I don’t know how to describe this book. If I say it’s ideal for beginners, I’ll be hit with incredulity: How can a book that teaches so many obscure yet specific, fully functional drills for generating the deepest experience of internal power, with the physical training process as well as energetic effects laid out in illustrated drill steps - all supported by precise, original translations of the relevant sections of the classical Tai Chi writings supplemented with texts by little known historical masters - possibly be considered a ‘beginner’ book? On the other hand, calling it ‘advanced’ belies my motivation in writing it, because this is exactly the book I wish I’d been issued at the first Tai Chi class I ever attended. Not only for inspiration but for the specific, ground-truth covert energy methods. This book is packed with Tai Chi-based internal cultivation techniques that will take your practice of any Tai Chi style into hyperdrive. No matter how I describe it, somebody will post saying they feel ripped off. Furthermore, let me say it loud, say it clear, right up front: ‘you cannot learn the form sequence from this book’. Is that plain enough? So – beginner? advanced? It’s both, it’s neither, or give me some other word for it. All I can say is that if you have any reasonable degree of intelligent, working interest in Tai Chi or human internal energy, this book was written for you. CONTENTS:
Turf War
How to Work with This Book
The Energy ARC
Tai Chi as Simon Says
Zheng/Lo ARC Training
The Mini Sequence
The Secret of Sink: Chengfu Number Five
The Wave
The Six Charges
The Compressive Super Step
Head Suffusion
Bundle Rolling for Internal Forearms
The Coiling Power
Atomized Breathing
Engagement: Advice from the Masters
Don’t Apply Techniques
Starting Late Arrive Early
Absolute Transparency
Single Sheet Practice Summary
Blood In, Blood Out
About the Author
Scott Meredith has trained in a large variety of Asian and Western martial arts including Western boxing, Shaolin fighting systems, Russian Systema, Yiquan, Taikiken, and Taijiquan for more than forty years. He speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese and Japanese. He holds a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has worked for over 25 years as a Senior Researcher in speech technology, natural language processing, and artificial intelligence in user interface design at leading high-tech companies including IBM, Apple Computer, and Microsoft.
Length: 180 pages
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