Title: Tai Chi Ch'uan -- The Chinese Way
Author: Foen Tjoeng Lie, 1988
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Co, Inc., NY, NY
ISBN: 0-8069-6826-5

Comments:
Best Treaty on 24 Form Peking (Modified Yang) style. Gives good diagrams on forms, footwork, and text on forms and transitions.

 

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Title: YANG STYLE TAI CHI CHUAN
Author: Yang Jwing-Ming, 1982
Publisher: Unique Publications, Inc., Burbank, CA
ISBN: 0-86568-023-X

Comments:
I believe Master Yang is one of the best writers of Chinese Martial arts and he makes Chinese philosophy approachable and understandable to the Western world.
Best Treaty on Yang style long form. Although this is one of his first books, form pictures are interspersed with Martial application pictures which helps give meaning to the form. Form pictures describe good technique. Text explains movement through forms and transitions. Only thing missing in this book is any diagrams on foot work. Basics on Chi Kung circulation and meditation also described.

 

Title: Chen Style T'ai Chi Ch'uan -- Thirty-six and Fifty-six Movements
Author: Xing Yanling, 1993
Publisher: Sugawara Martial Arts Institute Inc., Tokyo, Japan
ISBN: 0-87040-909-3

Comments:
Very detailed introduction to Chen style Tai Chi. good pictures of forms, basic movements, and warm-up to Chen forms.

 

 

Title: THE TAO OF TAI-CHI CHUAN -- Way to Rejuvenation
Author: Jou, Tsumg Hwa, Edited by ShoShana Shapiro, Ph.D., 1988
Publisher: Tai Chi Foundation, Warwick, New York

Comments:
Master Jou is an incredible man that I met this spring (1997) at the Tai Chi Farm in Warwick, NY. His energy and teaching he shared with us was inspirational to me. It was serundipitous that two weeks after the Chang San Feng festival at Warwick NY, I was on a business trip and found this copy in a local book store.
This book is devoted to many different aspects of Tai Chi Chuan exercises, forms and styles; meditation and Chi Kung; Tai Chi Chuan and I Ching philosophy; experiences; and pushing hands. This book is not easy reading, but it is an exhaustive reference that any serious practioner of Tai Chi Chuan will continue to reread, reference, and find new insights with each reading.

 

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Title: THE ESSENCE OF TAI CHI CHI KUNG -- HEALTH AND MARTIAL ARTS
Author: Yang Jwing-Ming, 1995
Publisher: YMAA PUBLICATION CENTER, 38 Hyde Park Avenue., Jamaica Plain, MA. 02130
ISBN: 0-940871-10-6
Comments:
Book devoted on developing one's internal energy (Chi). Chi Kung breathing and circulation techniques described. Good section on form exercises and Chi circulation.

 

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Comments:
Book focused on Chi Kung Theory, Chi circulation channels and vessels, Chi regulation and control.

 

 

Title: ADVANCED YANG STYLE TAI CHI CHUAN -- VOLUME ONE MARTIAL APPLICATIONS
Author: Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming, 1991
Publisher: YMAA PUBLICATION CENTER, 38 Hyde Park Avenue., Jamaica Plain, MA. 02130
ISBN: 0-940871-02-5

Comments:
Not a beginner's book. Detailed treaty on Tai Chi Theory, Chi generation and transportation, and Tai Chi Jing (internal power). Differences betweem Jing an Li and jing training and applications explained.

 

Author: Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming, 1991

Publisher: YMAA PUBLICATION CENTER, 38 Hyde Park Avenue., Jamaica Plain, MA. 02130
ISBN: 0-940871-03-3

Comments:
Not a beginner's book. Detailed treaty on analysis of Tai Chi techniques, and Tai Chi fighting set, martial applications and adaptations to the Yang style Tai Chi Chuan forms, includes Downing, Chin Na, and striking techniques. A good follow-on from Volume One.