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Originally published in 1998, this book has become a martial arts classic. It provides detailed descriptions of the three main internal martial arts—tai chi (taiji), hsing-i (xingyi) and ba gua (pakua)—and their sub-styles, as well as how they differ from each other and from such external arts as karate, tae kwon do and judo. Each internal martial art is analyzed in terms of its fighting strategies and applications. This revised edition includes 50 pages of additional material including a new chapter on martial arts and spirituality.This was the first book to provide in-depth information to Westerners about nei gung (neijiaquan), the sophisticated Taoist system developed in ancient China for working with chi in the body, mind and spirit. Chi helps build relaxed speed and power without the use of muscular tension or adrenaline surges. This gives many internal martial artists a powerful edge over counterparts trained in external martial arts.
The book provides vivid details about Frantzis' personal training odyssey in the martial arts, including fascinating profiles of such renowned martial artists as Morehei Ueshiba, founder of Aikido; ba gua master Wang Shu Jin, who emanated chi so powerfully that on cold days his students could warm their hands by standing near him; and Liu Hung Chieh, the legendary master of the internal martial arts and Taoist meditation who also had a complete knowledge of traditional Chinese medical theory.
The new edition demystifies the technique known as fa jin, the storage and sudden discharge of energy without the use of muscular force, one aspect of which is demonstrated on the front cover. The new edition also adds a lengthy chapter on the spiritual development of a martial artist, and describes how the internal martial arts are linked to Taoist meditation.
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David Leyonhjelm
reviewed The Power of Internal Martial Arts and Chi: Combat and Energy Secrets of Ba Gua, Tai Chi and Hsing-I on March 30, 2013
The Power of Internal Martial Arts and Chi
I have dabbled on and off (mostly off) in the arts for a few decades and recently started again, taking tai chi. This book has been collecting dust on my bookshelf for decades too. With my renewed interest in martial arts I ordered the author's latest version of the book and got to reading.
I don't know if any "combat secrets" are revealed here but this book talks in depth about the mechanics, applications and principles of the 3 internal arts. This not a how-to book. If you are studying the internal arts this book can augment that. If you're interested in the study of the internal arts and the differences between them and the external arts it is also good. Bear in mind that the author main study is Bagua and he doesn't hide the fact that he thinks the internal arts and Bagua are superior. If you can get past this or you already agree the book is chock-full of info.
On the other hand The chapter at the end on spirituality in the martial arts is prefaced with the fact that he's not going to describe any of the methods on how to do it because you have to do it with a teacher.
Then he talks about how great it is but at the same time how hard it is. It is way harder than the "eating bitter" m.a. talks about, he says. Really, how? I found this chapter boring and skimmed it. The chapter on health in m.a. was not that exciting to me either and has more chi exaggerations. I wish I had just read the original version that I already had instead of ordering the new version with these two new chapters.
What I liked most about the book
* The general principle of the book, i.e. the in-depth discussion of the 3 internal arts and the internal arts in general
* The bios of all the different masters he studied with and the interesting personal stories thrown in
What I did not like about the book
* His, in my opinion, exaggerations of the powers of Chi. I don't believe you can control people in another room or kill people or whatever by projecting chi. To me this really dragged my opinion of the book down.
* As I said before on the last two chapters...
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