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I just got the printed proof of my book, The Little Taijiquan Manual for Beginners, from Amazon.
There's a couple of small adjustments to be made, and it will be out in a few days!
Design by Walter Mariano, illustrations by Ian Indiano.
Master Chen Yingjun is on the cover.

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Calligraphy by Giankarlo Huback in my coming book, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐢𝐣𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 :

Jìn (劲): on the left side, jīn, the archaic form of “channel”, phoneme conveying a sense of flux; on the right, strength: power lì 力 that stretches jīng 经, that follows a line of transmission.

Jìn is a fundamental concept in Taijiquan - it is what makes the power one develops in Taijiquan different from the strength one can get by lifting weights, for example.

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After a year of work, I’ve finished translating my book to English. I explain all the basic concepts needed to understand what Tai Chi (Taijiquan) is actually about, beyond the mystified usual common sense ideas floating around. It should be out on Amazon in a month’s time.
Here’s some of the artwork by Ian Indiano, the illustrator. Book design by Walter Mariano and Chinese calligraphy by Giankarlo Huback.

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