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The T'Ai-Chi Ch'Uan Experience : Reflections and Perceptions on Body-Mind Harmony by Sophia Delza (1996, Trade Paperback)

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Tai-Chi Chuan Experience : Reflections and Perceptions on Body-Mind Harmony : Collected Essays Form-Spirit Philosophy-Structure, Paperback by Delza, Sophia; Neville, Robert Cummings (EDT), ISBN 0791428982, ISBN-13 9780791428986, Brand New, Free shipping in the US The leading proponent in America of the Wu style discusses the spiritual and aesthetic meanings of t'ai chi ch'uan.

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In this new book, Ms. Delza, the leading proponent in the United States of the Wu Style, offers succinct and illuminating comments from her viewpoint as both teacher and practitioner.

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STATE University of New York Press
ISBN-10
0791428982
ISBN-13
9780791428986
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Book Title
T'ai-Chi Ch'uan Experience : Reflections and Perceptions on Body-Mind Harmony
Author
Sophia Delza
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Asia / General
Publication Year
1996
Genre
History
Number of Pages
380 Pages

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9in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5.9in
Item Weight
0 Oz

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Gv504.D46 1996
Table of Content
List of Illustrations and Tables Foreword by Robert Cummings Neville Preface Introductory Note: As a Beginning Experience Classified Chapters I. THE CENTERED MIND 1. The Mind Must be Willing 2. The Mind-Body Connection 3 Mind-Alert 4. The Unifying Principles 5. What Gives a System Validity? II. THE TANGIBLE SPIRIT 1. The Moving Spirit 2. The Eloquence of Silence 3. With an Air of Innocence 4. Spontaneity: The Look of Ease 5. The Student Is Forever; Learning Is Forever 6. The Ending Is a New Beginning III. THE EVER-PRESENT SUBSTANCE 1. Landscape of the Self in Action 2. The Long Journey 3. The Harmonious Anatomy 4. What Is the Nature of "Soft"? 5. The Integrated Exercise 6. A Glimmer of Insight into the Substance of T''ai-Chi Ch''uan IV. THE BALANCED SCALE OF STRUCTURE 1. A Miracle of Movement 2. The Constant Curve: The Circle and the Wave 3. The Historically Accurate T''ai-Chi Circle 4. The Landscape of the Self in Spirit 5. Finding the Straight in the Curved 6. Form and Transition: Dual Themes in T''ai-Chi Ch''uan Structure V. THE ORGANIC FLOW OF PHYSIOLOGY 1. How Slow is Slow? 2. The Life of the Hand: Its Significance in T''ai-Chi Ch''uan 3. The Presence of the Eyes in the Action of T''ai-Chi Ch''uan 4. The Quiet Control of the Head 5. Some Distinguishing Features of the Wu and Yang Styles 6. The Exercise-Art as It Functions Creatively for the Actor VI. THE INTRINSIC LOGIC OF PHILOSOPHY 1. A Harmony of Change 2. The Spirit of Adventure in T''ai-Chi Ch''uan 3. Two Portraits of the Exercise-Art of T''ai-Chi Ch''uan 1. As the Viewer Sees T''ai-Chi Ch''uan 2. As the Player Lives T''ai-Chi Ch''uan 4. A Refreshing Technique: Action and Thought 5. Perspective on My Experience with the Art of Classical Chinese Theater (Opera) 6. Inherent Qualities: Form, Grace, Stability VII. THE STEADY FRAME OF HISTORY 1. Chinese Exercise Techniques: Kung Fu and T''ai-Chi Ch''uan 2. From Youth to Old Age 3. The Art of Wu Shu: Innovations are Changing Traditional Exercises 4. Chinese Exercise-Arts from Antiquity to the Present VIII. CAUTIONARY COMMENTS 1. On the Necessity of Never Omitting Ch''uan in T''ai-Chi Ch''uan 2. Is T''ai-Chi Ch''uan " Martial ?" 3. On Martial Art "Experts" 4. A Letter on the Subject of Music 5. T''ai-Chi Ch''uan Is Not Moving Meditation 6. On the Spirit in Teaching 7. Street Scene at Dawn: People Exercising 8. On the Abridged Version of T''ai-Chi Ch''uan 9. On Traditional Clothing for Practice IX. LIGHT VERSE ON SERIOUS THEMES 1. Images of Equanimity 2. The Spirit of the Way in T''ai-Chi and the Ch''uan 3. The Nine Elements: A Trinity of Threes in the Structure of T''ai-Chi Ch''uan 4. A Three-Way Conversation Mind Speaks Its Mind Emotion States Its Feelings The Body Expresses Itself 5. Ch''i Explains Its Presence: Objectively 6. Aspects of Self-Awareness 7. The Way of T''ai-Chi Ch''uan Thoughtless Thoughts Instant Space One over Two The Nowness of the Now 8. The Essential Quality 9. A Message on Non-Violence to the Northeast Wind (The Yin and Yang of It) 10. The Opposites Balance in the Chinese Theater 11. A Friendly Way X. THE EXPANDING SCOPE OF AWARENESS 1. The Art of the Science of T''ai-Chi Ch''uan 2. The Promise of Things to Come Acknowledgments Illustration Credits Index
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
96-003633
Dewey Decimal
613.7/148
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes

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