Customer Review: I've always been indifferent to doing the eight brocades as many books that are around are very ill informed about how these ancient practices should be done. However; after studying qigong and taichi for several years I came across this book and it was presented completely differently from any... more info
Customer Review: As I have only just began to teach children (5-10) the art of Tai Chi I found this book very informative. They loved the exercises and the pictures were enjoyed by all.
Customer Review: This is a wonderful book written by an author with both a scholar's understanding of the origins these Taoists classics and a practitioner's insight that these are living growing Taos (paths), not meant to be slavishly copied. I especially applaud his recognition that practicing Taoist techniques... more info
Customer Review: ... and perhaps plant some crops at the new moon(?).
I almost met Master Liang, but didn't. Now I feel as if I had. Mr. Olson has brought us a living portrait which one feels can't be flawed.
This book is entertaining, inspiring and historically interesting -- for Taiji practitioners... more info
Customer Review: This is an great book for learning about one's inner self through martial arts. Learning how to achieve the heightened enlightenment of awareness is a hard road to travel. This book smoothes out the bumps in the road making it easy for those to travel it much easier.
