Taiji Quan for Self Defense

[samoobramba]

I will tell you, I was intrigued and thought, if I am going to critique, why don't I buy it and read it....I mean since you said it was such a low price......."Such a low price"...really...... $30 is a low price...not really


Yang Style
Book by Fu Xhongwen is $16.74
Yang Swing Ming $16.49 and 14.49
Yang Chengfu $16.95

Sun Style taijiquan books, by Sun Lutang less that $25

Chen style books, from the Chen family are less than $20

Wu style books less that $20

Based on that, $30 is not a low price, rather high actually for an unknown making extraordinary claims

But I do have to thank you, in my search for book prices to compare I did find one I am interested in

Scientific Taijiquan Volume Two: The Wu Jianquan Taijiquan Teachings of Chu Minyi, and its only $11.99. That one I did purchased, Without this thread, I am not sure I would have found that, thanks

As I said you don't have to buy my book. Is your choice what do you want.
You can't compare that books with mine. None of that books eplain the principles openly and completely.
Today every Tai Chi course is about 50 USD and you get 4 videos 10-15 minutes. But also here noone openly teach the "secrets" (principles and drills).
As I said I was in doubts if publish the book or not. It is a giveaway of the Tai Chi secrets. But I decided to publish it as my gift to humanity. However IMHO few will undersand it (completely) without an oral transmission. So do what you want. Bot there is no other but with so high rate of info per USD. ;-)

 

[Xue Sheng]

As I said you don't have to buy my book. Is your choice what do you want.
You can't compare that books with mine. None of that books eplain the principles openly and completely.
Today every Tai Chi course is about 50 USD and you get 4 videos 10-15 minutes. But also here noone openly teach the "secrets" (principles and drills).
As I said I was in doubts if publish the book or not. It is a giveaway of the Tai Chi secrets. But I decided to publish it as my gift to humanity. However IMHO few will undersand it (completely) without an oral transmission. So do what you want. Bot there is no other but with so high rate of info per USD. ;-)

Wait...did you learn by video?

Gift to humanity...... few will understand...... seriously.... you're going to go with that egocentric sales pitch..... alrighty then

 

[samoobramba]

Wait...did you learn by video?

Gift to humanity...... few will understand...... seriously.... you're going to go with that egocentric sales pitch..... alrighty then

I studied in persons, reading the literature and watching videos. However the oral transmission is the most important. But few know the real Taijiquan.

 

[Xue Sheng]

I studied in persons, reading the literature and watching videos. However the oral transmission is the most important. But few know the real Taijiquan.

What did you study in person? and for how long?

And please stop with the sales pitch...it isn't gaining you anything with me

 

[samoobramba]

What did you study in person? and for how long?

And please stop with the sales pitch...it isn't gaining you anything with me

As I said please don't buy it. Who will need it will buy it.

 

[Xue Sheng]

As I said please don't buy it. Who will need it will buy it.

I am not talking about buying it, I am asking you questions which you don't seem to want to answer

1) What did you study in person?

2) And for how long?

 

[samoobramba]

Is all in the book. I studied with many masters. The book is a result of my almost 25 years of practice and researching in Taijiquan.

 

[Xue Sheng]

Is all in the book. I studied with many masters. The book is a result of my almost 25 years of practice and researching in Taijiquan.

just answer the dang question, all this mystery is not helping your credibility...

1) What did you study in person?

2) And for how long?

First you tell me "Don't buy the book" now you say if I want to know if you trained with directly with an actual person and how long, not just by video, and what you trained you infer I need to by the book....

Why the secrecy? Why the reluctance to answer simple questions?

 

[Appledog]

Is all in the book. I studied with many masters. The book is a result of my almost 25 years of practice and researching in Taijiquan.

Your book isn't very good. Wang Fengming's book is much better. That doesn't mean your book is worthless, but your attitude that you are the one saving tai chi from obscurity is laughable.

TBH I don't have a lot of confidence in the content of your book solely because of that opinion and because of the picture of CMC on the cover. CMC Tai Chi is about as heterodox as you can get while still barely being Tai Chi.

 

[windwalker099]

CMC Tai Chi is about as heterodox as you can get while still barely being Tai Chi.

Some in Taiwan might have a different viewpoint.

I studied in persons, reading the literature and watching videos. However the oral transmission is the most important. But few know the real Taijiquan.

Nothing wrong with being a journalist or academic. Those writing about taiji in the past, may not have had the skill they wrote about. Some of the old masters were said to be illiterate.

In the old days those talking about the real did so in person, through public matches, or demos allowing others to see it.
In todays time, a little different..depending on location, are their any clips of "your" real you write of ?