T'Ai Chi Touchstones: Yang Family Secret Transmissions

by Douglas Wile

Book Overview

Three generations of Yang family masters lifted the art of T'ai-chi ch'?an from a closed courtyard in Henan Province to the status of a national treasure and made of it, like India's yoga, a gift to the world. Yang Lu-ch'an in the nineteenth century, followed by his sons and their sons, have given T'ai-chi ch'?an the theoretical and practical standard which still defines and shapes the art for a majority of practitioners today. This book draws together...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 091205901X
• ISBN13: 9780912059013
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Sweet Ch'i Press
• Length: 159 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Age Range: 14 years and up