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T'ai Chi According to the I Ching
Embodying the Principals
of the Book of Changes

Stuart Alve Olson
Inner Traditions, 2001
ISBN: 089281944-8
8x10, 192 pages, 80+ photographs and illustrations
Paperback

T'ai Chi According to the I Ching not only takes T'ai Chi in a new and more creative direction, but provides an entirely new, logical, and insightful approach to T'ai Chi history and practice. Stuart Olson's discovery and creation of I T'ai Chi will certainly have a profound influence on all styles, and the future popularity and practice of T'ai Chi.

For the first time the theories of T'ai Chi are clearly explained side-by-side with the philosophies it is rooted on, the I Ching and Taoism.

Reveals for the first time the correlation and structure of the primary Eight Postures of T'ai Chi and the Eight Diagrams of the I Ching, which is then the basis for constructing the 64-Posture I Tai Chi form.

Explains the physical and spiritual benefits that result from the practice of the 16-Posture Before Heaven and 64-Posture After Heaven I T'ai Chi forms.

An essential reference book for any serious student of T'ai Chi and the I Ching.

T'ai Chi is a physical expression of Taoist thought—a philosophy in motion. The relationship between the I Ching, Taoist philosophy, and T'ai Chi is well established in many of the classical texts and teachings handed down by the Yellow Emperor and Chang San-Feng, yet it has essentially remained a mystery in the West.