Silenius Petteri: Aikido -harmonisen voiman lähde

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Zhang Chang Wang: Tie terveyteen ja hyvinvointiin

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Menetelmässä luotetaan kehon viisauteen hoitaa itseään parhaalla mahdollisella tavalla. Yi Quan (lausutaan suomalaisittain "ii tsuan") voidaan vapaasti kääntää "mielen nyrkkeilyksi".

Se on hyvin omalaatuinen ja nerokas kiinalainen liikuntamuoto. Sen pääasiallisin harjoitus on itse asiassa paikallaan olemista, seisomista. Mutta vaikka keho pidetäänkin liikkumattomuuden tilassa, mieli on aktiivinen ja liike on sisäistä.

"Harjoituksilla luodaan tila, jossa elimistö pystyy hoitamaan itseään. Menetelmässä luotetaan kehon omaan viisauteen hoitaa itsensä parhaalla mahdollisella tavalla", tekijät kuvaavat.

Tätä kirjaa voi lähestyä kahdella tasolla. Käytännön tasolla kirja kuvaa Yi Quanin terveysharjoituksia niin että kuka tahansa ihminen voi niitä tehdä.

Filosofisella tasolla kirja tarjoaa ikkunan kiinalaiseen ajatteluun ja ihmiskuvaan. Näitä kahta tasoa ei ole eritelty omiksi luvuikseen tai osikseen.

Zhang Fang: Taiji

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Taijiquanin suosio liikuntamuotona kasvaa niin maailmalla kuin Suomessakin. Sen ymmärtääkin helposti, sillä taijiquan on erinomainen tapa hoitaa kuntoa ja terveyttä. Pehmeät ja rauhalliset liikkeet soveltuvat kaikenikäisille.

Tässä kirjassa esitellään 24 liikkeen taijiquan, joka on tunnetuin taijiquan-muoto. 24 liikkeessä on 175 vaihetta, ja ne kaikki käydään yksityiskohtaisesti läpi sekä kuvin että selityksin. Myös taijin alkuperäiset liikkeet, joista liikesarja on muodostunut, esitellään kuvien ja tekstin avulla. Ne auttavat ymmärtämään sarjan liikkeet syvällisemmin. Kirjassa kerrotaan lisäksi lajin historiasta sekä taijin monipuolisista vaikutuksista terveyteen.

Kirjan on kirjoittanut kahdeksan vuotta Suomessa asunut liikunnanopettaja Zhang Fang, joka on aloittanut lajin harjoittelun 12-vuotiaana Pekingissä. Hän on voittanut mm. Kiinan nuorten wushu-joukkuemestaruuden. Myöhemmin hän valmistui Pekingin urheilukorkeakoulusta pääaineenaan wushu. Vuodesta 1990 Zhang Fang on opettanut ja valmentanut wushu-lajeja Helsingissä sekä muualla Suomessa.

Brecher Paul: Principles of Tai Chi

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Tai Chi is a martial art that originated in China one thousand years ago. It is practised through continuous flowing, circular movements which encourage the flow of life-force energy, or chi, through the body. This helps the body to heal and rejuvenate itself, and today most people practice Tai Chi to gain its great physical and psychological health benefits.

This introductory guide explains:

what the correct methods of practice are
how Tai Chi will increase your energy
how Tai Chi can improve your health
how to enhance your personal and spiritual development

Paul Brecher has been practising martial arts for over twenty years. He is an Instructor for the World Tai Chi Boxing Association and has demonstrated Tai Chi on television. He is also a qualified practitioner of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine

Brecher Paul: Tai Chi

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Tai Chi is a martial art from ancient China, for healing and self development as well as self defence

First Directions - an inspirational source of information, insights and practical technicques to change your life.

Carnie L.V.: Chi Gung

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MASTER THE FLOW OF ENERGY THAT KNOWS NO LIMITS

You possess the ability to tap a bottomless well of physical and psychic energy (called "chi" in Chinese). With it, you can harness the magickal power of the universe. Yet most of us unknowingly block the flow of this power, and live out our lives not reaching the potential that we could achieve if we only knew how.

Now this knowledge can be yours, with Chi Gung. By learning this ancient Chinese art of breath, postures and sensory awareness, you can direct your flow of chi to help you achieve ultimate health and the things you've only dreamed of.

• Look and feel younger, and add many healthy years to your life
• Develop your psychic abilities ... heal at a distance ... talk with spirits ... move objects with your mind
• Increase your fitness level and become a better athlete
• Help damaged tissue to heal more quickly
• Progress faster in your martial arts training
• Increase your sexual performance and send sensations to your partner that he or she never dreamed existed
• Control your body temperature to warm you up or cool you down
• Bond with animals in the wild or in your home

In this book you will find a variety of exercises that will open your flow of chi as they open you to a whole new world of possibilities. No other Chi Gung book in print covers such a broad range of material or presents the actual training techniques for achieving the more advanced skills.

"L. V Carnie presents a fresh perspective on chi kung which, as far as I know, no other writers have done before-a perspective that is helpful to both beginners and masters alike."
Wong Kiew Kit
Shaolin Wahnam Chi Kung Institute, Malaysia
author of Chi Kung for Health and Vitality

As Chi Gung enters into the mainstream of the West, it needs translators who can help us demystify it and relate it to our everyday lives. L. V Carnie has achieved this more than any other book on the subject. Just reading this book will fill you full of energy."
James MacRitchie
Founding president of The Chi Kung/Qigong Association of America
author of The Chi Kung Way: Alive with Energy

Chee Soo: The Chinese Art of Tai Chi Chuan

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T'ai Chi Ch'uan, 'The Supreme Ultimate', is one of the ancient Chinese martial arts, comprising a system of body movements designed to achieve physical, mental, emotional and spiritual harmony.

T'ai Chi Ch'uan has proved itself over and over again to be one of the finest ways of improving health and creating tranquillity throughout the entire nervous system, creating a deep peace of mind.

Chee Soo, President of the International Taoist Society, sets T'ai Chi Ch'uan in its philosophical and historical context, and introduces the different aspects of the art, including T'ai Chi Sword and T'ai Chi Dance. All 140 stances of Tai Chi form are illustrated with photographs and detailed instructions.

Frantzis Bruce: The Big Book of Tai Chi

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"The Perfect Exercise"
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Quinn Khaleghi: Chi Kung - Reclaim Your Power

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Chi Kung: Reclaim your Power is a major reassessment of the ancient teaching of Chi Kung and updates its basic principles to make them more immediate, accessible and fun. It stimulates us to take responsibility for our lives by seeing how our inner reality affects outer reality, and how we all have a unique ability to change our life conditions, regardless of gender, colour or class.

In this book, Khaleghl Quinn, the founder of Quindo (the way of the five qualities of Awareness, Confidence, Strength, Safety and Happiness), shows us how to investigate our own sense of reality, on both the physical and spiritual levels. We also learn how to recognize and build an inner strength while cultivating reserves of energy, so that we can shape our lives as we want them to be. By keeping 'fit' in this way, we can find personal fulfilment and a renewed sense of what we have to offer to the world.

Khaleghl Quinn was one of the first women to graduate from Tokyo's elite martial arts academy, the Kodokan, and is also one of the few female masters of Chi Kung. She is a psychology and philosophy Honours graduate and the author of several books on self-defence, including.Stand your Ground, which became an eight-part television series.

'A balanced Wend of martial arts, philosophy, psychology and experience.'

Requena Yves: Chi Kung

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Chi Kung, Chinese for "energy mastery," is a physical discipline utilizing deliberate movement, slow breathing, mental concentration, and visualizations. This discipline is based on the same energy meridians used in Chinese acupuncture and is fully integrated into the traditional five-element wisdom of Chinese healing. A corporal art that consists of an intuitive understanding and respect of the yin and yang polarity of the body and its response to that same polarity in nature, chi kung can radically improve one's health and well-being.

By performing the exercises in this book for only half an hour each day, we can develop a subtle and sensitive perception of our environment and feed our own life energy from the magnetic resonance of the world around us. As our sensitivity to nature grows through these exercises we gain the ability to master these energies and utilize them in our own physical and spiritual self-transformation. With a concise yet comprehensive overview of chi kung's theoretical background and more than fifty exercises that are well within the capability of anyone, regardless of age or physical condition, Chi Kung is an ideal guide to improving health and awakening the slumbering potential within.

Dr. YVES REQUENA, an acupuncturist and phytotherapist, is the director of the European Institute of Chi Kung, an organization that trains people to teach this ancient discipline. He has published several books in France on chi kung. He lives in Paris.

Zhang Fuxing: Tai Chi Chuan

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This special guide incorporates all three forms of T'ai Chi Ch'uan exercises, derived from the Yang style Short Form, Long Form, and Push Hands. Along with more than 600 illustrations, Zhang provides easy-to-understand descriptions of the postures and movements used in each form. Two charts are included to show the foot position and body orientation for both the Short and Long Forms. This ancient and unique fitness art can:

• Improve your circulation, digestion, and coordination;
• Heighten your awareness;
• Help achieve and maintain proper body weight;
• Strengthen your joints and build flexibility;
• Improve your physical, mental, and emotional health;
• Increase your immune function and prevent illness;
• Slow the aging process and prolong your life.

People of any age can reap the benefits of Tai Chi Ch'uan. Use this practical, thorough, and accessible guidebook to learn the fitness art of T'ai Chi Ch'uan and make it a part of your daily life.

Zhang Fuxing was born in Shaanxi, China, in 1921. A professor of translation and Honorary Member of the Council of Shaanxi Translators Association, he taught translation courses at Man Foreign Languages University for many years. There he also served as director of the Translation Teaching and Research Section. He has published several books, including Allusive English Idioms, Lectures on Chinese-English Translation (coauthor) and A Dictionary of English Proverbs with Explanations in both English and Chinese (co-editor). His essays on translation theory and technique have been published in magazines, such as Chinese Translator's journal, and Foreign Languages Teaching and Studying. His translations (from English into Chinese) include works by Dr. Eugene A. Nida and Arthur Conan Doyle.

Zhang Fuxing's lifelong hobby is T'ai Chi Ch'uan. He has studied and practiced this ancient fitness art for over forty years. He has always hoped to share its great benefit with )thers. Handbook of Tai Chi Ch'uan Exercises is the result of that hope.