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Recommended Resources

A few Selected Books, Videos/DVD,
and an audio CD

The following information includes pricing from Amazon.com.To view a book and if you wish, order it online from Amazon.com click on the link at each book. It is NOT recommended that you learn from a book or video or CD alone.

Books:

"Thirteen Treatises" on T'ai Chi Ch'uan (link)

T'ai Chi Ch'uan : A Simplified Method of Calisthenics for Health (link)

T'ai-Chi : The Supreme Ultimate Exercise
for Health, Sport and Self-Defense.
(link)

Essence of Tai Chi Chuan : The Literary Tradition (link)

T'ai Chi Ch'uan Ta Wen:
Question and Answers on T'ai Chi Ch'uan (1929).
(link)


Books:

"Thirteen Treatises" on T'ai Chi Ch'uan

by Cheng Man-Ch'ing, Benjamin P. Jeng Lo (Translator)

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Hardcover - 223 pages (November 1985) North Atlantic Books; ISBN: 0938190458 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.84 x 9.35 x 6.37
Number of reviews: 4.
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T'ai Chi Ch'uan :
A Simplified Method of Calisthenics for Health

by Cheng Man-Ch'ing, Beauson Tseng (Translator)

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Paperback (December 1981) North Atlantic Books; ISBN: 0913028851 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.43 x 8.48 x 5.53
Number of reviews: 2
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T'ai-Chi : The Supreme Ultimate Exercise
for Health, Sport and Self-Defense.

by Cheng Man-Ch'ing, Robert W. Smith

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Hardcover - 112 pages (February 1967) Charles E Tuttle Co; ISBN: 0804805601 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.66 x 9.30 x 6.27
Number of Reviews: 5
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Essence of Tai Chi Chuan : The Literary Tradition

by Benjamin Pang Jeng Lo (Translator), Martin Inn (Editor), Robert Amacker (Editor), Susan Foe (Editor)

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Paperback (January 1986) North Atlantic Books; ISBN: 0913028630 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.38 x 8.44 x 5.50
Number of Reviews: 6
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T'ai Chi Ch'uan Ta Wen:
Question and Answers on T'ai Chi Ch'uan (1929).

By Chen Wei-Ming. Translated by Benjamin Pan Jeng Lo and Robert W. Smith. North Atlantic Books. Berkeley CA.

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Paperback - 61 pages (January 1986)
North Atlantic Books; ISBN: 0938190679 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.19 x 8.47 x 5.49
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Videotape.

This is an authoritative video with detailed instruction from one of the most highly respected and most senior students of the famous Yang style master, Professor Cheng Man-Ch'ing.
(Note: It is NOT advisable to learn tai chi chuan solely from a video since proper correction is not possible.)

Lo, Benjamin Pang Jeng. Professor Cheng Man-Ch'ing's Simplified T'ai Chi Ch'uan (37 Postures). Videotape. San Francisco, California: Universal T'ai Chi Ch'uan Association, 1991.

Ordering information for Mr. Ben Lo's Instructional Video

Mr. Ben Lo's video is not available through any standard distribution channels, but you can order it directly from:

Mr. Benjamin Lo
P.O. Box 210537
San Francisco, CA 94121-0537

Cost is $75 plus shipping, which is about $5


DVD

(Note: It is NOT advisable to learn tai chi chuan solely from a DVD since proper correction is not possible.)

See the link below for an additional video resources of Professor Cheng's Yang Family form:

Tricia Yu
T'ai Chi Center
Madison, Wisconsin USA

Tai Chi: Exercise for Lifelong Health and Well-Being


Audio CD

By Kim W. Kanzelberger

This audio recording is for people who have already learned or are in the process of learning Cheng Man ch'ing's 37-posture T'ai Chi Ch'uan form with a qualified instructor. Part 1 of the CD-R takes you through the entire form. The movements are described in broad outline to facilitate a slow, continuous pace. Part 2 gives detailed directions for executing the movements in the form. The tempo is very slow and each new posture has its own track so that it may be replayed as many times as needed. Parts 3 and 4 of the CD-R are standing practices for advanced students.

http://www.centerstatestaichi.com/practiceCD.htm


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