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Simplified Tai Chi Chuan 24 & 48 Postures with Applications (2nd Edition Revised)

by Liang, Shou-Yu, Wen-Ching Wu

This book is designed for self-study and can help you learn both the Simplified Tai Chi 24 Posture form and the Simplified Tai Chi Chuan 48 Posture form quickly and accurately.

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Release date: 
April 1, 2014
Paperback: 336 pages
Dimensions: 
9.38 × 7.31 × 0.75 in
ISBN: 9781594392788

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Release date: 
April 1, 2014
Paperback: 336 pages
Dimensions: 
9.38 × 7.31 × 0.75 in
ISBN: 9781594392788
This item is eligible for free shipping (Conditions apply).
Average: 3.8 (8 votes)
Skill Level: 1 2 3

We've doubled the size of this book!

A new layout that guarantees easier learning. Larger photographs, step by step instructions for each movement right under the photos!

This revised edition of our best selling beginner Tai Chi Chuan book includes a new and modern easy-to-follow layout. Every tai chi movement is presented in 2-4 large photographs with clear instructions, followed by key points to help you learn properly.

Simplified Tai Chi Chuan 24 Posture is one of today’s most popular tai chi forms. Once learned, it can be performed in only six minutes. If you are learning tai chi in a school, a fitness club, a community or recreation center, or even the local park, this is the tai chi form you are likely to encounter.

The martial arts applications for each posture are shown so you can understand that every movement has a purpose.

Simplified Tai Chi Chuan 48 Posture is a popular tai chi form practiced by those who want a longer, more challenging sequence. Once learned, it can be performed in only twelve minutes. The forty-eight posture form is often the next form a student studies after learning the twenty-four posture form.

Here’s what is inside this book:

  • Theory to help you understand tai chi’s important tai chi concepts
  • Warm up exercises for safe and proper tai chi practice
  • Fundamentals so your tai chi movements will be easy and natural
  • Foot diagrams so you will know what direction to face
  • The complete Simplified Tai Chi Chuan 24 Posture form, step-by-step
  • Martial applications for each movement of the 24 posture form
  • The complete Simplified Tai Chi Chuan 48 Posture form, step-by-step

No matter your age, tai chi chuan is a wonderful way to improve your health and well-being.

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USA Best Books Award - Finalist - 2015

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If you arrived at this page from a QR code found on the back of the book Simplified Tai Chi Chuan 24 & 48 Postures with Applications 3rd edition you are in the right place.

Here are a few videos to help you see the Simplified 24 Posture Tai Chi form in action. The DVD (150 minutes long) provides all the movements found in the book, the Simplified 24 Posture form, the Simplified 48 Posture form, and many martial arts application. Enjoy!

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Videos

Simplified 24 Posture Tai Chi Chuan form

Grandmaster Liang Shou-Yu demonstrates the complete form.

Introduction to Tai Chi

Learn basic Tai Chi concepts.

Simplified 24 Posture Tai Chi Chuan Applications 1 & 2

Each movement has a martial arts application.


About the Authors

Liang, Shou-Yu

Liang, Shou-Yu was born on June 28, 1943 in the city of Chongqian, Sichuan Province, China. When he was six he began his training in Qigong, the art of breathing and internal energy control, under the tutelage of his renowned grandfather, the late Liang, Zhi-Xiang. Mr. Liang was taught the esoteric skills of the Emei Mountain sect, including Da Peng Qigong. When he was eight, his grandfather made special arrangements for him to begin training Emei Wushu (martial arts). In 1959, Mr. … More »

Wen-Ching Wu

Wen-Ching Wu was born in Taiwan, China in 1964. He loved Wushu and many othe sports since a young age. During high school he was on the school's basketball an softball teams. He graduated from high school as a salutatorian. He came to the U.S. in 1983 to study Mechanical Engineering and in 1988, he graduated with honors fro Northeastern University, with a BSME degree. … More »