Taiji Quan for Self Defense

[Samoobramba]

The book describe the Taiji Quan origins and include the author's commentaries of the most important Taiji Quan classics. The book gives an unique explanation of the Taiji Quan principles and the 13 energies. In the book can be found all the main solo and partner exercises of the real Taiji Quan. The book explans how Taiji Quan is used in fighting and gives the daily practice guidelines.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DJZ6422N

[Samoobramba]

Here is the table of contents from the book.

[Samoobramba]

Striking hands (Da Shou) practice (recorded for demo purposes, the actual practice is usually done more slowly)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KeKoEqJhvQ

[Thrice Daily]

Have you guys heard of Chen Pan Ling. I had the opportunity to learn some, I only did a little though.

 

It is a style developed by an engineer who also studied many Martial Arts styles, see here; 

https://www.plumpub.com/sales/dvd/dvdcoll_chenpanling1.htm

 

It struck me as being highly effective and the way it worked with the motherline I was aware of in my wingchun practice really impressed me at the time. The martial application is excellent, if you get the chance to train it, try it...

[Samoobramba]

Yes, we know about Chen Pan Ling and his Taijiquan form. Howerver the Taijiquan in the book Taiji Quan for Self Defense is even older and is base of the principles. Als the principles are clearly explained in the book.

[Thrice Daily]

18 minutes ago, Samoobramba said:

Yes, we know about Chen Pan Ling and his Taijiquan form. Howerver the Taijiquan in the book Taiji Quan for Self Defense is even older and is base of the principles. Als the principles are clearly explained in the book.

Cool, have you got any good online reading on par with this book. I can see a lot of stuff floatng around onlne, not this particular book though. 

[Samoobramba]

Sorry, but online is a lot of BS. Today al the popular course are not very good. In the book I distilled and aranged all the crucial material to began to practice Taijiquan on the right path.

There were no space to go through any Taijiquan form, not to go through any specific Qigong set, not to explain the fighting details. However I gave all the principles, I desctibed them, gave the exercises to practice them and gave the right informations on how to approch to fighting. There is no other resource on Taijiquan with this info! I have more than 1000 books on IMA, probably the same amount of instructional videos and video courses.

If anybody is realy interested what the real Taijiquan is/was about will purchase these book. The price may seem high, but is very low compared what the reader get from the book.

[Thrice Daily]

Really, you feel it is the best book out of 1000. That is quite a statement.

 

What do you think made the book so supreme over the others?

 

Do you think it could be because it really clicked with you and your learning style more than the efficacy of the book? 
 

What is the story behind the book, who created it, what was his life and training like?

 

I liked Chen Pan Ling as he was an engineer. And I think he brought much of this understanding to the TaiChi that is what I believed and at the time I noticed very much that fit this narrative. Very intricate, very respectful of mother line, not breaking or collapsing structure and showing vulnerability. 

[doc benway]

On 10/29/2024 at 11:52 AM, Thrice Daily said:

Have you guys heard of Chen Pan Ling.

 

Yes, I studied and continue to practice Chen Pan Ling's internal arts - taiji, xingyi, and bagua. 

My teacher studied with his student, Chen Jin Pao.

Very good stuff. 

His book on Taijiquan has been translated into English and is very useful. 

[Thrice Daily]

Blessings to you, Thankyou for your response Doc.

 

Chen Jin Pao Looks like a gooden, just watching him now here. Lucky to have this rare bit on YouTube by the looks of things. Scarce footage.

 

I’ll certainly revisit this and look for the book. Thanks again…

 

 

[Samoobramba]

9 hours ago, Thrice Daily said:

Really, you feel it is the best book out of 1000. That is quite a statement.

 

What do you think made the book so supreme over the others?

 

Do you think it could be because it really clicked with you and your learning style more than the efficacy of the book? 
 

What is the story behind the book, who created it, what was his life and training like?

 

I liked Chen Pan Ling as he was an engineer. And I think he brought much of this understanding to the TaiChi that is what I believed and at the time I noticed very much that fit this narrative. Very intricate, very respectful of mother line, not breaking or collapsing structure and showing vulnerability. 

1) As I said i have more than 1000 books on IMA. Usualy in the books are not a lot of useful info. Maybe some book are very good. This book has all the things I found useful in the other books and also I added things that are not in the other books.

2) The book is the synthesis of my discoveries on Taiji Quan. Is the collection of my findings on Taiji Quan. I tried to write a book about the Taiji Quan as was 150 years ago, also taught at the Imperial Palace by Yang Lu Chan, desctibe it's principles and main exercises.

3) Yes, I know about the Chen Pan Ling's form/style. IMHO is not bad. However his style was made in the 19th century upon the Yang, Wu and Chen style. At that time fighting was not anymore a priority and a lot of principles were not taken into account.