Imagination Becomes Reality-T'ai Chi Ch'uan-the Teachings of Master T. T. Liang A Complete Guide to the 150 Posture Solo Form

by Stuart Alve Olson

1992

Library's review

T. T. Liang is one of the most revered living masters of T'ai Chi Ch'uan. Now in his nineties, he has studied and taught T'ai Chi for over fifty years. As senior student to Cheng Man-ch'ing and as author of the best selling T'ai Chi Ch'uan for Health and Self-Defense he helped introduce T'ai Chi to
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America. Having studied with fifteen of the greatest T'ai Chi masters, T. T. Liang's teachings have a formidable authority.

This book presents the very heart of Liang's teachings, including his own version fo the Yang style 150 posture solo form. Taken from T. T.'s own notes, this is the most comprehensive description of the form ever presented. Rare interviesws and articles by T. T. Liang explore the basic principles and deeper meaning of this increasingly popular martial art.

The remarkable photography both captures the full power, grace and subtlety of T'ai Chi while providing a detailed count by count presentation of each posture.

T. T. Liang's long-time protege, Stuart Olson, author of Cultivating the Ch'i, compiled the material, contributes a special introduction of the role of imagination in T'ai Chi and appears with T. T. Liang in the book's photography.

'Master T. T. Liang is a Chinese martial arts treasure in Western society. He was a true pioneer in the development of T'ai chi Ch'uan in the United states of America. With his translations of anicent T'ai chi documents, western T'ai Chi practitioners are able to find an accurate guide and path for their training.'-Dr. yang Jwing-Ming author of Yang Style T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Chi Kung: Its Roots and Origins

Contents

Introduction to First edition by Jonathan Russell
Introduction to Second edition by Stuart Olson
A biography of Master T. T. Liang
Chapter One Interviews with Master T. T. Liang
Chapter Two Anecdotes of the Yang family
Chapter Three Three classics of T'ai Chi Ch'uan
Chapter Four The process of attaining T'ai Chi Ch'uan
Chapter Five Why I adopted music to T'ai Chi Ch'uan
Chapter Six A lecture by Cheng Man-ch'ing
Chapter Seven The 150 posture solo form
Appendix A Posture Reference Guide
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ISBN

938045091

Publication

Dragon Door Publications
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