can someone tell me a good chan or yang style tai chi full of illustrations of techniques. it will be great if they have pics of every move in it. sorta a walk thru that i can learn from. it will be good if there is a push hand for 2 people too
thnx
there are many and many books out there.
Tai Chi is the subject most written.
every year there will be new books coming out.
2 of my fav books with a lot of pictures and drawing.
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Ma Hong on Chen Tai Ji
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Wang Pei Sheng on Wu Tai Ji.
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thnx for infos but do u know where i can get those book? lol prolly can’t find it in amazon havn’t try but i don’t have an english title…btw it’s ok if it’s all in chinese since i m chinese 
Well; depends on where you live.
I knew the book stores in China town may carry them.
the Great Walls bookstore is the best bet.
Tai Chi vcd and books are carried by most Chinese bookstores.
Not all the styles are carried though.
If not; ask the bookstore owner to order for you.
Best of luck.
However, you do have to practice and learn the moves first before the contents of applications mean anything to you.
Find a good teacher nearby is most important.
i live in gainesville, fl. there are 2 chinese grocery store but that’s it…
i take praying mantis from wah lum and my sifu also teaches tai chi but i don’t have time to go to those classes…i guess i will try books a million.
have u ever seen the book:
Old Frame Chen Family Taijiquan: Taijuquan by Kenneth Chung
i found it once not sure if they still have it at borders. looks pretty good, lots of pictures for each movement. they got push hands and applications. i think i might get that for now
hi;
in that case, whatever is available is a good way to start.
you may need some video info since there are only static pictures in the book.
you may go to any public library video section and loan any videos available on Yang Tai Chi or simplified 28, 42 or 48 forms for free.
and check out the forum sponsor site for videos, too.
I recently got this DVD http://store.yahoo.com/ymaa/taijclasyans3.html
It breaks everything down pretty well.
thnx for replying, i think i m going to find that chen style book, going to ask my mom who is in hk to look for it
i got the book on yang style by yang jwing ming. good book. how do you like the video? how about putting the dvd up on www.kungfu-torrents.com
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Uhhh, what is the name of the book? I don’t read Chinese unfortunately. What is the title in English, and who is the author?
the title of that book literally translate into “tai chi chuan golden book” each word correspond to each chinese character
Yes, this is it. Please let me know if you are interested.
it looks genuine, is it possible for u to post 1 or 2 pics of text and illustrations just so i can see what it looks like
I was at a book sale at a library, and someone grabbed that book just before I could get it.
:mad:
So does this book cover Chen, Yang, or Wu? Or all of them?
From what i can read it seems it does but not sure
i found a book at borders yesterday called “old frame chen taichi” by mark chen. it seems pretty decents but i’m no tai chi expert. anyone seen it. he has a website. www.chen.com anyone have experience with him or the book???