Mastering Yang Style TaijiquanA handbook on the art of tai chi chuan by Chinese linguist, historian and tai chi practitioner Louis Swaim. This text provides instructions based on Fu's 20 years of study with Yang Chengfu, the father of tai chi. Line drawings demonstrate the movements and provide a historical resource. |
Contents
The Names and Order of Yang Style Taijiquan Postures | 22 |
FixedStep Push Hands Ding Bu Tuishou | 165 |
Translators Notes to the Classics | 180 |
The Taijiquan Treatise 206207 | 206 |
The Mental Elucidation of the Thirteen Postures 213214 | 213 |
Glossary | 221 |
Common terms and phrases
abdomen Advance Step arm rotates bend body gradually turns Brush Knee Twist causing the palm center of gravity Chengfu chest Dalu dantian Deflect downward energy eyes following the turning front Fu Zhongwen Grasp Sparrow's Tail gravity gradually shifts gravity shifts Important Points Kick with Heel Knee Twist Step left and right left bow stance left elbow left foot lifts left leg left palm martial arts Mengzi Movement Three movements and Important Neo-Confucian palm facing palm to gradually palm to turn phrase pinyin planted solidly push hands ran zhi retreating right arm right elbow right fist right foot lifts right leg right palm shoulders Single Whip squats Step Back Dispatch Style Taijiquan Taiji Classics Taijiquan Classic Tail sequence thread toes touching the ground translated Tuishou turn and face Turn Body ulna upward vision attends vision should include waist weight wrist Yang Chengfu Yang Style Taijiquan Zhu Xi Zhuangzi