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Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Combat sports & self-defence > Oriental martial arts > General
Capoeira weaves fighting, music, dance, prayer, and ritual into an
urgent strategy by which people live, struggle, celebrate, and
survive together. In this book Bira Almeida--or Mestre Acordeon as
he is respectfully called in capoeira circles--documents his own
tradition with both the panoramic eye of the historian and the
passionate heart of the capoeirista. He transports the reader from
the damn of New World history in Brazil to the streets of
twentieth-century Bahia (the spiritual home of capoeira) to the
giant urban centers of North America (wher capoeira is now
spreading in new lineages from the old masters). This book is
valuable for anyone interested in ethnocultural traditions, martial
arts, and music, as well as for those who want to listen to the
words of an actual mestre dedicated to preserving his
Afro-Brazilian legacy.
Chen style Taijiquan is the oldest of the five main Taijiquan
styles. In this book, Master Jan Silberstorff, a leading Chen
practitioner, shares his expertise and insights. He explains the
background to Taijiquan, and its key principles, and gives the
reader a true insight into the Chen system. Master Silberstorff
sets this within the historical context of Taijiquan in China, its
country of origin, and explains the martial, health and spiritual
aspects of traditional Chen Taijiquan. He discusses the different
Chen forms and the importance of each, as well as the place of
competition and the effect on participants.The book also contains
the complete sequences for both the empty hand and weapon forms.
This accessible and comprehensive guide to Chen style Taijiquan is
ideal for beginners and will also be useful to advanced
practitioners wanting to deepen their practice.
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