Tai Ji Tui Shou: Mastering the Eight Styles and Four Skills of Sensing Hands

by Chen Kung and Stuart Alve Olson

Book Overview

This volume in the Chen Kung Series presents the two-person Tui Shou exercises of the Eight Styles and Four Skills of Sensing Hands (popularly known as "Pushing Hands"). The main purpose of Sensing Hands-and also Greater Rolling-Back (Da Lu) and Dispersing Hands (San Shou)-is to learn how to Interpret the movements and changes of the opponent, and, just as importantly, how to sense your own defects. The Taijiquan Classic says, "Through knowing yourself,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1506039960
• ISBN13: 9781506039961
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"