Review: Tai Chi Chuan Martial Power, Advanced Yang Style By Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming

This book could be called “The Ultimate Guide to Jing.” Dr. Yang talks about jing in his various other books and DVDs, but I’ve found this to be the most comprehensive resource on the subject. In fact, Dr. Yang spends 119 out of 197 pages of content discussing jing. So what is jing, anyway? “Jing,” says Dr.… Continue reading Review: Tai Chi Chuan Martial Power, Advanced Yang Style By Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming

There Needs To Be a “Tai Chi Chin Na” for Each Karate Form

Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming’s Tai Chi Chin Na Revised: The Seizing Art of Tai Chi Chuan is exactly the type of book that Okinawan karate needs for its forms. Over the past several years, I have been working with my karate instructor to develop extensions on the basic applications of each of the forms in my… Continue reading There Needs To Be a “Tai Chi Chin Na” for Each Karate Form

Meridian Qigong DVD Features Easy Exercises

These exercises are so easy you don’t even have to get out of bed to do them. In fact, Dr. Yang designed these exercises for your bed! The Meridian Qigong – Combined Qigong, Yoga & Acupressure (YMAA) by Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming three-hour DVD features mostly 38 exercises. Dr. Yang combined these exercises from qigong movements,… Continue reading Meridian Qigong DVD Features Easy Exercises

Review: Tai Chi Ball Qigong Book and DVD

I don’t know of a more prolific writer in Chinese martial arts right now than Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming, at the YMAA Publication Center. Each of Dr. Yang’s books reveal more about tai chi, qigong, and overall health. This book, Tai Chi Ball Qigong: For Health and Martial Arts, delves into much more detail than some of… Continue reading Review: Tai Chi Ball Qigong Book and DVD