Taijiquan Journal Back Issues
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“I ♥️ T’ai Chi” Bumperstickers
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Books
The Taijiquan Classics:
An Annotated Translation
Barbara Davis, with commentary by Chen Wei-Ming
North Atlantic Books/Blue Snake Books, 2004
Paperback $19.95 ISBN 9781556434310
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Along with Chinese art, medicine, and philosophy, taijiquan has left the confines of its original culture, and offers health, relaxation, and a method of self-defense to people around the globe. Using the early texts now known as The Taijiquan Classics which have served as a touchstone for t’ai chi practitioners for 150 years, this book explores the fundamental ideas and what they mean to practitioners, students, and scholars. It also incorporates newly discovered sources that address the history of taijiquan and newly translated commentaries by Chen Weiming.
Barbara Davis is editor of the Taijiquan Journal an international quarterly. She has a master’s degree in East Asian Studies, and is translator of Taiji Sword by Chen Weiming. Davis is director of Great River T’ai Chi Ch’uan in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A longtime student of the taiji grand master Yang Cheng-Fu, Chen Wei-Ming became famous himself as a scholar, martial artist, and proponent of the Yang style of t’ai chi. In the 1920s, he wrote a number of influential books on taiji, among them Taiji Sword (1927), which detailed a rare method of fencing.
Taiji Sword and Other Writings
Chen Wei-Ming, translated by Barbara Davis
North Atlantic Books/Blue Snake Books, 2000
Paperback, $14.95
ISBN 9781556433337
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A longtime student of the taiji grand master Yang Cheng-Fu, Chen Wei-Ming became famous himself as a scholar, martial artist, and proponent of the Yang style of t’ai chi. In the 1920s, he wrote a number of influential
books on taiji, among them Taiji Sword (1927), which detailed a rare method of fencing. Translated here for the first time, this book serves as both a historical document and a training manual for an increasingly popular sport. The book also includes translator Barbara Davis’s introduction and background about taiji sword, and many interesting stories about the feats of the famous Yang family.
The Essence of T’ai Chi Ch’uan
Ben Lo
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Yin-Yang Keychains
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