Title: 42 Form Tai Chi Sword (with VCD)
Author: Editor: Li Shoutang
ISBN: 9787537732918
Edition: Chinese-English
Publishing Date: 2009-01
Publishing House: Shanxi Science and Technology Publishing House
Cover: P Page: 96 Format: 16mo
Introduction: (from taichido.com)
Tai Chi sword is practised in its health and exercise form, like tai chi as a series of slow fluidic moves (although the Dao form - sabre, broadsword - may be somewhat faster) and it is also practised in combat as a fighting form, which is essentially a form developed from Pushing Hands but this time with weapons. The notable feature of sword practice however is its hierarchy within the tai chi pantheon: Serious Sword masters do not allow students to begin in this discipline without having at least three years’ expertise in tai chi – both the meditative form and Chuan (combat form) – in fact in some cases it is as much as ten years. This has changed in recent years as the spread of tai chi as a ‘sport’ has engendered many Schools to offer Sword as part of their curriculum with little or even without any previous experience.
This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 10 November, 2009.
