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Bezig met laden... Internal Body Mechanics for Tai chi, Bagua and Xingyidoor Ken Gullette
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This is the book Ken Gullette wishes he had been able to read when he first began studying Tai Chi, Bagua and Xingyi in 1987. It gets to the point, stripping the mystical mumbo jumbo away, leaving detailed, real-world explanations of the six fundamental body mechanics that everyone should know when they study Tai Chi (Taiji), Bagua and Xingyi. For the first time, these body mechanics are organized and discussed clearly, with more than 250 images and highly-detailed but simple language. If you are a student or even a teacher of these arts, you should be able to learn something here that will deepen your own insight into the arts.Ken has studied with some top internal arts masters, and during the first ten years he was teaching, he boiled down the body mechanics he learned into six key concepts. In this book, he explains them in the same step-by-step detail that he uses in teaching his students, building on each of the concepts until you have a clear roadmap of what you need to practice for high-quality internal structure and movement. As Ken explains it, "The true intent of the internal arts is self-defense. The body mechanics in this book are the starting point you need to develop the structure and internal strength that is required for the relaxed power, the iron wrapped in cotton, that the internal arts are known for. This is the starting point upon which all other skill is built." Ken has studied these arts since 1987, is a tournament champion, winning in empty-hand and weapons forms, no-contact, light-contact and full-contact matches, and he has students worldwide who have studied his DVDs and his website, www.internalfightingarts.com. Concepts covered in these pages include: the ground path, peng jin, whole-body movement, silk-reeling energy, Dantien rotation, and opening/closing the kua. From the explosiveness of Xingyi to the relaxed power of Tai Chi and Bagua, the road to internal skill is long and difficult, but very satisfying. There is nothing "soft" about these arts. They are powerful arts of self-defense. And it all starts here. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Ken Gullette has studied the internal arts since 1987. He has trained with some of the world's top masters. Ken is a tournament champion and has thousands of 'students' worldwide who have studied his DVDs and his membership website at www.InternalFightingArts.com. A former award-winning journalist, Ken writes and teaches in a straightforward way. Without the mystical mumbo jumbo that, in his opinion, misdirects people and causes them to misinterpret the arts, especially Tai Chi, with too many focused on 'cultivating chi' rather than the martial aspects.
The true 'intent' of Tai Chi, Bagua and Xingyi is self-defense. This book builds on each of the six body mechnics that are required to achieve high-quality internal structure and movement, these are physical skills, not metaphysical. 'I wanted to write the book I wish I had when I was starting in these arts,' Ken says. 'This is 30 years of training in a book..'
You wil learn how to establish and maintain the ground path, Peng Jin, whole-body movement, Silk-reeling (spiraling), Dantien rotation and the opening and closing of the Kua, along the way, Ken will tear down some of the myths that give these arts a bad reputation. From the explosive nature of Xingyi to the relaxed power of Tai Chi and Bagua, there is nothing 'soft' about the arts of internal Chinese Gongfu. And it all starts here.
Contents
Acknowledgments
1 The six key body mechanics
2 The centered stance and the ground path
3 Maintaining Peng Jin
4 Internal movement and the Kua
5 Dan-tien rotation
6 Manipulating Peng and whole-body movement
7 Silk-reeling energy
8 Where do you go from here?
9 About the author