Tai Chi

Moving at the Speed of Truth

By: William Broughton Burt

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Paperback | 26 July 2018

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262 Pages

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20.32 x 12.7 x 1.5

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From the author:

Please don't try to learn Tai Chi by rote memorization. That's the usual way, and it's a Confucian teaching device for a Confucian age. This book devotes over two hundred pages to fresh, original explanations of what Tai Chi is and how it works.

As an educator, I've found that a principle-driven approach really softens the learning curve. Once we've absorbed the global principles of Tai Chi, the details more or less fall into place. Unfortunately, global information can be hard to come by in your usual Tai Chi class - which I'm not dissing. Really, there are some great teachers out there, and zillions of successful students. But modern Westerners need, uh, a little additional information. Confucians we are not. What we are is busy, and few of us are going to follow along obediently for three or four years in a program that's never been explained to us.

You want my advice? Learn Tai Chi. Just however you can. It's that good. But do yourself a favor and read these pages first. You'll feel very empowered when you line up for that first lesson, and you'll stay loose and light all the way through the learning curve. That's important because you never reach the end of it. Tai Chi is all learning curve.

Industry Reviews

"This is easily the best book on Tai Chi I've ever read. I've been teaching Tai Chi for a number of years, and I was floored by the unique perspective the author brings to the practice. I've read the book from cover to cover three times, and I've gotten some gold nuggets of advice every time I've read it." - 5 stars, Amazon Verified Purchase

"This is not your usual Tai Chi book, the author reverse engineered a lot of the principles of the art getting a very interesting up take. No Chinese mystery here, just a sincere fellow truth seeker that states that this practice is accessible to any one who is honest. Really buy this book it will give you at least one bright insight and hopefully more than one." - 5 stars, Amazon Verified Purchase

"Most tai chi masters began at the age of 3 and when they become masters they don't necessarily know why they make moves in a certain way, at least they don't know how to teach adult americans why moves are done in a certain way. Burt goes into deep detail to explain why tai chi is done the way it is. This can make all the difference to american students. I would like to give this book a rating of 5 stars squared." - 5 stars, Amazon Verified Purchase

"Whether you are a beginner, or have been taking tai chi for years I promise- you will gain by having this book in your library. The book is well written, and in a style that is easy to read. It feels like you are sitting with the instructor talking about Tai Chi. I would call this a modern 'Tai Chi Classic'." - 5 stars, Amazon Verified Purchase

"Burt's 'clever material' is both useful and, indeed, clever. And while some may cry 'woo-woo' at his Theory of Everything, the author does a colorful job of expounding Hindu-Buddhist-Taoist cosmology, with a dash of quantum physics thrown in for good measure. Not an easy task. This is not your grandfather's Tai Chi book." - 5 stars, Amazon Verified Purchase

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