Yang Style Tai Chi Body and Application Illustrations

Author: Cui Yishi
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: In memory of the author Cui Zhongsan's grandfather, Cui Yishi, a renowned Tai Chi master. Cui Yishi was one of the main inheritors of Yang-style Tai Chi, a disciple of Yang Chengfu, the first-generation master of Yang-style Tai Chi, and the fourth-generation authentic inheritor. The author has been practicing traditional Yang-style Tai Chi with his grandfather, Cui Yishi, since childhood, for over 40 years. He has inherited the style of his grandfather's Tai Chi, which is characterized by expansive and dignified postures, smooth and gentle movements, light yet steady, a balance of soft and hard, and intention within the movements. He is a direct inheritor of Beijing Yang-style Tai Chi. This book explains the traditional 107-form Yang-style Tai Chi routine through clear diagrams of movement sequences. Each form is generally divided into "Movement 1," "Key Points of Movement," "Common Mistakes," "Direction of Movement," "Combat Meaning," "Movement 2," "Key Points of Movement," and "Common Mistakes."