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Stalking Yang Lu-chan
by Robin Johnson
from Sunstone Press

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Excellent Review of Basic Mechanics.
  We are told from the first day of class that the secret to making Tai Chi real is in standing practice, but understanding what that means takes the years Robin has spent. Writing about standing in a way that can help the novice improve is a challenge non have met. The classics tell the truth, but until you have paid the price in the long hours of standing for your body to learn you can get very little from them. However for those who have stood long enough to begin to feel gravity, this book is an excellent... more info

• Moderately Good T'ai Chi Book
  There is only one real problem with this book which caused me to rate it three stars: The information written within the book is fine and very useful with many insights which make the book worth buying. However, there are no pictures nor diagrams to show examples of the information that is written. This causes some difficulty while reading. Although I do acknowledge that the author probably did this on purpose to make the reader get up and do the exercises. So, that being said, this book would be most... more info

• Essential read for the experienced taii chi practitioner
  If I could give 4.5 stars that might be more accurate. The only real deficiency I can find in the book is that the explanations could be clarified by illustrations. However, for the experienced tai chi practitioner, of whatever form, this brief book will provide many insights to mull over and to incorporate in your practice. A word of caution, though -- you do need to be comfortable with whatever form you practice before you can benefit from this book. It is not intended for the beginner to tai chi.more info

• Stalking Yang
  Excellent book deals more with concepts than the physical art. Language can be very abstract and difficult to immediately apply, but like most experiences of this nature has is most definetely worthwhile.

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