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Tai Chi for Every Body

By: Eva Koskuba Karel Koskuba
Binding: Spiral-bound
Publisher: Reader's Digest Association,U.S.
ISBN: 0762106840
ISBN-13: 9780762106844
Released: 01 Jan 2007
RRP: £19.99
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Easy to follow - By: Kristin, 25 Aug 2008
There is never anything better than hands on teaching, especiallly for internal arts like Tai Chi & Qigong, but this book goes a long way to filling that gap by offering lots of step by step photos, & sitting as well as standing is also covered. All you need is a smalll table to stand the book on - which handily has its own built in stand, & a mirror so you can see what you are doing & you will soon start to pick up the basic flow of the exercises. Great for beginners who need some extra information on the forms outside of a class, & for experts wishing to realign themselves
Excellent introduction - By: Annie, 26 Dec 2007
It's possible that having lessons from Karel & Eva (as I do) biases you but I've looked at enough tai chi books now to feel I can say this is a reallly good one. The photographs are clear & well-posed from a variety of angles & use a range of models. The warm-up exercises are varied & comprehensively explained & will stand by themselves as a way of developing fitness, core strength & poise. The structural principles underlying tai chi are made clear & the link between these & the form is well-made. The book also includes a pictorial guide (still photos & also a film strip-like sequence) to the first part of the Chen Laojia tai chi form. This might be a little hard to follow without having attended a few classes first but then who would ever suggest you could learn the form from a book! I recommend taking some classes from Karel & Eva - you will be inspired, impressed & amused. Do buy the book too!
The real deal - By: D. M. Straker, 11 Apr 2007
I first attended lessons with Karel & Eva around 1990 after doing classes elsewhere & stayed with them until job hours took me away, though I still integrate what I learned with them into daily living. They have a superb approach & a detail of understanding born of a dedication to the Chinese internal arts that reaches back many years & is still in evidence as they still study with the Chinese masters.

Books can never replace lessons but a lot can be learned from them. This is not floaty fluffy stuff but the real deal. If that's what you want, then I cannot recommend this book more highly.