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Masters of Tai Chi: The Interviews
Illuminating in-depth interviews with China's leading teachers and experts of tai chi chuan. Film director Jon Braeley spent more than twenty years traveling across China, recording interviews with well known figures in Chen style, Yang style and Wudang Mountain style tai chi. Interviews include Chen Xiaowang and Chen Xiaoxing of Chen style tai chi, Cui Zhongsan of Yang style and grandmaster Zhong Yun Long of Wudang Sanfeng tai chi. Step inside Chen Village tai chi school to learn details and facts about the history and changes of Chen style that made tai chi into a formidable fighting art. The masters are asked penetrating questions on the theory of tai chi, of yin and yang and five elements, and the health and self-defense aspects of tai chi. Their own personal stories and tai chi practice are revealed with some remarkable answers, like the famous tai chi master who gave up his schools to practice tai chi in seclusion, living in a remote mountain cave for many years.
The second half of the book, Masters of Traditional Chinese Medicine, is packed with interviews of China’s top experts, doctors, pharmacists and professors. Ground-breaking interviews during doctor-patient examinations and diagnosis, reveal how traditional Chinese and Tibetan medicine is practiced inside the doctors clinic. Doctors and pharmacists of traditional Chinese medicine explain how and why their methods work, such as acupuncture and herbal remedies, and why foreign methods do not. A ‘bonesetter’ demonstrates the sensitivity of his hands as he applies acupressure to his patients. A Tibetan doctor explains how feeling the pulse of the wife or husband will identify illness in any family member. A professor at Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine explains the history and channel theory, together with yin and yang, five elements and the movement of life-giving Qi. These interviews, complete and uncut, have not been published until now, and answer many questions about China’s most esoteric and mysterious healing arts. Masters of Tai The Interviews, at 242 pages, include behind-the-scenes stories by the author and 150 photographs.
The second half of the book, Masters of Traditional Chinese Medicine, is packed with interviews of China’s top experts, doctors, pharmacists and professors. Ground-breaking interviews during doctor-patient examinations and diagnosis, reveal how traditional Chinese and Tibetan medicine is practiced inside the doctors clinic. Doctors and pharmacists of traditional Chinese medicine explain how and why their methods work, such as acupuncture and herbal remedies, and why foreign methods do not. A ‘bonesetter’ demonstrates the sensitivity of his hands as he applies acupressure to his patients. A Tibetan doctor explains how feeling the pulse of the wife or husband will identify illness in any family member. A professor at Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine explains the history and channel theory, together with yin and yang, five elements and the movement of life-giving Qi. These interviews, complete and uncut, have not been published until now, and answer many questions about China’s most esoteric and mysterious healing arts. Masters of Tai The Interviews, at 242 pages, include behind-the-scenes stories by the author and 150 photographs.
242 pages, Paperback
Published October 15, 2022
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January 6, 2024
Die Interviews sind recht interessant, viele unterschiedliche Standpunkte, die sich auch gelegentlich mal widersprechen. Man bekommt eine gute Übersicht über die verschiedenen Tai Chi-Stile, und eine kleine Einsicht wie das tägliche Leben bei manchen dieser Schulen/Akademien ist. Im zweiten Teil geht es mehr um TCM, mit Interviews verschiedener Ärzten und bekannten Heilpraktikern.
Was mir ein wenig gefehlt hat sind tiefer gehende Fragen zu einigen der Themen. Auch darf man sich keine kritische Auseinandersetzung mit verschiedenen Praktiken erwarten, es sind nur Interviews, die Schlüsse muss man als Leser selbst für sich ziehen.
Was mir am negativsten aufgefallen ist, sind die vielen vielen Tipp- und Grammatik-Fehler. Man hat den Eindruck dieses Buch wurde nicht mal Korrektur gelesen. Das wäre ein Revision sehr angebracht. Abgesehen davon finde ich das Buch aber empfehlenswert für alle, die Tai Chi Chuan etwas ernster praktizieren.
Was mir ein wenig gefehlt hat sind tiefer gehende Fragen zu einigen der Themen. Auch darf man sich keine kritische Auseinandersetzung mit verschiedenen Praktiken erwarten, es sind nur Interviews, die Schlüsse muss man als Leser selbst für sich ziehen.
Was mir am negativsten aufgefallen ist, sind die vielen vielen Tipp- und Grammatik-Fehler. Man hat den Eindruck dieses Buch wurde nicht mal Korrektur gelesen. Das wäre ein Revision sehr angebracht. Abgesehen davon finde ich das Buch aber empfehlenswert für alle, die Tai Chi Chuan etwas ernster praktizieren.
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