How to Translate Karate into Tai Chi Chuan
Originally published as 'Chiang Nan, ' this edition includes links to over five hours of video instruction.
This is actually two books in one, or a single book with a couple of viewpoints. The viewpoints would be:
'How to Translate Karate into Tai Chi Chuan.'
Or 'The lost Bunkai (techniques) hidden by Karate masters through secret pact.'
A student of this book will discover the unique concepts from Tai Chi Chuan that will change karate drastically.
Consider the following points:
People who are old will be able to study karate again. They will rehabilitate injuries, regain flexibility and strength, and rejuvenate their lives.
People experienced in karate will undergo a total change of viewpoint, and discover age old truths about karate, and the martial arts, that have long been obscured.
Techniques (bunkai) that were deliberately hidden by Okinawan karate masters will be uncovered.
Karate will begin to generate and develop methods of chi power that have been reserved to Tai Chi Chuan.
People who study Tai Chi Chuan will find a new way of looking at Tai Chi Chuan.
The simple truth is that studying solely the soft arts, such as tai chi, aikido, and so on, are but half the art.
And studying solely the hard arts, such as karate, taekwon do, are but half the art.
The true art is both hard and soft...soft and hard.
And the true artist, no matter how accomplished he may think he is, is a mere beginner if he has not discovered both sides of the art, and joined them together.
The five hours of video include different ways of doing the forms and the techniques hidden in the forms.
Al Case began martial arts in 1967. He has studied Kenpo, Karate, Wing Chun, Aikido, Northern Shaolin Ton Toi, Southern Shaolin Fut Ga, Tai Chi Chuan, Pa Kua Chang, Indonesian weapons, and more.He was a writer for the martial arts magazines, with his own column in Inside Karate. He has written over 40 martial arts training manuals, and produced hundreds of hours of martial arts training videos. Currently he is the webmaster at MonsterMartialArts.com.
