The Push Hands Workbook: T'Ai Chi Partner Movements (Tui Shou) For Sport And Personal Development
by Nando Raynolds
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Author: Nando RaynoldsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-11-20
ISBN: 1440428573
Number of pages: 168
Publisher: CreateSpace
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- ISBN13: 9781440428579
- Condition: New
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Book Reviews of The Push Hands Workbook: T'Ai Chi Partner Movements (Tui Shou) For Sport And Personal Development
Book Review: The most practical resource for beginning push hands
Summary: 5 Stars
It is of course impossible to learn tai chi, much less pushing hands, without a qualified teacher. However, if you're stuck in a place where you have to study on your own, this book is for you. There are other excellent resources on pushing hands which explain the history and theory, and end with a few drills; this one is almost entirely practical. When it introduces key principles and skills (such as sensitivity), it introduces them as something you can experience by doing.
The 50+ exercises are divided into non-competitive practice "drills" emphasizing basic skills, and playful, more free-form and possibly competitive "games."
Each exercise is described about as clearly as complex physical movements can be, specifying the "time frame" for learning, the key skills learned, the basic format, the details, some martial applications & variations, and how you know when you can "graduate". There are enough photos to get the basic body mechanics across. There are also notes indicating where different family styles do things differently, which is very useful to prevent the standard confusion that "we don't do it that way!"
The exercises start with fundamentals, going back to drill the structural principles students should be learning in the hand form, and slowly building towards more advanced skills. One example of this focus on fundamentals is that the standard two-handed "four energies" drill--which most other books start with--isn't introduced until about 2/3s of the way through.
The book is well written--Reynolds comes through as an outstanding and patient teacher. About the only negative comment I have is that it could be laid out better; the current blocks of text with headings make it hard to see quickly where one exercise ends and the next starts. For the next edition, it'd be worth hiring a designer to block out the information so that the workbook can be consulted more easily.
Overall, this is an outstanding resource for serious students in all practice traditions. Thanks, Nando!
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Summary of The Push Hands Workbook: T'Ai Chi Partner Movements (Tui Shou) For Sport And Personal Development
This workbook is a step-by-step guide to push hands (t'ui shou). These T'ai Chi Chuan two person exercises are the foundation of the self-defense skills of the art. Written for the beginner through advanced practitioner and teachers, this book presents fun exercises and games that train sensitivity and responsiveness. Specific component skills of push hands (eg. sticking, listening, neutralizing, pushing, rooting etc) are systematically developed through sequential drills presented in the workbook. Important topics that are often poorly addressed in the English literature are explained in clear language and paired with activities.Tai Chi & Qi Gong Books
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