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Summary: Chi kung????
Review: After reading this book i asked myself if it's chi kung book or a zhan zhuang(Yiquan) book. I don't know chi kung but i know, a little, ZZ practice and about me the author'd like to speak about yiquan. But at last he fails. Good picture and a good writing explain us a lot 'yiquan' or 'xingy' postures but Mr Kam Chuen Lam forgets the mental training. Saying "be relax" or "thinking to wonderfull garden for relaxing" is not useful to yiquan mental training. The author concludes the book with the illustration of 5 elementes arranged 5 type of punch: the explantation's not always clear. Perhaps Kam Lam Chuen videotape could be clearer. Eh?
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Summary: The Title Says It All . . .
Review: First, a disclaimer. Several years ago, I studied briefly with Master Lam. He's a wonderful teacher. Even hardcore taiji types--who often disagree on everything--seem unanimous: Master Lam is the Real Deal. The first volume he published, The Way of Energy, is probably the best book on QiGong I've read. Doesn't mean there are aren't others as good, but based on what I've read, Way of Energy is tops. Volume Two, The Way of Healing, is very good, but reiterates a lot of Volume One. Now in Volume Three--Way of Power--Master Lam offers advanced QiGong exercises that were devised for fighters seeking to increase their power. But a by-product of increased power is increased stamina, health, and sexual energy. This book is highly recommended for anyone with a serious interest in qigong. And if you're over forty, as I am (sigh), the by-products include an increase in sexual energy and vitality the likes of which remind me of being nineteen. Forget the Viagra. Get all three volumes and train. (Just be careful not to waste your qi--a topic Master Lam doesn't cover in detail. Check out Chia's Awaken Healing Energy or Daniel Reid's Tao of Health, Sex & Longevity.)
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Summary: Best Chi Kung (Qigong) book ever
Review: I have read Lam Kam Chuen's other books and used them as an adjunct to my martial arts training. This one is more "power" oriented than his others. It starts with "Wuji Qigong" (Wu Chi Chi Kung) and advances from there. It has training routines listed too.
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Summary: The Title Says It All . . .
Review: I have read Lam Kam Chuen's other books and used them as an adjunct to my martial arts training. This one is more "power" oriented than his others. It starts with "Wuji Qigong" (Wu Chi Chi Kung) and advances from there. It has training routines listed too.
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Summary: Very Impressed
Review: Lam Kam-Chuen's previous book, "The Way of Energy", was one of the first to introduce insights derived from the Chinese martial art Yi Quan (also called Da Cheng Quan) to a large English speaking audience. But the book was largely divorced from it's martial arts root and although well organized and written, it was something of a "light-weight" -- a simple introduction for readers who may not have been interested in qigong before picking up this colorful volume. That criticism is however entirely absent from this latest work. It's advice and exercises run deep and Master Lam spends a fair amount of time discussing other members of his lineage. There's a great deal of interesting content here that I haven't seen published anywhere else in English.
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Summary: Standard Zhan Zhuang Reference
Review: This book started my chinese internal arts journey. I was initially shocked at the author's claim that 'standing like a tree brings great health and martial benefits.' I was intrigued and have spent the last year and a half practicing a few of the basic postures (the beginner's set). In my experience, the author's claim of health and martial benefits has proven true.
It is structured like a workbook, and I am delighted at how simply, beautifully and logically a program of study is laid out. It is so simple that a beginner will most likely make their practice more complex than necessary. This is a limitation of the written word and not a criticism (learning this art only by a book is like learning to swim via "How to Swim in 21 days"!).
This is mainly a reference material, as Books and DVDs do not make good primary instructional material for martial arts/qigong, so plan on attending a seminar or finding a good local school to get the most from this book.
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Summary: Goes beyond The Way of Energy
Review: This book takes the reader beyond Lam's excellent The Way of Energy by introducing more advanced postures than those given in the previous book. Some of these postures are quite difficult to hold for any given length of time and seem to stimulate a stronger flow of qi.The book starts with a brief description of the first 5 postures in The Way of Energy then gets into the more advanced postures in detail. There are additional power movements and steps taught that complement the postures. Although not explicity stated, this book assumes knowledge of the material in The Way of Energy. Beginners should definitely start with The Way of Energy and follow up with this one, as The Way of Energy gives more detailed instructions on the basic postures such as Holding the Balloon. If you are looking to go beyond The Way of Energy at this point, then this book is a must. Glad I bought it.
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