Lee's Modified Tai Chi Chuan for Health

by Ying Arng Lee

1983

Library's review

Tuition by Master Lee himself. You can obtain a certificate!

After disclosing the secrets of teh tai chi art in his book 'Lee's modified tai chi for health' Master Lee has taken considerable pains in putting the art into film. By demonstrating the various movements himslef, the author aims to reveal
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all the subtleties of the art, from the aspect of haelth as well as form that of slef defence. All persons irrespective of sex or age could take up this art in a short period and could theraeby acquire for themselfves both health and longevity.

Guarantee-After this modified tai chi, the student could fill in the attached card adn put his movements on 8mm film and send it to: Mr. Lee Ying -Arng or Univorn Press. Master Lee would then go over his film and give him the necessary guidance. Those who show themselves well will be given a certificate by Master Lee.

Specification-8mm. film, black and white, without sound track, each reel about 200 feet. Ask you local bookstore or dealer for the film or sent direct from Unicorn Press.

Contents

Forewords
I Historical background
The three major branches
The six different forms
The history of modification of tai chi chuan
II Tai chi chuan and its benefits to health
Its effect on the nervous system-It heals all chronic ailments
Its effect on the heart and the vascular system-it aids cellular metabolism
Its effect on the reproductiove system-It benefits the sexual organs
Its effect on the musculoskeletal system-an efficacious cure for women waist troubles
III Explanatory notes on the old manuals
Wong Chung-Yueh's manuals
Wu Yu-Seong's manuals
Lee I-Yu's manual
IV Preliminaries
Improtant points in practice-Exert no strength; Ideation; Slowness; Evenness; Roundness; Solidness and emptiness; Breathing; One part of the body moves, all the parts move
Improtant points on pousture-Head the suspension of the head; Shoulders the drooping of the shoulders; Elbows the drooping of the elbow joints; Chest loosening the chest; Back the lifting of the back; Waist looseness of the waist; Buttocks centering the coccyx; The insides of the thighs-traction on the kuas (inquinal region); Leg the thrusting forward of the knee and rounding of the spaces between the groins; The ten essentials faults and the ten defects
V The basic movements-Hands; Footwork; Kicking technique
VI The solo exercise-Name of the forms; Practice
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Publication

Unicorn Press P.O. Box 2448 Hongkong
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