Customer Reviews
What can I add to the other reviewers??? - By: J. Cooper, 01 Jan 2007 
Only my five stars...The most informative book on the Chen Style. Detailed , interesting & above all really well researched. The history, philosophy & "mechanics" of this beautiful art are discussedin detail. This book has really helped my understanding & personal progress, & the authors have gone to great lengths to share their obvious skill, knowledge & enthusiasm ....
(I recognise them from Liming Yu & Chen Zhenglei teaching DVDs !)
BRILLIANT!
Beyond Tai Chi - By: Eg Chen, 15 Jun 2006 I am a teacher of Wing Chun Kung Fu & have only recently started to learn Tai Chi (Chen Style), this book gives a very good insight not only into Tai Chi but into internal aspects of Kung Fuin general. It was quite uncanny as the author was explaining aspects of Tai Chi, I though he was talking about Wing Chun! I wish there were more books written like this (maybe even with the emphasis on Wing Chun), which are as authoritative as this one.
NB: Like any good book it will never replace a teacher to guide one, this book although very good makes no exception & can only help as a companion to make things clearer.
Must have book for those practicing Chen style or any other - By: Mr. Darren P. Hammond, 03 Aug 2004 This book is simply brilliant, it is so full of information it should be labelled as an encyclopaedia. But the best thing is it is not boring or hard to read, instead it keeps the readers interest with anecdotes of taiji masters that demonstrate the theory it so easily explains. And better yet its very easy to read & also makes the theory very easy to understand & so accessable to all. If you are interestedin Chen style taiji or indeedin learning any form of taiji then this book will only help you on your path. Excellent.
The Root's Of Taijiquan. - By: , 05 Aug 2003 This book is definatly a must have for people who practise & who want to know where all styles of taijiquan boxing originated.
The book tells you about the earliest form & the founder of taijiquan, & that the original form is stillin practise today.
The book also tells you about other martial artist of the era who wanted to practice 'chen' style taiji boxing & how those people changed it to how they feel is a good system for them, it tells of how these people made their own styles of taiji boxing.
This book overall is an extreamly well detailed look on how the taijiquan system was formed.
A throrough and well written book! - By: , 25 Mar 2002 All serious taijiquan-practitioners will find something of interestin this book. It covers the history of Chen style taijiquan, Taiji theory including comments on how each part of your body should move etc. There are also explanations of push hands & weapon forms & Chen family legends. This book makes me want to learn mandarin (and chen style *sigh*)
