Tai Chi Illustrated Paperback – October 25, 2012

If you're curious about Tai Chi, read this book before you sign up for a class. Master Pixiang Qiu and Weimo Zhu, the authors, provide a basic history of the practice, along with beginner-level exercises, and descriptions of which forms are best for which potential or actual health problems. The adepts who model the movements have plausible rather than superhero bodies (hooray!). One especially important point that Qiu and Zhu emphasize is that Tai Chi is made up of body movements melded into a sequence, and that the student needs to master the individual movements before attempting the complete sequence. I suspect many Tai Chi instructors could benefit from this advice, as well as the beginning students for whom the book is primarily intended.

I am very impressed. The book is very well written. Directions concise and the illustrations are excellent! Kudos.Have they published a book on Qi Gong? I would certainly be interested in that as well.

Overall great, an accompanying video woukd have topped off perfectly!

Purchased as a gift, it was a big hit. Helped recipient practice between classes and visualize how to execute the many moves.

I'm using this as a supplement to a DVD instruction video and I can"t always figure out how they coordinate. The instrucyions in this book are well explained and illustrated, though.

Everything was perfect about this order. Seller described it exactly as it was ... and it was even better than described. Received it on time and the buyer even included a note that if it wasn't to my satisfaction he would work with me to make sure I was pleased. Excellent business principles !!!

Just what I was looking for as a beginning Tai Chi student. Clear explanations and information. Photos help me review what I learn in class.

I have been trying to learn authentic Tai Chi for years. My wife is Chinese and she has a very low opinion of the art as a dance old people do for exercise. I've tried all the big hitter books and all of them of them have had too much mystical woo-woo and not enough instruction on skill. This book by Human Kinetics and Tai Chi Classics by Shambalah Press are the only two books I've found help on the subject.