Tai Chi Wu Style: Advanced Techniques for Internalizing Chi Energy by Chia, Mantak

Tai Chi Wu Style: Advanced Techniques for Internalizing Chi Energy

A guide to the internal martial arts exercises of short-form Wu-Style Tai Chi - Details the 8...
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Tai Chi Wu Style: Advanced Techniques for Internalizing Chi Energy by Chia, Mantak

Tai Chi Wu Style: Advanced Techniques for Internalizing Chi Energy

CHF 29.42

Tai Chi Wu Style: Advanced Techniques for Internalizing Chi Energy

CHF 29.42
Author: Mantak Chia
Format: Paperback
Language: English
A guide to the internal martial arts exercises of short-form Wu-Style Tai Chi

- Details the 8 core forms of Wu-Style Tai Chi with fully illustrated instructions

- Ideal for older practitioners as well as those with health disabilities due to the "small frame" primary stance, slower and smaller movements, and conservation of energy

- Explains how Wu Style provides a natural introduction to martial arts boxing

- Reveals how Wu Style eases stiffness, relieves back pain, and reduces abdominal fat

Following the flow of chi energy, rather than directing it as in traditional Tai Chi, Wu-Style Tai Chi focuses on internal development, seeking to conserve chi energy and gather jin power from the Earth through the tan tien. Centered on a "small frame" stance--that is, feet closer together and arms closer to the body--and a slower progression of movements in solo practice, Wu Style offers a gentle Tai Chi form for beginners and, when practiced with a partner, a grounding introduction to martial arts boxing and Fa Jin (the discharge of energy for self-defense). The more functional stance, smaller movements, and conservation of internal energy make Wu-Style Tai Chi ideal for older practitioners as well as those with health disabilities.

Condensing the 37 movements of Wu Style into 8 core forms, Master Mantak Chia and Andrew Jan illustrate how to build a personal short-form Wu-Style Tai Chi practice. They explain how Wu-Style Tai Chi removes energetic blockages and helps to elongate the tendons, reducing stiffness and allowing the limbs to return to their natural length and full range of motion. Regular practice of Wu Style relieves back pain as well as reducing abdominal fat, the biggest hindrance to longevity.

Exploring the martial arts applications of Wu Style, the authors trace its history beginning with founder Wu Chuan-Yu (1834-1902) as well as explain how to apply Wu Style to "Push Hands" (Tui Shou) and Fa Jin. Through mastering the short-form Wu Style detailed in this book, Tai Chi practitioners harness a broad range of health benefits as well as build a solid foundation for learning the complete long-form Wu Style.

Author: Mantak Chia, Andrew Jan
Publisher: Destiny Books
Published: 01/22/2013
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.27lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.06w x 0.67d
ISBN: 9781594774713

About the Author
Mantak Chia, world-famous Inner Alchemy and Chi Kung master, founded the Universal Healing Tao System in 1979. He has taught and certified tens of thousands of students and instructors from all over the world and is the author of 40 books, including Iron Shirt Chi Kung and The Inner Structure of Tai Chi. Andrew Jan is a senior instructor for the Universal Healing Tao and former Australian National Tai Chi Champion. The coauthor with Master Chia of Tai Chi Fa Jin, he lives near Perth, Australia.

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