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Tai Chi For Health
| Tai Chi For Health |
| Autore | Maisel Edward |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | San Francisco : , : Hauraki Publishing, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (172 pages) |
| Disciplina | 613.7/148 |
| Soggetto topico |
Tai chi
Exercise |
| ISBN | 1-78625-902-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- DEDICATION -- PART I-LEARNING ABOUT TAI CHI: The important health benefits it offers you -- 1-Tai Chi: The What and the Why -- Tai Chi: A Non-strenuous, Pleasant Conditioner -- Tai Chi-a Health Secret from Ancient China -- Tai Chi's Benefits Endorsed by Medical Authorities -- The Dangers of Strenuous Physical Activity -- The Effect of Exercise on Life Span -- Sports Are Not the Answer -- 2-How Tai Chi Works Wonders for Your Health -- Tai Chi: An All-Around Conditioner -- 108 Easy Ways to Health-Done Slow and Easy -- Not a Dance or a Performance -- No Special Clothing or Equipment Needed -- Practice Anywhere -- The Breath of Life -- The Benefits of Good Breathing -- How Tai Chi Helps You Breathe -- Avoid the "Oxygen Jag" -- 3-Other Health Benefits of Tai Chi -- Age Is No Barrier -- A Way to Remain Youthful -- Continuous Flowing Movement Is the Secret -- Tai Chi in Three Sections -- Tai Chi Prevents Freak Injuries -- How to Relax and Sleep Well -- Arthritis and Tai Chi -- If You Are Overweight -- Other Personal Problems and Diabetes -- Benefits the Eyes -- 4-Greater Mental Powers Through Tai Chi -- Tai Chi-The Safe Tranquilizer -- Furnishes Strong Motivation -- Never Becomes Dismal or a Dull Habit -- Awakens Your Mental Powers -- Become a "Whole" Person -- The "Crown of the Senses" -- The Somato-Psychic Benefits -- Advantages Not Found in Yoga -- 5-Tai Chi and Your Heart -- Heart Trouble Is Widespread -- Lack of Physical Activity-a Major Factor -- Daily Exercise-a Preventive Measure -- How Tai Chi Benefits the Heart -- What Research Revealed -- Tai Chi Supplies that Certain "Something" -- Tai Chi-the "Wise" Exercise -- 6-Relaxation and Relief from Body Aches and Pains -- How to Relax the Entire Body -- Become a Marionette -- Your Body Becomes Efficient -- Tai Chi Relieves Backache -- Adapt Tai Chi to Your Body.
PART II-THE PRACTICE OF TAI CHI: How To Do It -- The Ten Basic Rules -- A Way to Begin -- Six Helpful Hints -- Section One-Lessons 1-15 (Form 1-20) -- Section Two-Lessons 1-15 (Form 21-57) -- Section Three-Lessons 1-15 (Form 58-108) -- Short Tai Chi -- Continuing with Tai Chi -- Tai Chi to the Left -- Tai Chi with Speed -- To Advance with Tai Chi -- Handy Check-list of the 108 Forms -- PART III-THE STORY OF TAI CHI: How It Can Help You Gain New Benefits from Your Practice -- 7-How It All Began -- Male and Female -- Breathing and Butting -- Imitation of Animal Movements -- Our 108 Forms and the 37 Actions -- 8-The Search for the Mysterious Old Man -- Tai Chi and Self-Defense -- Chang San-feng, Tai Chi's Originator -- The Secret of Immortality -- Effortlessness-the Key to Tai Chi -- 9-A 400-Year Secret -- The Northern School and the Southern School -- How the Chens Kept "The Secret" -- How "The Secret" Was Revealed to the World -- The First School -- Carrying on the Ancient Tradition -- 10-On to America! -- Tai Chi in Modern Times -- Widespread Adoption of Tai Chi -- Other Forms of Tai Chi -- The Tai Chi Boom in America -- APPENDIX-THE THREE CLASSIC WRITINGS ON TAI CHI -- I. A Discussion on the Practice of Tai Chi Chuan -- II The Treatise on Tat Chi Chuan -- III. An Exposition on the Practice of the 13 Movement Forms. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910156270503321 |
Maisel Edward
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| San Francisco : , : Hauraki Publishing, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Taijiquan and the search for the little old Chinese man [[electronic resource] ] : understanding identity through martial arts / / by Adam D. Frank
| Taijiquan and the search for the little old Chinese man [[electronic resource] ] : understanding identity through martial arts / / by Adam D. Frank |
| Autore | Frank Adam D (Adam Dean) |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2006.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (337 p.) |
| Disciplina | 613.7/148 |
| Soggetto topico |
Tai chi
Martial arts |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-36108-9
9786611361082 0-230-60152-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Romanization and Pronunciation Guide; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Body: Daoism, QI, and the Making of Social-Sensual Identities; 2 Bodies, Lineages, Alleys; 3 Park Lives and Secret Spaces; 4 Barbaric Glass and Indecipherable Causes: Taijiquan as Public Art; 5 ""Through Martial Arts We Will Become Friends"": Taijiquan as Master Symbol of Modernity; 6 Kung Fu Fantasies and Imagined Identities; 7 Global Chinatown; 8 Body Redux; Notes; Appendix I: Wu Style Slow Taijiquan (Wu shi taiji man quan) Posture Names; Appendix II: JTA Lineage Chart
Appendix III: Literature of Interest on Martial Arts and Critical Race TheoryGlossary; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450603703321 |
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Frank Adam D (Adam Dean)
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| New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Taijiquan and the search for the little old Chinese man [[electronic resource] ] : understanding identity through martial arts / / by Adam D. Frank
| Taijiquan and the search for the little old Chinese man [[electronic resource] ] : understanding identity through martial arts / / by Adam D. Frank |
| Autore | Frank Adam D (Adam Dean) |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2006.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (337 p.) |
| Disciplina | 613.7/148 |
| Soggetto topico |
Tai chi
Martial arts |
| ISBN |
1-281-36108-9
9786611361082 0-230-60152-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Romanization and Pronunciation Guide; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Body: Daoism, QI, and the Making of Social-Sensual Identities; 2 Bodies, Lineages, Alleys; 3 Park Lives and Secret Spaces; 4 Barbaric Glass and Indecipherable Causes: Taijiquan as Public Art; 5 ""Through Martial Arts We Will Become Friends"": Taijiquan as Master Symbol of Modernity; 6 Kung Fu Fantasies and Imagined Identities; 7 Global Chinatown; 8 Body Redux; Notes; Appendix I: Wu Style Slow Taijiquan (Wu shi taiji man quan) Posture Names; Appendix II: JTA Lineage Chart
Appendix III: Literature of Interest on Martial Arts and Critical Race TheoryGlossary; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784127603321 |
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Frank Adam D (Adam Dean)
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| New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Taijiquan and the search for the little old Chinese man [[electronic resource] ] : understanding identity through martial arts / / by Adam D. Frank
| Taijiquan and the search for the little old Chinese man [[electronic resource] ] : understanding identity through martial arts / / by Adam D. Frank |
| Autore | Frank Adam D (Adam Dean) |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2006.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (337 p.) |
| Disciplina | 613.7/148 |
| Soggetto topico |
Tai chi
Martial arts |
| ISBN |
1-281-36108-9
9786611361082 0-230-60152-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Romanization and Pronunciation Guide; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Body: Daoism, QI, and the Making of Social-Sensual Identities; 2 Bodies, Lineages, Alleys; 3 Park Lives and Secret Spaces; 4 Barbaric Glass and Indecipherable Causes: Taijiquan as Public Art; 5 ""Through Martial Arts We Will Become Friends"": Taijiquan as Master Symbol of Modernity; 6 Kung Fu Fantasies and Imagined Identities; 7 Global Chinatown; 8 Body Redux; Notes; Appendix I: Wu Style Slow Taijiquan (Wu shi taiji man quan) Posture Names; Appendix II: JTA Lineage Chart
Appendix III: Literature of Interest on Martial Arts and Critical Race TheoryGlossary; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812396203321 |
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Frank Adam D (Adam Dean)
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| New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Traditional chinese exercises / / Jianmei Qu and Xinqing Wang
| Traditional chinese exercises / / Jianmei Qu and Xinqing Wang |
| Autore | Qu Jianmei |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (207 p.) |
| Disciplina | 613.71 |
| Collana | The Chinese Way |
| Soggetto topico |
Qi gong
Tai chi Massage |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-4438-8355-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460622103321 |
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Qu Jianmei
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| Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Traditional chinese exercises / / Jianmei Qu and Xinqing Wang
| Traditional chinese exercises / / Jianmei Qu and Xinqing Wang |
| Autore | Qu Jianmei |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (207 p.) |
| Disciplina | 613.71 |
| Collana | The Chinese Way |
| Soggetto topico |
Qi gong
Tai chi Massage |
| ISBN | 1-4438-8355-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797637503321 |
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Qu Jianmei
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| Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Traditional chinese exercises / / Jianmei Qu and Xinqing Wang
| Traditional chinese exercises / / Jianmei Qu and Xinqing Wang |
| Autore | Qu Jianmei |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (207 p.) |
| Disciplina | 613.71 |
| Collana | The Chinese Way |
| Soggetto topico |
Qi gong
Tai chi Massage |
| ISBN | 1-4438-8355-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813208003321 |
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Qu Jianmei
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| Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Soggetto topico
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Tai chi
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- Martial arts (5)
- Massage (3)
- Qi gong (3)
- Tai chi - History (3)