Mastering Yang Style Taijiquan by Zhongwen, Fu

Mastering Yang Style Taijiquan (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781583941522)

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Mastering Yang Style Taijiquan by Zhongwen, Fu

Mastering Yang Style Taijiquan

$19.95
Mastering Yang Style Taijiquan by Zhongwen, Fu

Mastering Yang Style Taijiquan

$19.95
Format: Paperback
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Your go-to illustrated guide to the practices, history, and philosophy of the popular Yang style of taijiquan

Fu Zhongwen's classic guide offers the best documentation available of the Yang style of taijiquan. The superbly detailed form instructions and historic line art drawings are based on Fu's many years as a disciple of Yang Chengfu, taijiquan's legendary founder. Also included are concise descriptions of fixed-step, moving-step, and da lu push hands practices. Additional commentary by translator Louis Swaim provides key insight into the text's philosophical language and imagery, further elucidating the art's cultural and historical foundations.



Author: Fu Zhongwen
ISBN-10: 1583941525
ISBN-13: 9781583941522
Publisher: Blue Snake Books
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2006
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 9.02h x 6.06w x 0.75d
By Fu Zhongwen
By Fu Zhongwen
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Louis Swaim lives and practices in Oakland, California. He has also translated an earlier taijiquan manual, Yang Chengfu: The Essence and Applications of Taijiquan (North Atlantic Books, 2005). He received his master's degree in Chinese history, Mandarin, and Classical Chinese at U.C. Berkeley, and did additional language study at the Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies. He has been a taijiquan practitioner for over thirty years.

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