Posted by Alan, 11 Feb 2007.

The new book "Tai Chi for Everybody" by Karel and Eva Koskuba, published by Readers Digest, is highly recommended. Other good books are listed below.

Introductory books for beginners
Introduction To Tai Chi	Alan Peck, Optima
Movements Of Magic	Bob Klein, Frog Ltd
There Are No Secrets	Woolfe Lowenthal, North Atlantic
Gateway To The Miraculous	Woolfe Lowenthal, North Atlantic
Tai Chi Chuan For Health And Self Defence	T.T. Laing, Vintage Books
These books are important reading for those who develop a strong interest as these are translations of original works (Classics).
Cultivating The Chi	Stuart Alve Olson, Dragon Door
The Intrinsic Energies Of Tai Chi Chuan	Stuart Alve Olson, Dragon Door
The Essence Of Tai Chi Chuan	Lo/Inn/Amacker/Foe, North Atlantic
Tai Chi Touchstones	Douglas Wile, Sweet Chi Press
The Tai Chi Boxing Chronicle	Kuo/Guttman, North Atlantic Books
The Inner Structure of Tai Chi	Mantak Chia/Juan Li, Healing Tao Books
Advanced Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan Vol 1	Dr. Yang Jwing Ming, YMAA Pub. Cnt.
Mind Over Matter; Higher Martial Arts	Shi Ming/Siao Weija, Frog Ltd.
Chen Style Taijiquan - The Source of Taiji Boxing	Davidine Siaw-Voon Sim and david Gaffney, North Atlantic Books

There are other interesting books on the market. Avoid those that are glossy and those that are mostly pictures of the form (they will invariably be different to the form you are studying, and it is very difficult to learn from them)

Posted by Alan, 11 Feb 2007.

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