Step-By-Step Tai Chi

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Summary: A great supplement to your video or book collection!
Review: The book is written simply, and very easy to understand. Some of the hand and feet illustrations break the movements down in a way that it makes other forms of instruction (videos/books)easier to understand. You normally don't get detailed movement of the hands/feet in other books and you just have to figure them out. This book really helped me to understand some of those minor details left out of more "intensive" books. I really enjoyed the book and is one of the better ones I've seen. Form is simple and short, but it's great for beginners. A great starting book!

Rating:
Summary: A great supplement to your video or book collection!
Review: The book is written simply, and very easy to understand. Some of the hand and feet illustrations break the movements down in a way that it makes other forms of instruction (videos/books)easier to understand. You normally don't get detailed movement of the hands/feet in other books and you just have to figure them out. This book really helped me to understand some of those minor details left out of more "intensive" books. I really enjoyed the book and is one of the better ones I've seen. Form is simple and short, but it's great for beginners. A great starting book!

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Summary: Great book
Review: This book is excellent. I have always been interested in Tai Chi and the book helped me a great deal. Detailed pictures and easy-to-follow instructions. It doesn't have the usual fluff to get you to buy the book, rather the author is sincere about his art, and the book reflected this.
I borrowed a copy from the library to check it out before buying it, and liked it SO much I bought THREE copies - one for myself, one for my parents, and another for a friend who just got divorced. He faced too much stress and said the book helped him to focus and relax.

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Summary: A Wonderful Book
Review: This is a wonderful book for a beginner, I think. I am a beginner at T'ai Chi, never had a class, own 3 books--this is the best. I found the illustrations clear and they really showed you how to do the movements. (As opposed to some books such as Idiot's Guide To T"ai Chi and ZiGong, 2nd ed., by Marshall, whose illustrations I found confusing and frustrating.) Also, Step-by Step Tai Chi is a beautiful book, the pictures, the way the text is laid out, simple, clear and beautiful illustrations. The presentation and layout makes me feel the way T'ai Chi, when practiced, should: mentally clear and calm.

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Summary: A Wonderful Book
Review: This is a wonderful book for a beginner, I think. I am a beginner at T'ai Chi, never had a class, own 3 books--this is the best. I found the illustrations clear and they really showed you how to do the movements. (As opposed to some books such as Idiot's Guide To T"ai Chi and ZiGong, 2nd ed., by Marshall, whose illustrations I found confusing and frustrating.) Also, Step-by Step Tai Chi is a beautiful book, the pictures, the way the text is laid out, simple, clear and beautiful illustrations. The presentation and layout makes me feel the way T'ai Chi, when practiced, should: mentally clear and calm.

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Summary: A Spiritually and Physically Rewarding Exercise Discipline
Review: Written by a widely recognized Chinese expert (he did the venerable BBC series "The Way of the Warrior"), Kam Chuen has created a marvelous book, which combines some 48 exercises that sink deep into your thought and habit as easily as a dream. This dreamlike communication is the result of restful illustrations in gentle pastels and succinct instructions. The exercises are divided into four workouts comprising fundamental movements, strength and motion, balance and movement, and partner movements. The book lies flat so you can learn each movement as you go along. It would be a masterpiece even without the second part, which melds the preceding 48 exercises into a profoundly complete movement sequence, the Small Circle Form. The writing is quiet, clear, and illuminated with wisdom without ever being florid or pretentious. Whatever your fitness level or interest, I recommend ...you buy this book!