Yin-Yang in Tai-Chi Chuan and Daily Life

by Simmone Kuo

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In Yin-Yang in Tai-Chi Chuan and Daily Life, Simmone Kuo provides the philosophical context for the practice of this popular martial art, showing how Taoist, Buddhist, and Confucian traditions have shaped the practice of Tai-Chi Chuan. Included here are student accounts of the strong impressions Mme. Kuo made on her students. Drawing on yearly research trips to China and her lecture in Advanced Tai-Chi Chuan at San Francisco State University, Mme. Kuo explores the application of Yin-Yang theory to:

-Health and Nutrition
-Daily Practice
-Traditional Chinese Philosophy and the I Ching
-The Teacher-Student Relationship
-Self-Awareness and Self-Defense

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A brief comment, 2005-10-19
A very complete, one might say, encyclopedic treatment of the concept, drawing from diverse sources, including history, Chinese philosophy, and even poetry, besides its importance in tai chi. Although I found some of the material only peripherally relevant, such as the discussions of Confucius, if you think of this as a treatment of the subject in the context of Chinese culture as a whole you'll have a better idea of the book. Some of it was truly fascinating, such as the discovery that the 8 trigrams in the I-Ching follow a binary code and represent the first 8 integers, 1 through 8. Lots of varied and good material although, as I said, I would have preferred something shorter and more specifically focussed on the yin-yang topic and of course tai chi. Still in all a very excellent book on the subject of yin-yang in many of its forms and manifestations in Chinese culture and the martial arts.

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