Edward Maisel

Tai Chi For Health (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The classic text that introduced Tai Chi to an American audience a generation ago.Originally published in 1963, it is widely regarded to be the original introduction to the movement art to Western enthusiasts."e;One of the best books on the subject...practical throughout and stripped of mysticism."e;-The New York Times"e;A tranquil, graceful way of keeping fit."e;-Harper's Bazaar"e;You will have to consult Mr. Maisel's book...Tai Chi could become that all-important exercise factor that stands between you and health problems."e;-Prevention"e;It is Chinese, old, comfortable, deeply pleasurable. It helps the figure and skin and tranquilizes. It is done in a small space in ordinary clothes without music. It is good for the young, for the old."e;-Vogue

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hauraki Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781786259028
• Artikelnr.: 44912866

Autorenporträt

EDWARD MAISEL (1937-2008) was an internationally known writer on music and t'ai chi. He was born in Buffalo, New York and lived in New York City for most of his life. He graduated with a Magna Cum Laude from Harvard University, and was also Phi Beta Kappa. Mr. Maisel wrote the classic Yang form of t'ai chi using the title Tai Chi for Health. His wife, Betty Cage, an administrator at the New York City Ballet, operated a t'ai chi class at the affiliated School of American Ballet until her death in 1999. Maisel was Director of the American Physical Fitness Research Institute and a consultant to the President's Council on Physical Fitness. He worked extensively with the Alexander Technique and wrote an introduction to a compendium of Alexander's writings he himself selected.