Tai Chi: Reverting To Health – Total Approach – Critique of Kenpo (Anan-Do Integral Martial and Therapeutic Arts series) by Damir Tenodi
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For quite some time now, the Oriental spiritual and physical exercises and martial arts such as Aikido, Judo, Karate and Kung Fu have been extremely popular in this country. This book is an introduction to a new, meditative-physical phenomenon derived from the culture and consciousness of the Far East. It is called Tai Chi Chuan, and is the Chinese exercise for well-being and psychophysical equilibrium. The author, a martial arts instructor for the past twenty years, explains it as an expert, starting from the origins and history of Tai Chi, through to its techniques and its spiritual and cultural significance.
Sociologists will find it particularly intriguing – this phenomenon of obsession of bringing Eastern disciplines into our overly Eurocentric cultural sphere. At every step we are presented with transcendental meditation sessions and martial arts courses. Regardless of what we might think of these, they do appear to satisfy a particular sociological need that should not be overlooked. Although there has always been a European interest in the spirit and culture of the Far East, it has been on the increase from the time of Hegel to the present day. It was Hegel who made a distinction between the practical mind of China and the high spirituality of India. Schoppenhauer and Deussen made the West aware of Buddhist and Brahmanic thought, especially in Germany and, later, Europe; while Zagreb’s acclaimed poet Tin Ujević often brought particular aspects of Oriental thought across in his verse. Today Čedo Veljačić lives in Sri Lanka, writing books on Eastern philosophy.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Health, Fitness & Self-help
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