The Tai Chi Concepts and Experiments book clarifies and makes accessible critical aspects of the art that are currently understood and manifested by only a small number of high-level practitioners.Numerous step-by-step experiments are provided for readers to experience and perfect these critical tai chi aspects.Contents include: The meaning and importance of releasing tension in movement for stability, health, and spirituality.The differences between contractive and expansive strength including a promising mechanism for the nature of expansive strength.Numerous experiments for readers to recognize and experience expansive strength and to confirm that they have achieved it.Elucidation of famous master's sayings on mind, strength, and chi.Health and martial advantages of expansion over contraction in tai chi.Protocols using expansion including those for helping an excess curvature of the upper and lower spine and for relieving plantar fasciitis.Quotes from the classics and how they confi
Intended for intermediate level Tai Chi players. The author, a thirty-seven year Tai Chi practitioner with a Ph.D. in experimental physics, applies logic and basic scientific principles to clarify man
Designed for students who've learned the basic Tai Chi form, this book tells how to reach the next level of practice, gain a better understanding of the art, and achieve remarkable vitality.
