The book is intended to help people who are interested to go in the right direction. At the end is just a book. Without a certain martial experience and inteligence many will not understand it. Who thinks that the subjects covered are not interesting for him, he should not but the book. However, IMHO, many will understand it only after few years after reading it.
I was just about to post this.
Do you think you may have better market if you publish video instead?
Could be. But the book can cover maybe more topics than a video. Let say the a book is a more traditional way.
I've been doing tai chi for a while and I have looked around at a great number of masters and different styles of tai chi. As a result I no longer believe Tai chi is "lost" or "difficult to learn". I have, however, met a large number of people that think exactly like you do about other styles of Tai Chi. You should not be so closed minded as to believe such things like "CMC was one of the last teachers that taught fighting".
I guess you already bought the book ?have a more open mind, there is a wild and beautiful world of Tai Chi waiting for everyone
Seems we disagree. You like the Chen stale, I don't like it. I like CMC, Ylu don't like it.I've been doing tai chi for a while and I have looked around at a great number of masters and different styles of tai chi. As a result I no longer believe Tai chi is "lost" or "difficult to learn". I have, however, met a large number of people that think exactly like you do about other styles of Tai Chi. You should not be so closed minded as to believe such things like "CMC was one of the last teachers that taught fighting".
I have also had the opportunity to experience that most of the time, people will "fit" a certain master or style moreso than someone else. If you find a master you get along with it is often more valuable than learning from a "better" master that you do not get along with very well. Try to have a more open mind, there is a wild and beautiful world of Tai Chi waiting for everyone
I didn't specified every source explicitely becouse the transmission of information was mostly lost. I made only the summary, that the real Tai Chi survived only in some old Tai Chi lines that come from the time when Tai Chi was taught at the Imperial Palace (by Yang Lu Chan amd Yang Ban Hou) and Tai Chi of some most advanced Cheng Man Ching's students (mainly from Taiwan and Malaysia). However we are talking about 5 such cases, that I tried to compare and reconstruct as I could. Mainly, as I said, tha Tai Chi knowledge was lost.
I realy don't anderstand what do you want that I answer. I think that I answered to all you questions.
The two circles on the CMC's picture on the book's cover are the Horizontal and the Vertical circle of the "8 Hands Energies". The arrows are related to the "5 Steps". That are concepts explained in the book.Thanks for taking time in answering questions.
Would disagree on some of the basic premises of your introduction.
good luck with the book....
Wondering about the cover art of Zheng Manqing.
Have also done similar illustrations for those I work with to explain some of the concepts they're working on.
Wondering what your point was, if there was one
While looking the same it might based on different concepts.
No need to reply if it's not convenient or explained in the book...
asked out of curiosity.
