T'Ai Chi Ch'Uan and Meditation

Excellent read for any student of martial arts, not just for T'ai Chi. - During my brief period studying Chinese-Indonesia arts my Sifu recommended this book. I got more than I expected and wished I found it sooner. Most people know Tai Chi was created as a complement to meditation, but this explains why. This book will not teach you Tai Chi but explains the relationship of the movements in Tai Chi to the movement of Chi in the body. Includes diagrams and explanations of meridians, I Ching and Tai Chi Tu.

A very good book and explores several different things within Tai Chi. However do not expect to "learn" tai chi from this or any other book. Tai Chi cannot be learned from a book and meditation without tai chi is simply meditation. Some of the meditation requires one to focus within a specific part of the body which is difficult to do. This is definitely one of the best books available on this subject. However to achieve any benefits and to understand, one must have a real instructor to lead you into it.

Read everything you can find by Da Liu, they can still be found.

This book is an often overlooked masterpiece on the subject of Tai chi chuan and meditation. Master Da Liu writes extensively on exercises from his own practice. Including coordination of qi circulation with the movements of the Yang Long Form. He also discusses the basics of Taoist meditation. A must for serious tai chi students.