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Paul Brecher

Author of The Way Of The Spiritual Warrior

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Paul Brecher is a senior instructor for the World Taiji Boxing Association.

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Tai chi is one of the greatest martial arts ever to have emerged from ancient China, it is famous as both a martial art and a healing art. This book explains the history of the style, its forms and training methods and how to use tai chi for both fighting and healing.

There are many martial arts which are good for fighting, there are many exercises for maintaining good health and there are many meditation methods to aid peoples development. What makes tai chi special is that it has the martial, healing and spiritual all happening at the same time. We do not need to learn three different systems, all three aspects are within our tai chi.

Paul Brecher BA FAcS began training in the martal arts at the age of ten and is now the Senior Instructor for the World Taiji Boxing Association in London. He is also a lecturer at The College of Chinese Medicine in London where he teaches Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine.

Contents

Acknowledgment
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1 The history of taiji (tai chi)
Chapter 2 The old Yang Style long form
Chapter 3 The large San Sau two person fighting form
Chapter 4 The Pauchui Cannon fist form
Chapter 5 The small San Sau two person fighting form
Chapter 6 The four Lung Har Chuan Dragon Prawn methods
Chapter 7 The twelve circular taiji Dim Mak palm techniques
Chapter 8 The eight pre-emptive attacking methods
Chapter 9 The Da Lu two person fighting form
Chapter 10 Single pushing hands and double pushing hands
Chapter 11 Fighting
Chapter 12 Dim mak (point striking)
Chapter 13 Fa jin (explosive energy)
Chapter 14 Qi gong (internal power)
Chapter 15 Questions and answers
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AikiBib | May 29, 2022 |
The hardest battles we fight aren't just physical-they're with our mind and our spirit, our weaknesses and our desires. But we can reach enlightenment and calm through the body by practicing the internal martial arts, in which a pre-arranged series of movements flow smoothly one into the other-like a dance-requiring virtually no muscle tension at all.

Train in one of these remarkable disciplines-from the well-know Tai chi chuan to lesser-known methods like Xingyiquan-and experience the incredible difference it will make in your body, mnd, and spirit. Start by learning the core principles common to each 'soft' form. Then try one of the six different, classical forms. You'll find in this rich and detailed discussion, a variety of philosophes, approaches, and techniques, accompanied by photographs of postures, positions, and exercise combinatins t choose from.

Use the information-both practical and philosophical-to build physical discipline, learn emotional calm and reach a new mental and physical level.

Paul Breacher, a qualified practitioner of acupuncture and Chinese medicine, is a senior instructor for the World Tai Chi Boxing Association, with over 20 years' experience training in the martial arts.

The body must move as a single unit at one with the Breath, Qi, and Spirit-Chang San Feng, Tai Chi Warrior

Develop your inernal energy and practice moving meditations, techniques for strengtheneing the will and relazing, and proper breathing. Explore the principles and the set movement patterns behing 6 ancient styles:

Tai Chi Chuan

The eight basic trigram palms of Baguazhang

Zingyiquan (Hsing I Chuan)

Aikido, the 'way of spiritual harmony'

Xiao Jiu Tian, 'the nine litle heavens'

And the highly demanindg Qi disruption forms-the most secret of all the internal martial arts

Contents

Introduction
Chapter One The principles of the internal martial arts
Chapter Two Taijiquan Yin Yang Fist
Chapter Three Baguazhang Eight Triagram Palm
Chapter Four Xingyiquan Form intention fist
Chapter Five Aikido Way of Spiritual Harmony
Chapter Five Xiao jiu Tian Nine little heavens
Chapter seven Wudang Shan The nine qi disruption forms
Index
Acknowledgements
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AikiBib | May 29, 2022 |
In this book briefly looks at 5 soft or internal martial arts: Taijiquan, Baguazhang (Pa Kwa Chang), Xingyiquan, Akido, Xiao Jiu Tian, and Wudang Shan. Enough information is given to help you start to look in the right direction. But do not expect this book to teach you anything. I feel he leaves all opinions out of his discussions on these martial arts. Only going over the facts, traditional claims and myths of what each system offers...and leaving it up to the reader to find the truth. This book would probably be best suited to the person trying to decide which internal martial art to take up, or on whether to learn an internal martial art at all.

The hardcover edition has a great presentation of format and color. I do like the photo's in the book, even though they are all not relevant.
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