Back in Stock! #ETC89 Excerpts
from,
"Annotations
on Taijiquan's
Nine Songs and Eighty One Postures and other selections"
by Wu
Meng Hsia (Wu Meng Xia) & Wu Bei Feng
translated
by Bradford Tyrey and Marcus Brinkman
120 Pages,Oversized, softbound , small
photographs
US $26.95 each
"This
book covers deep internal training aspects of Taijiquan. Photos
accompany each section of the text. It is a rare text written
by Wu, one of China's most famous teachers of Bagua, Xingyi,
and Taiji during the 1930's thru 1950's. Approximately 93 pages;
black and white printing and photos. Photos of Wu are somewhat
unclear, but visible. Partial contents include:
Synopsis
of Practice and Theory Song,
The Thirteen Character Training Song,
The Confounding Round Song,
The Eighteen Locations,
Original Skill of Taiji Boxing, and more.
Song 1: includes a section entitled "Skill Significance" (Ji
Su Yi Yi). This is a section included with the original text's
technical explanation of the 81 Taiji postures, providing a
short synopsis of each posture's martial function. A text necessary
for those wanting to learn many of the secrets of internal martial
practices."
This
is from the text page itself. Other interesting and important
attributes include a biography of Jiang Rong Jiao with some
key points. Some background on Sha Guo Zhen. Sha's introduction
to the writings of Wu Meng Xia. Unlike many books on the "classics
explained" this one has a more definite stance and - though
with difficulty - really tries to explain the meanings of the
classic with strategic examples of how they might be put into
use. These are notoriously ambiguous phrases and concepts and
Wu's interpretation is important and often clarifying. |