'The author, John Kotsias, is my good friend. I know htat he is a linguist, a professor of mathematcis, a passionate martial artist, an exceptional practicing humanist. He combines these attributes with an obsessive desrie to widen the spectrum of t'ai chi ch'uan withouit sacrificing the classical virtues.

I fee very little urgency to comment on the text itself, as that exercise might obscure the important focus, which is to encourage fresh input toward the universal flowering of the art of t'ai chi ch'uan , which millions have considered the greatest physical culture system ever devised, and which the Chinese regrad as the jewel of their integrated culture. I do believe quantitative to qualitative changes occur as more people and minds and cultures participate in this great system of human betterment. Kotsias' book is part of that process.'-Marshall Ho'o, from the Introduction

Contents

Preface
Introduction, by Marshall Ho'o
The 'Old Men' of T'ai chi ch'uan
Chi development
The theory of t'ai chi ch'uan
Chi kung and the essential movements of t'ai chi-The preparation; Holding the ball; Bending from the waist; Riding a t'ai chi horse; The springy step; Carry tiger back to mountain; Rooting exercise; Ascending dragon
Solo exercise