{"product_id":"tai-chi-dynamics","title":"Tai CHI Dynamics","description":"Tai Chi Dynamics is intended for intermediate and advanced Taiji players. The author Robert Chuckrow Ph.D. experimental physics, has been a Taiji practitioner for over forty years. He applies logic and basic scientific principles of anatomy, physiology, and physics to muscular action, breathing, and alignment in Taiji movement and push-hands.He clarifies many perplexing concepts such as \"correct force\" by utilizing detailed explanations, illustrations, and photographs.Sayings from the Taiji Classics are quoted throughout, and exercises are provided to give readers a chance to confirm their understanding.Over a dozen self-defense applications of the basic Taiji movements are illustrated, and the effectiveness and completeness of Taiji as a martial art is candidly analyzed.Suggestions for many aspects of teaching Taiji are provided, which stem from over three decades of practical experience. A chapter on Zheng Manqing (Cheng Man-ch'ing), with whom the author studied for five years in the early 1970s, sheds light on Zheng and his students.A special chapter deals extensively with aspects of self development from a personal perspective, discusses how doing Taiji correctly is a precursor to spiritual growth, and compares religion, science, and spiritual teachings.A detailed chapter on health, self-massage, and healing discusses fasting (including the author's own experience with a twenty-eight-day fast), differences between Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine, and provides exercises and methods of self-massage for head, legs, feet, and back.There is even a section on how to make your own footwear suitable for practicing Taiji.The book includes personal anecdotes and stories, and has over one hundred photographs and illustrations by the author.","brand":"YMAA Publication Center","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57601097400646,"sku":"9781594391163","price":23.6,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0852\/3081\/3510\/files\/5968f148daeea1ed4f108c3f95783913e8cabe02c3c819450c394e7a51f1c5c0.jpg?v=1792051982","url":"https:\/\/www.averdo.com\/en\/products\/tai-chi-dynamics","provider":"Averdo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}