertained to the particular technique. This of course made it more User-Friendly for the user, and helps to take the techniques to the next level. What also helped make this a lot different from other texts on the subject was the use of arrows which showed the directions of the movements. I felt that this added to the features of the book, and made it much more practical to understand the movements and the technique process that is involved to perform the particular movement. The techniques are easy to follow & practical even the beginners new to the art of tai chi chuan can gain the benefits from this book. This text had easy to follow descriptions and photos which allow for better understanding of the techniques. Chapter 3 I felt was very good, and for the first time really got into the Taji Ball aspect which I felt was very informative. Chapters 4 and 5 even though are more advanced and is tailored made for instructors of the art I felt was great, and helped to really detail the art more in-depth for the beginner. This book is excellent, and is a through read for the beginner to the most advanced practitioner of the martial art of tai chi chuan.

very good still reading for the more advanced tai chi practioner.

Ottimo libro per apprendere un infinità di applicazioni marziali! Scritto in un inglese molto aemplice e pieno di immagini che guidano nei movimenti!

A very comprehensive book. Has shed light on a great many aspects of Tai Chi Chuan. If you love your tai chi and you want to understand more of what lays beyond the moves then this book is for you.