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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Sophia Delza , Robert Cummings Neville , Robert Cummings NevillePublisher: State University of New York Press Imprint: State University of New York Press Edition: Abridged edition Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.540kg ISBN: 9780791428986ISBN 10: 0791428982 Pages: 380 Publication Date: 03 July 1996 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of print, replaced by POD  We will order this item for you from a manufatured on demand supplier. Table of Contents"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"ReviewsAuthor InformationSophia Delza is a master of T'ai-Chi Ch'uan and was Director of the First School of T'ai-Chi Ch'uan in the United States. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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