Searching for the Way

'Historical, auto-biographical, and inspirational, Nigel Sutton has written one of the most insightful books ever on the Chinese martial arts...A must read!'-Mark V. Riley author, Martial Arts Talk: An Oral History

Nigel Sutton has traveled througout Asia in order to study with famous martial arts

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masters and to gain special knowledge of martial arts methods and secrets. He has spent decades in the company of masters, listening to their stories, learning their arts and documenting their lives. In this engaging work one can learn about the everyday lives of some of the world's leading martial arts masters and the secrets of their fighting arts.

Nigel Sutton has spent 20 years in Malaysia studiying various forms of Chinese martial arts, including tai chi, wu chu chuan and chi kung. He has previously published three books on tai chi.

He has included in these pages many of the 'secrets' that his teachers have so generously taught him. With careful reading the sincere student of the martial ways will be able to pick them out.

Contents

Chapter 1 First steps
Chapter 2 Form: The heart of Chinese martial arts
Chapter 3 Of internal and external
Chapter 4 Pushing hands
Chapter 5 Applying the arts
Chapter 6 Baguazhang in China
Chapter 7 A sense of place
Chapter 8 Weapons training
Chapter 9 Competitions and demonstrations
Chapter 10 On qigong
Chapter 11 Challenges
Chapter 12 The journey thus fa

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