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Summary: Good
Review: This is a good book. It covers many aspects of Chi Gung. Sometimes it lacks some depths, though.
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Summary: The best of the best book on Qigong you ever can get
Review: This is a remarkable book covering every aspect of Qigong (Chi Kung). In fact is would be more accurate to call it five books, split as it is into separate sections on the various schools and methods of qigong. The authors are Master Shou-Yu Liang, one of China's top Coaches of Excellence, with almost 50 years experience in qigong and Mr. Wen-Ching Wu, US National Grand Champion in both Internal and External styles. Their aim in producing this book is to encourage greater research and participation in qigong practices, to reveal important methods of practice that people may benefit from and to dispel some of the myths surrounding qigong.The whole book concludes with an extensive set of acupuncture charts, advice on corrective methods and a comprehensive glossary.A short review such as this can do little justice to a book of such magnitude - I really believe that this is a landmark text. I doubt whether any other book in the English language has such a huge amount of detail on qigong. The background information alone is worth the price, but add to this the huge amount of clearly detailed exercises, hundreds of photographs and diagrams and you have a book that is essential for anyone interested in any aspect of the internal arts.
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Summary: Very Detailed
Review: This is a very helpful book on Qigong (or Chi Kung). If you are looking for greater information on the energy pathways of the body, there are other books. It is a excellent resource for Iron Shirt Chi Kung.
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Summary: Very Detailed
Review: This is a very helpful book on Qigong (or Chi Kung). If you are looking for greater information on the energy pathways of the body, there are other books. It is a excellent resource for Iron Shirt Chi Kung.
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Summary: Amazing resourse
Review: This is the most comprehensive and user friendly resource on this topic. Unlike other books, it delivers a COMPLETE package of interrelated knowledge that the practitioner needs to excel.
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Summary: More bang for your buck
Review: Very well written book.
This book ranks up with Yang Jwing-ming's books on taijiquan and qigong, as to form practice and mind stillness.
This book is definately a must read, as the author has also spent years on it. There are some things that don't seem right like the "spritual flame technique". Now this technique heats up the body.
Unfortunately the bones are very yin, and heat can damage them. It is my understanding that you must use cooler yin energy to protect your bones, and other yin parts of the body.
Not necessarily something you want to do early in training.
There is also the 'bone marrow to qi' technique. Sorry, I spent too many years packing qi into my bone marrow (or more appropriately circulating it within). Without qi, bonemarrow becomes fatty.
Now even though I disagree with some of it, there is still a wealth of information contained in these books.
Studing does not hurt and separates the wheat from the chaff.
With qigong, once again, you must practice regularly to maintain, otherwise you lose it.
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Summary: A Fine Assortment of Qigong Practices
Review: Whether one is interested in qigong for health, healing, or self-defense, this is the book to have. Separated into five sections, Qigong Empowerment runs the spectrum of internal arts practices. The taijiquan practitioner finds information on Taoist practices. The "hard-style" practitioner finds plenty of training approaches. Those not interested in martial arts but interested in Asian energy healing practices will not be disappointed. Expensive for a paperback, but well worth it.
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