T'ai Chi strengthens your mind through study. It's easy enough to browse Amazon for books, and no doubt pleasant enough to visit a bookstore, that your study ought to be no problem. The
T'ai Chi Ch'uan Classics, comprising of the treatises below, is important for grasping this martial art more deeply. Lee N. Scheele has so kindly compiled it online.
- T'ai Chi Ch'uan Ching, by Chang San-feng
- The Treatise on T'ai Chi Ch'uan, by Wang Tsung-yueh
- Expositions of Insights into the Practice of the 13 Postures, by Wu Yu-hsiang
- Song of the 13 Postures
- Songs of the 8 Postures, by T'an Meng-hsien
- Song of Push Hands
- Five Character Secret, by Li I-yu
- Essentials of the Practice of the Form and Push Hands, by Li I-yu
- Yang's 10 Important Points, by Yang Cheng-fu
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