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Chen
Style Taijiquan
- By Grandmasters Feng Zhiqiang and Chen Xiaowang two luminaries
of the Chen style community. It is one of the few books on Chen
Style application (how Tai Chi is used in actual combat). Provides
a step by step review of the martial applications of the two main
Chen routines. Content includes: (a) The Origin, Evolution and
Development of Shadow Boxing, (b) Illustrations of the Attack-Defense
Art in Series I and II of Chen-Style Taijiquan, (c) Diagrams of
the Attack-Defense Art in Series I of the Chen- Style Taijiquan,
(d) Diagrams of the Attack-Defense Art in Series II of the Chen-Style
Taijiquan, (e) Profiles of Chen Fake, Feng Zhiqiang and Chen Xiaowing
Chen
Style: The Source of Taijiquan - by Davidine Siaw-Voon Sim
and David Gaffney. The history and philosophy of Chen Style Taijiquan
which is commonly believed to have remained truer to the original
Tai Chi developed hundreds of years ago than have other styles.
Includes exercises that illustrate spiral energy, the combining
of hard and soft movements, and the joining of intent, breathing,
and movement. More of a reference book than an instruction book.
An inspiring book written with the help and support of Chen Style
masters Chen Xiaowang (his picture is on the cover), Zhu Tiancai
and Chen Zhenglei.... incorporating insights of past and present
masters of the Chen style. Includes translated quotes from: Chen
Wangting (Chen style's founder), Chen Changxing (compiler of the
"Lao Jia" Old Frame and teacher of Yang Luchan), Chen Zhaopei
(who led a revival of Taiji in Chen village),Chen Zhaokui (son
of Chen Fake), and current standard bearer Chen Xiaowang.
Chen
Style T'Ai Chi Ch'Uan: Thirty-Six and Fifty-Six Movements
- By Shing Yen-Ling (Yanling Xing, Ling Shing Yen)
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