Tai Chi Secrets of the Yang Style: Chinese Classics, Translations, Commentary

The doctor is a great writer and the stories included in this book are both fascinating and informative I highly recommend.

Great book but misleading title. There’s no secret. Just silly how they titled.

He taught my Chinese tai chi master. Great book!!! Very important for understanding how eastern culture is as important as western. This book helps to understand balance.

Must have for tai chi practitioners.

I can feel,maturity,wisdom and nobleness are the key elements of YJM's mission here on earth!

YJM places the original text, a transliteration (neutral( and a translation (his take) & exposition side by side.This gives you the ability to get the sense of the source, and at least one POV, to get some traction.The fighting practice notes of yang ban hou will not make much sense, unless you're well versed in old yang forms.The translation of the 40 chapters is interesting and useful.A good investment, if you're interested in tai chi chuan.

The book gives people who can't read Chinese the possibility to read into the works of the ancient Yang-style decendants.By presenting a direct translation of the originals YJM gives you the possibility to read and explain the text - with your own practical experience - to your own opinion. Therefore it gives you the possibility to grow further in your own development. Furthermore it gives directly knowledge of the - for many people not acceptable - origin of Tai Chi, the martial arts. No secrets and flowting techniques, but plain and simpel, right to the point telling where to look in your own Tai Chi.We make Tai Chi difficult, but it isn't, you just have to train and look the right things, make them your own. The book says where to look.I agree with the fact that you will need a certain practice experience to understand what is written, but when you read the book several times in the years to come and practice, you will see different things in the text with time.With the commentaries of YJM over the direct translations I do not always agree, but at least he will put you in the right direction to look. It is impossible to write out, what you have to experience through practice! So buy the book, read several chapters and look for the things in your training.Time will tell you!

great

I bought this book for my husbands birthday, I purchased it on 17th Jan but it wasn’t his birthday until 19th Feb, he opened it yesterday (19th Feb) to start reading it and the pages started to fall out. I have gone onto try and return and it says that the return window has closed. That will teach me for being organised! If you purchase, check pages as soon as it arrives!

i brought this book the Tai Chi Secrets of Yang Style because i wanted to have a deep insight or knowledge on Yang Family and how Tai Chi started and also to know the secrets as well. this book is very Highly recommended to anyone who want to know about tai chi

As always when I read one of Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming's, I can feel the work he did to write this (his) book.I can recommend the book to those, who want to learn more of the theoretical side of Taiijiquan (T'ai Chi Ch'uan).

Ogni pacco è stato consegnato singolarmente, anche se l'ordine è stato fatto nel suo insieme. Questo è ecologicamente inaccettabile. Una stella proprio per questo.