Classical Northern Wu Style Tai Ji Quan: The Fighting Art of the Manchurian Palace Guard
by Tina Chunna Zhang, Frank Allen
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Author: Frank Allen, Tina Chunna ZhangEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-08-18
ISBN: 1583941541
Number of pages: 220
Publisher: Blue Snake Books
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Book Review: Northern Wu Style Taiji and Sword Forms
Summary: 5 Stars
Although it is always preferable to have a teacher, this book goes a long way towards providing the images and text for learning Taiji on your own, which is an unusual occurance. The images are sharp and there are many of them. Using figure numbers, the images are linked to the text, which is as clearly written as is possible.
The introduction gives excellent background on the evolution of Northern style taiji and provides biographies of the people that developed and spread the art. The introduction is followed by a section on the Principles of Wu Style Taijiquan, which provides interesting information on the differences between the hard and soft, and the external and internal martial arts styles.
The Wu style described in the book consists of 83 movements with images covering the beginning and end of each movement plus images for all key changes in posture.
In addition to the Taiji form, the book contains a good section on Push hands, which incluses more than 50 images showing fighting applications using the Wu style movements.
The Classical Sword Form is also presented and the presentation is just as well done and extensive as the Taiji form.
The book is a well done, authoritative, excellent addition to the martial arts literature.
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