Just when I thought all about Chen taiji have been written (at least the chinese books), I saw a few new books on the shelves when I visited the bookstores recently.  I usually try to buy them as they are relatively affordable compared to English books and their printing quality has improved a lot over the past few years.

One of the new book is by Ma Hong, titled 陈式太极拳劲道释秘-拆拳讲劲 . Roughly translated as Chen Style Taijiquan Secrets Explained – Dissecting the Routine to Explain the Jing.

Ma Hong new book

I have not read it but it looks interesting based on the content pages.  Apparently, this book is the results of accumulated learning by the author over the years. He attributed much of the teachings to be from his teacher, the late 18th generation Chen taijiquan master, Chen Zhaokui.  The book try to explain for the each of the strokes found in Routine 1 and 2 , how the various jing (force dynamics)  can be found and applied against an opponent.  Can such stuff be well explained in a book? I believe it will serve as a good reference book only. No armchair fighting!I would believe this book is a  good companion book to Ma Hong’s previous book,  Chen Shi Taiji JiJiFa  .  More books to come!
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