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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 796.860951 EAN: 9780834804128 Edition: 1st ISBN: 0834804123 Label: Weatherhill Manufacturer: Weatherhill Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 288 Publication Date: September 01, 1998 Publisher: Weatherhill Release Date: September 01, 1998 Studio: Weatherhill Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: A history of the Chinese long sword (taiji jian), its fundamental principles, and its essential form of 32 positions. It includes a discussion of both external and internal components. It should allow the interested Westerner to practice tai chi exercises. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Well Written Book on Chinese SwordsmanshipAlthough this book is written for Wu style T'ai Chi Ch'uan (taijiquan), the information presented can be adapted and used for all styles. The author goes into detail on how to hold the sword, how the empty hand should be held("sword finger"), description on the parts of the weapon, and the stances. Also, there is a full chapter detailing the sword's 13 techniques/energies and how to apply them in Chinese sword fencing. As a Yang style practitioner, I personally use this book as a resource for sword ... Read More Rating: - Great !there is nothing other to say besides Jianshù lovers will be totally satisfied in reading that book. Explanations are simples and illustrated by pictures for example to show moves. I don't think it is a book to practice. It is better to learn in specified establishement, but, it can be a more for personal culture ! So if you don't have that book yet, don't wait for buy it ! Rating:  - Excellent book on little seen artThere aren't many books available on the tai chi sword, and most are on the more popular Yang style. This book is on the less well known Wu style, a later development from the Yang style. In the empty-handed version of the art, the Wu style typically uses a somewhat more forward leaning posture, but that doesn't appear to be the case in the sword form. Also (at least from the master I studied with for several years), there is a lot of chin na, similar to the Chen style, but regardless of what style you ... Read More Rating: - Just a point moreI completely agree with every word the previous reviewers wrote on this book. So I only want to say the book refers to the WU stile Tai chi sword form and not to the 32 position of the Yang stile. Anyway whatever stile you practice this book is a worth to buy. Rating: - A Manual of Taiji JianFirst of all the book is well written. I read every word of the forward. It was that interesting. This book is written by a true master who has practiced the sword for over 27 years... This book describes the history of jian swordsmanship and its fundamental principles. The practice of Taiji Jian is based on Chinese yin-yang, five-elements, and Daoist philosophical concepts, and combines meditation, martial and healing arts. If you study taiji Quan (T'ai Chi Ch'uan) this book will be of great value to you, ... Read More 
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