Nei Jia Quan: Internal Martial Arts

Nei Jia Quan: Internal Martial Arts
ISBN-10
1583941991
ISBN-13
9781583941997
Category
Hand-to-hand fighting, Oriental
Pages
395
Language
English
Published
2007
Publisher
Blue Snake Books
Author
Jess O'Brien

Description

"Seventeen teachers of tai ji quan, xing yi quan, and ba gua zhang present perspectives on the philosophy, history, and training methods of the internal martial arts. The revised edition contains four new teacher profiles and artwork"--Provided by publisher.

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