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Chen Pan Lings Original Tai Chi Chuan Textbook
Published in Hardcover by Blitz Design (1998)
Authors: Pan-Ling Chen, Chen Pan-Ling, Robert W. Smith, Ann Carruthers, Y. W. Chang, Raye McGowen, and Mike Whalen
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The simplest the greatest.
The book is written without any speculation. It just tells you "how to do" even for what regarding the deep internal feeling during the tai chi practice. Much more great are the flow charts of the several tai chi skills development. (first that , then that, then that......) .In the initial chapters it looks like a great "Tai Chi Classic" written in modern (and concise) language.
No one word more, no one word less.
The sequence, very well illustrated in the book (with photos, foot diagrams, applications), is Chen's own stile. The footwork shows a Bagua Chuan influence that makes much more interesting and exciting to study the form. In addition there are clear and deep explanations of the applications (movement by movement during all the form description) and the self feeling on executing each posture.
This is really an excellent book. Even though I can not say it is a book for beginners It contains alone almost everything you need to practice and further study Tai Chi Chuan.
I teach Tai Chi and I own a huge amount of Tai Chi books, anyway, if it could happen I got lost in a faraway desert island, that's the Tai Chi book I'd like to have with me.

Tai Chi Quan before it was the Groovy Thang...
...Chen Pan-ling was a practical martial artist who had a background in not only Tai Chi (Yang & Wu), but also Hsing Yi and Bagua. The book not only includes clear photos (clearer than in my original Chinese version of this book) and precise descriptions of the proper movements and applications, but also descriptions of how you should feel. This is Tai Chi at it's most practical, not a new-agey easy to learn sequence.

Chen was a pioneer in that he did away with a lot of the superstition and ritual associated with martial arts teachers at the time. His attempt at educated scientific study of this martial art is a welcome addition to the mibrary of the scholarly martial artist.

An excellent book on a rare style of taiji !
This book is for those who have heard of, studied, or otherwise know of Chen Pan-Ling. He was mentioned in Robert W. Smith's excellent book, "Chinese Boxing: Masters and Methods" as being one of the best Taiji masters of the 20th century. Highly recommended!


The Buddhist teaching of totality; the philosophy of Hwa Yen Buddhism
Published in Unknown Binding by Allen & Unwin ()
Author: Chen-chi Chang
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The Practice of Zen
Published in Hardcover by Greenwood Publishing Group (1978)
Authors: ChìˆEng-Chi. Chang, Cheng-Chi Chang, and Chen-Chi Chang
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