Ebook: T'ai Chi: the ''Supreme Ultimate'' Exercise for Health, Sport, and SelfDefense

The Chinese secret for youthfulness, health and long life lies at least partly in T'ai Chi, the balletlike calisthenics they've practiced for centuries. This rhythmical art stresses slow breathing, balanced and relaxed postures and absolute calmness of mind. The practice itself need take no more than ten minutes a day. This book is a complete stepbystep manual for the beginner that will enable anyone to master the sequence of thirtyseven postures that make up the T'ai Chi solo exercise.;Cover; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; I. Introducing T'ai-chi; The Name; History; II. Principles of T'ai-chi; Relaxation and Ch; i; Like a Child; III. T'ai-chi for a Healthier Life; The Three Factors; Movement; Slowness; Swimming in Air; Linkage; Tranquillity; Breathing; IV. The Solo Exercise; Posture 1. Preparation; Posture 2. Beginning; Posture 3. Grasp Sparrow's Tail, Ward-off, Left; Posture 4. Grasp Sparrow's Tail, Ward-off, Right; Posture 5. Grasp Sparrow's Tail, Rollback; Posture 6. Grasp Sparrow's Tail, Press; Posture 7. Grasp Sparrow's Tail, Push; Posture 8. Single Whip.