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Highly recommend....
I am grateful for this qigong training course. I have tried a couple of other videos for qigong practice but this IS THE course to have if you are to have one. I'm using the techniques in concert with the treatment I have received for rheumatoid arthritis and have been pleasantly suprised by the results. This has been noted by the accupuncturist as well. Treatments in the western medicine are expensive and I am happy to note that I have been having far better results with the practice of qigong complimenting my treatments.

Significant contribution to Qigong Education
Many of us cannot always get to places in California, the West Coast or the North Eastern US to meet and train with skilled Qigong Teachers. This kit addresses both personal graduated training and depth of style. Where it is most important is the ability to target the 100 days by a skilled weekly program where progress is obvious. Too many Qigong media detail exercises or procedures in books or video that show the "completed" forms and do not graduate these for new learners. Beginners like myself find this approach difficult to follow. Starting Qigong disciplines is like learning to ride a horse and has to be learned in stages. Ken Cohen has achieved this in a most inexpensive manner. Keep up the good work!.

Outstanding!
Qigong has become a little fashionable of late, but the fact is that it is demonstrably effective for maintaining health, and there is a growing body of decent research indicating that it may also be a useful adjunctive treatment for an array of illnesses.
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Chinese medical Qigong therapy : a comprehensive clinical gu
The author's professed purpose of writing this book was to provide information concerning the professional standards of knowledge and skill required in contemorary China to obtain a license as "Doctor of Medical Qigong Therapy," and additionally to describe effective diagnostic and therapeutic methods of Medical Qigong therapy, as established by the Hai Dian Medical Qigong College of Beijing, and thereby provide a textbook for training to that standard under the guidance of a qualified instructor. As such, it is fair to say that there has never been as thorough an explication of medical qigong as is offered in this book. It joins with other current commendable efforts aimed at bringing the traditional medical knowledge of China into the sphere of English-speaking readers. Comprehensive Introduction to Medical Qigong
Never before in the history of Chinese Medicine has a book so comprehensive and thorough on Medical Qigong been available to the public. Written by an American Qigong doctor who studied extensively in China, this clinical textbook provides the first complete explanation of the energetic theory of ancient Chinese Medical Qigong that has for centuries eluded and confounded the West. Designed especially for the Western mind, this textbook contains over 1,125 pages of comprehensive text, and over 775 charts, photos and illustrations that provide an easily understood model of Medical Qigong Theory. Read more

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As Chunyi teaches, the energy vibrations of love, kindness and forgiveness are where the healing power comes from.
Qigong is an ancient practice in China, though it was outlawed during the Cultural Revolution and wasn't openly taught and practiced again until the late 1970s. Even so, much of the teaching is still closely guarded and revealed to only a select few. Qigong is based on the principle that everything is energy. The sky, the air, a rock, our bodies and even our thoughts are all forms of energy. Energy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can be transformed. Qigong teaches you how to transform energy for personal growth, health, healing and happiness. It involves a breathing technique, movements, mental focus and meditation. The basic concept of qigong is that energy balance is necessary for optimum health and wellness. When the body's flow of energy becomes blocked, then illness or complications can arise. The problem may be physical, mental or emotional. To resolve the problem, the energy blockage or blockages need to be removed, and the body's natural energy balance restored. Traditional qigong masters still teach their students that it is necessary to follow years of rigid adherence to very disciplined and often difficult techniques in order to experience the benefits of qigong practice and be able to assist others. This is how Chunyi Lin was taught.
Looks promising
This book is convincing, and I plan to try his approach. I appreciate knowing his background and realize he can't teach the entire program in what is basically a book to get you interested and he gives you enough instruction to begin his program. If you are in a hurry, order one of his video courses at the same time. Otherwise, work with the book, see how it goes, and then order the videos. Some things need to be seen as well as described. The chapters where people tell their experience are extremely helpful. I also ordered a video and two CDs, and the CD that leads you through a breathing meditation is very helpful. I asked my Bowen Technique therapist about this specific appropach and she said it is very powerful.

an inspiring read
a wonderful book to read any time, but especially when you are searching for answers to why you hurt and how you can help yourself and your family not hurt anymore.I love the idea that WE have the power to heal ourselves (some would say miraculously).We DO NOT have to feel dependant upon the "Gods" of medicine and pharmacies in order receive a false "cure"Heal yourself...for good!Read this book then make a way to go to one of his classes.It will change your life. ... Read more

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The search
This is a great book as an encyclopedia dealing in the development and history of Chinese Chi Kung, at a practical level I prefer the tapes of Al.

Great book
I've been studying Qigong for a while now and credit Dr. Yang for most of my progress. His books and DVDs are packed with accurate and substantial information with good form and detail. However it is obvious that Dr. Yang did not write this by himself. No offense to Dr. Yang but he can barely speak English and while he is able to communicate effectively verbally he is not by any stretch of the imagination fluent.
Highly Recommended
Very detail book for anyone practicing Qigong.It is a "must read" copy.If you need to jump start this book, go straight to Page 101 and thereafter. ... Read more

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Finest introduction to QiGong practice
This book is arguably the very finest introduction currently available to the practice of QiGong, especially for those who do not have access to a trustworthy living teacher. QiGong's burgeoning popularity has generated a plethora of both violently skeptical and credulously New-Agey essays. Rather than taking either on faith, you can actually experience internal Qi for yourself and make up your own mind as to its value, using this volume as a guide. Lam Kam-Chuen is one of a tiny handful of QiGong teachers who are fully qualified to write a practical instruction manual geared to the average Western person. For those who want to actually experience the truth about Qi for themselves rather than chew an academic cud of pre-digested dogma, this book is worth its weight in gold!

Very good coverage of the topic
This book really does a good job of explaining standing (Zhan Zhuang) and Qigong to the beginner.My sifu had recommended that I do standing practice, and had taught me a qigong set, and I found that reading this book helped me along.Some of the things (such as the Ba Duan Jin qigong set) differ slightly from the way I wastaught, but basically the book is right on the money, and does a good job of helping you understand what everything is for.I also like the warm up exercises before standing that he shows, they really do help.The book is very well illustrated also, which is a plus.Highly recommended, especially for anyone into internal martial arts.

Truly great teaching
I should have written this review many years ago but even then this book was highly rated. Master Chuen has written without a doubt the best book on chi kung for the person who wishes to practice this skill mostly through self teaching. I've been involved in the aikido and jujitsu for over 20 years and have practiced chi kung for about half that time. I spent several years trying to obtain clear and concise instruction without much success. This book provides very specific instruction on the complete cycle of chi kung exercises taking you from beginner to the more advanced...and always safely IF you follow the instructions for each step.
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Wonderful Book
I have several books on Chi Gung and this book compliments the rest. There is always more to learn and I did. The author writes beautifully and with enthusiasm. My Brother is a doctor of Chinese medicine, acupunture and also teachers Chi Gung and Tai Chi. I sent a copy to Shanghai for him to read, he said it is a great addition to his library.
Still the best book on qigong (neigong) around
Most people will not have the discipline and patience to work through this workbook on qigong, but for those who do, this is absolutely the finest presentation around.Even more advanced practioners will want to refer to this fundamental book again and again.
Chi Gung Demystified!
An excellent book explaining chi gung and how it works - great for both beginners and veterans of the art. I have read many other books on chi gung and always recommend this one because of it's clarity and authenticity. It's hard to find a book on chi gung that really explains what it is about, instead of just presenting moves that are hard to do without a teacher. A rare gem. ... Read more

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Good info despite pompousness
This book has some interesting anecdotes and good herbal remedies and qigong exercises.I did not care at all, however, for the pretentious "I'm so modest I must be great" style the guy has.This made me suspect the credibility of his tales.And this is too bad, because qigong is all that and more. A book that I could not put down!
With each page I read I felt that this could work for me. I have Lupus and I am desperately searching for a way to at least, stop the pain, and to come back to the living.This book has given me hope.I am truly amazedat the things that Dr. Liu has done in his life, but I know that it is notimpossible. I do believe in miracles. I wish that I could meet himpersonally. Thank You Dr. Liu, the book was wonderful!

Very interesting book
This book served as my introduction to Qi Gong.I had never heard of it before but since I have been searching for some pain relief I expanded my reading to healing techniques used by other cultures.I loved the authorsdescription in the first part of the book about becoming a Qi Gong master. After reading the book I became very interested in some of the exercisesand have included them in my exercise routine and have read more on thesubject of Qi Gong(Ken Cohen's "The Way of Qi Gong" is good). Most of the book is very easy to understand and implement.I have nottried any of the herb "remedies" he writes about because I don'tknow enough about them yet but feel the exercises are helpful. ... Read more

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too much long form tai chi
sirs: i was very disappointed in the contents. first of all i was looking for the 18 step chen style which is the simplest style.secondly i wanted to learn more about ki gong, and there wasn't much written.

Not true Tai Chi
The author continues to cover the same ground on how good Tai Chi is for one medically.After about the 10th time it becomes over kill.I haven't finished the book as I'm turned off by the lack of information that is true information on how to practice Tai Chi, look for a teacher, etc.As I have now found a true Tai Chi teacher, I realize how poor this book really is.This is the authors own style and does not necessarily reflect the main Tai Chi styles taught.If you're looking for a book on "real" Tai Chi, this isn't it.

Best Book on the Market for a Beginner
I consider Bill Douglas's "Complete Idiot's Guide to Tai Chi and Qigong" the "best book on the market for a beginner" precisely because it doesn't just teach a form.It does show one form, the Kwang Ping long form, in considerable detail; but the real value of the book is that it covers a lot of territory relating to tai chi and qigong quickly and amusingly.
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A treasure from one of the great ones
This book is my constant companion. I've carried my original 1985 copy with me everywhere since it was first published. I should declare my bias: I was a student at Professor Cheng's school in New York starting in 1974, the year before he passed, and studied and eventually taught there until 1986. All of his senior students considered this the Bible of Professor Cheng's form long before it was ever published in English. We had classes in which Ed Young, one of the Professor's senior students, translated it for us chapter by chapter, his forehead breaking out in a fine sweat with the effort of attempting to adequately convey the Professor's meaning. ( I still have my notes from those sessions, and Ben Lo's translation compares very favorably with Ed's.) I often quote or read from the Thirteen Treatises to my students, and always recommend it as an indispensable work. In short, if there is one single most essential volume on Professor Cheng's Tai Chi Chuan, this is it--and I believe it can prove equally valuable to students of other styles and forms. I especially recommend it in combination with "Master Cheng's New Method of Taichi Chuan Self-Cultivation," translated by Mark Hennessy (Frog Ltd., 1999).

Great classic by great master
If you're a serious tai chi practitioner this book should be in your library. Besides the invaluable knowledge it contains, this is just a very nice edition of the work. It's the only edition authorized by the professor's estate, and contains an introduction written by his wife, in addition to the translation by master Ben Lo. The cover painting of a white lotus and samples of calligraphy by Prof. Chen are nice touches, and the book is hardback and printed on higher quality you would get in a paperback edition. And the price is reasonable given the features and overall quality of the edition.
Classic Text Covers a Lot of Ground-- a few insights
Cheng Man Ching was what Westerners would term something of a Renaissance man.This is what I've determined.In Chinese culture, it was the essence of enlightenment to pursue numerous virtuous pursuits felt to advance one's spirit or soul.Master Cheng fulfilled this ideal-- he strove to master calligraphy, Chinese medicine, philosophy, as well as Tai Chi, among others.Read more

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great text and foot diagrams, dreadful photos
For a book that is intentended to be the ultimate guide to the cheng man ching short form it fails miserablery, the quality of the photos drag down the whole book, I cannot overstate how bad they are, hand,hip and shoulder details are not visable at all. Good material, but could be more clear
The material contained in this text, like all of Cheng Man-ch'ing's writings, is wonderful. It is a clear discussion of the process of learning Tai Chi, and gives many new ideas to practice. My complaint with this book is with the translator, not the original material. After reading it, I'm left wondering what the translator added to this text. His preface brings up the interesting issue of how the content of the 37 posture form changed while the number of postures did not. However, he doesn't take a position on the argument, and offers no insight as to why the change in content is important to the reader. Also, in the discussion of the form, there are two sets of pictures. One set is of the final posture, and a second step shows the intermediary steps. It is slightly confusing because the two sets of pictures are from obviously differenttimes as Cheng is wearing different cloths in each set. It is unclear from the text if the pictures were like this in the original text, or if the translator pieced them together. Overall, the material in the book is wonderful, but the translator could have done a better job in bringing it forth.

Not as good...
This soft-cover book is not as good as the original hard-cover, which was (by the way) one of the two books I used to accompany the initial phases of my own T'ai-Chi journey (of 28 years).The photos lack the clarity of the hard cover and the printed instructions are not as clear as in some of the more modern illustrated instruction books.By the way, this latter comment(regarding the printed instructions) also applies to the hard-cover edition as well. ... Read more

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1st-class guide for energetic Qigong students
Having entered popular Western consciousness, the subject of Qigong is currently awash with fluffy, vacuous verbiage from pompous self-styled experts whose only real interest is cashing in on a lucrative New-Age trend. This volume, although dense and difficult, reveals much authentic and vital knowledge to those who have had some experience of Qi and are not afraid of patient study and experiment. Dr. Yang is one of a handful of authors in this field who is both qualified and willing to share significant teachings that have heretofore been kept secret or deliberately obscure. His material is presented in a format that, while extremely concise, assiduously avoids being cryptic. If you are a lazy dabbler interested in yet another mealy-mouthed, feel-good text weighted down with pseudo-exotica, promising everything and delivering nothing, avoid this book. But if you have perceived a little of the reality of internal Qi and desire to systematically expand your practice and understanding, you will probably find this volume unusually rewarding.

theory not practice
I am disappointed with newest Jwing-Ming book. There is a lot of scientific and theoretical reflections about all stages of Qigong, unfortunately practical ground is covered only at the beginner level.
A treasure
A very important book, especially for Qigong teachers. I doubt there is anyone at any level of practice who will not find something eye-opening and new in this book. Along with this one , his other two books, "Root of Chinese Qigong" and "Secret of Youth", belong on the shelves, no, in the hands of every practitioner who takes his/her Qigong even remotely seriously. I'm looking forward to his forthcoming Qigong books.Read more

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This is one of the best approaches to Tai Chi Chuan study ....
Even though there are many styles of Tai Chi Chuan, this book can help all understand how to approach the study. It's difficult but worth the effort to incorporate this book's contributions into your practice. An excellent guide!

Not written by master Kuo
I have been studying with Simmone Kuo for 2 years.Sifu Kuo's widow.She warned me about this book because it was written without the families consent and it has almost nothing to do with the late Kuo Lien Ying.

This is really a great book
This is really a good book. Read more

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Great book on energy practice
I am working through this book.
Great Book!
I can't recomend this book enough! As I was dealing with the after effects of a kundalini awakening I found the exercises in this book to be amazingly helpful.

Works Wonders
I have been working with Mantak Chia's materials for the past 17 years.Originally I found few of his books ine one small Chinese store, and decided to give them a shot.I was thrilled when even my very first attempt resulted in noticing the difference.While the books were wonderful I did wish to have personal instruction, too.Lucky for me, about few weeks after I purchased the books, Mantak Chia was teaching a workshop in Toronto.Even though thsee initial practices are rather simple, it helped attending a workshop, too.I have attended all the workshops he came to teach in Toronto at the time.In the meantime, videos came out, so in time I got those too.
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Nice for the pictures, but otherwise not clear
Cheng Man-Ch'ing is a cult figure in taiji, with a fiercely loyal group of followers.Certainly he was a master, and this book provides excellent photos of him doing the form.But taiji is all about movement and feeling, and still photos can't convey the quality of movement or hint at the internal mechanics of the art.So if you want to use the book to learn the form, forget it.If you have a good teacher, and want the book as a source of inspiration, by all means, buy it.If you're a Cheng Man-Ching fan, keep in mind that he talked and wrote about taiji, but much of his power was derived from nei gong, including the small and great heavenly circulations, that he kept a closely held secret, for reasons that remain unclear.Temper what he says with the understanding that he held back as much as he offered, and you won't be frustrated by doing the form over and over without getting anywhere near the benefits Cheng derived.Bottom line is that the book is an artifact and a good one, and it was one of the first books in English on taiji.As a learning tool, it is limited.

Classic work
This might have been the first work in English on tai chi, and Smith was Cheng Man Ching's first western or American student. It's still one of the best introductory tai chi books out there. The photos of Cheng's form are worth the price of the book by themselves, his form being impeccable as usual and a high benchmark we should all strive to attain.
not that clear
I've practiced CMC's short form for a few years before I read this book. The bulk of the book is form sequence pictures, but as another reviewer wrote, these are mirror-image pictures and are awkward to use. Another book, "The Tai Chi Book : Refining and Enjoying a Lifetime of Practice" by Robert Chuckrow, explains the tai ji concepts clearer and the form sequence pictures are not mirrored even though he's writing about the same thing and the same 37 posture form. Learning the flow of the form from any sequence of pictures would be difficult, but comparing body positions to pictures can be useful. ... Read more

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Qigong (ch'i kung) is the modern incarnation of a Chinese energy art that goes back over 2,000 years. With superior scholarship and scientific acumen, Read more

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Interesting in some areas, apallingly inaccurate in others
"The Way of QiGong" attempts to provide a comprehensive overview of qi gong, from its history to its applications in healing and improved sexual vigor.Other reviewers have done an adequate job of cataloging the book's strengths and shortcomings, so I'll touch on the one aspect that I haven't seen mentioned: the section on diet and nutrition.
The Way of Qigong: The Art and Science of Chinese Energy Healing
Ken Cohen's book is a very complete and illustrative book on the
Sensetive treatement
A sensitive and comprehensive treatment of Chi Gung that describes the full depth and breadth of the energy science as it applies in a holistic context. This is not a Betty Crocker how-to recipie for learning a lifelong path in three easy lessons. If you want to o deep and understand the underlying principles of energy science from one who has truly explored it in his sincere apprentice, research and practice, you can't do better than Cohen's book. ... Read more

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