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DVD

 

 

Tai Chi Chuan:

Cheng Man Ching Form

 

by Colin Hamilton

 
 
 
 

This long-awaited DVD shows the Cheng Man Ching Form performed fast, slow and with explosive power (fa jing).

 

Front and rear views of the form, together with a qigong warm up session and explanations of basic principles, stances and variations, make this an excellent home-study resource for anyone learning the Cheng Man Ching sequence, while the fa jing footage will be of interest to experienced Tai Chi practitioners and other martial artists developing thier own internal power. 

 

Available in all our classes from August 2007, this is the first in a series of DVDs which will cover many aspects of our syllabus.   These products will soon be available for sale on this website.

 
 
 
Useful web links:
 
 
The Tai Chi Union for Great Britain
 
 
For a list of all the registered Tai Chi instructors in the UK
 
 
Other Martial Arts schools we can recommend in the Leeds area:
 
Shotokan Karate
 
 
 
 
Shinseido Shorin Ryu (Okinawan Karate)
 
 
When the older styles of karate are studied, their roots in Chinese martial arts become startlingly clear and provide common ground for discussion, mutual understanding and exploraton.
 
 
Concord Leeds Interfaith Group
 
 
Promoting mutual understanding and respect between different faiths and cultural groups in Leeds.
 
 
Mindfields College
 
 
Provide fascinating seminars and workshops, based on the latest research into how the mind works, exploring how to achieve and maintain mental health and well-being, using the Human Givens approach.
 
 
 
Recommended Reading
 

Tai Chi

Yang Style Tai Chi, Dr. Yang Jwing Ming, Unique Publications 0-86568-023-X

Tai Chi Chuan, Cheng Man-Ching, North Atlantic Books 0-913028-85-1

Cheng Man-Ching’s Advanced Tai ChiForm Instructions, Douglas Wile Sweet Chi Press 0-912059-03-6

Cheng Tzu’s 13 Treatises on Tai Chi Chuan, Cheng Man-Ching. North Atlantic Books 0-938190-45-8

Tai Chi,  Cheng and Smith, Charles E. Tuttle Co 0-8048-0560-1

Tai Chi Chuan for Health & Self Defense, Master T.T. Liang, Vintage 0-394-72461-5

The Elements of Tai Chi, Paul Crompton, Element 1-85230-157-0

Tai Chi Classics, Waysun Liao, Shambhala 0-87773-531-X

The Way of Energy, Lam Kam Chuen, Gaia Books 1-85675-020-5

Tai Chi Chi Kung, Dr. Yang Jwing Ming, YMAA Publication Centre 0-940871-10-6

There Are No Secrets, Wolfe Lowenthal, North Atlantic Books 1-55643-112-0

Tai Chi Chuan & Qigong Techniques & Training, W. Metzeger & P Zhou, Sterling 0-8069-5957-6

Beginning Tai Chi, Tri Thong Dang, 0-8048-2001-5

Applied Tai Chi Chuan, Nigel Sutton, A& C Black, London 0-7136-3450-2
 

Chinese Philosophy

The Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu, Penguin 0-14-044-131X

Tao Te Ching, Chu Ta-Kao, Unwin 0-04-299011-4

Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching, Timothy Freke, Piatkus 0-7499-1468-8

The Little Book of The Tao Te Ching, John R. Mabry, Element 1-85230-707-2

I Ching (The Book of Changes), Richard Wilhelm, Arkana 0-14-019207-7

The Tao of Pooh, Benjamin Hoff, Mandarin 0-7493-0179-1

The Te of Piglet, Benjamin Hoff, Mandarin 0-7493-1514-8

The Spirit of Tao, Thomas Cleary, Shambala Pocket Classics 0-87773-877-7
 

Quantum Physics/Relativity

The Dancing Wu Li Masters, Gary Zukav, Flamingo 0-00-654030-9

The Tao of Physics, Fritjof Capra, Flamingo 0-00-654489-4

The Quantum Self, Danah Zohar, Flamingo 0-00-654426-6
 
A Brief History of Time, Stephen Hawking, Bantam 0-553-17521-1

Wholeness and the Implicate Order, David Bohm, Routledge 0-415-11966-9

The Field, Lynne McTaggart Element 0-00-714510-1
 

Meditation

The TM Technique, Peter Russell, Arkana 0-14-012343-1

The Calm Technique, Paul Wilson, Thorsons 0-7225-1468-9
 

Philosophy/ Psychology / World-View 
 
Good Company, Shantanand Saraswati, Element 1-85230-313-1

The Notebooks of Paul Brunton Volume 1 - Perspectives, Dr. Paul Brunton, Larson 0-943914-12-4

The Geeta, Shree Purohit Swami, Faber and Faber 0-571-06157-5

The Ten Principal Upanishads, Shree Purohit Swami, Faber and Faber 0-571-09363-9

The Art of Peace, Morihei Ueshiba, Shambala Pocket Classics 0-87773-851-3

Zen and the Ways, Trevor Leggett, Tuttle 0-8048-1524-0

The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, Sogyal Rinpoche, Rider 0-7126-5752-5

You’ll See It When You Believe It, Wayne W. Dyer, Arrow 0-09-974130-X

Communion with God, Neale Donald Walsch, Hodder and Stoughton
0-340-76784-7

Essential Spirituality, Roger Walsh, Wiley 0-471-39216-2

The Unfettered Mind, Takuan Soho, Kodansha International 0-87011-851-X

Human Givens, Joe Griffin and Ivan Tyrrell, Human Givens Publishing 1899398260

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen R. Covey, Simon & Schuster 0-684-85839-8
 
A Beginner's Guide to Changing the World, Isabel Losada, Harper, San Fransisco 0-06-083452-8