Master Cháng, known as the 'scholar-boxer,' lived and practiced in Hénán province, at the center of Chinese culture and martial arts near the Shàolín Temple and legendary Luòyáng. His extensive writings reflect many of the ideas, even the phraseology, now familiar from classic Tai Chi Chuan texts. Chinese-language authority Marnix Wells traveled to the village, where the master's family carries on his tradition Cháng boxing. This resulting study of Chang's life and teachings reveals the true origins of today’s internal martial arts. 'Scholar Boxer is a must-read translation on the practical theories and interconnection between developing qi-energy and martial arts fighting technique. It explores many levels, including essence, body and spirit, yin-yang, and how the body works. This book also brings needed clarity and cultural context to the Tai Chi Classics' - Bruce Frantzis, author of Opening the Energy Gates of Your Body and The Power of Internal Martial Arts.

230 x 155mm

300pp

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Martial Arts      Taijiquan/Tai Chi