David Carradine's Tai Chi Workout

David Carradine's Tai Chi Workout
Author: David Carradine
Publisher: NewLeaf
Total Pages: 120
Release: 1994-01-01
Genre: Tai chi
ISBN: 9781852834753

David Carradine's physical and mental fitness programme, combining elements of healthy living, muscle toning and enhanced flexibility.

David Carradine's Tai Chi Workout

David Carradine's Tai Chi Workout
Author: David Carradine
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
Total Pages: 128
Release: 1995-04-15
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9780805037678

The famed practitioner of the Eastern arts and the star of the television series Kung Fu presents a beginner's guide to tai chi, the ancient Chinese fitness system for a healthier mind, body, and spirit.

David Carradine's Introduction to Chi Kung

David Carradine's Introduction to Chi Kung
Author: David Carradine
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2013-12-24
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1466860820

The man who popularized kung fu and tai chi presents the complete beginner's program for understanding the ancient art of chi kung, the next wave in low-impact exercise. David Carradine's Introduction to Chi Kung: The Beginner's Program For Physical, Emotional, And Spiritual Well-Being is the perfect guide to Chi Kung.

Tai Chi Ball Qigong

Tai Chi Ball Qigong
Author: Jwing-Ming Yang
Publisher:
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2022-08
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9781594397653

Tai chi ball qigong training is an important component of proper tai chi chuan practice. For martial artists, tai chi ball qigong training can strengthen the torso, condition the muscles, and increase physical power by using the mind to lead the qi. It can be a major training tool to enhance pushing hands ability. For general exercise, tai chi ball qigong training helps those who might overly focus on 'core body exercises' to strengthen their hips, knees, and ankles. You will improve movement of the spine, increase energy through various breathing techniques, and learn to move many joints properly at different angles. This book includes History of tai chi ball Theory of tai chi ball qigong Tai chi ball warm-ups Tai chi ball fundamentals Tai chi ball breathing Tai chi ball exercises Tai chi ball partner exercises Tai chi ball advanced practice In all my years of teaching, I believe that Tai Chi Ball Qigong is one of the most powerful exercises I have ever seen to rebuild the entire body's health.--Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming

Spirit of Shaolin

Spirit of Shaolin
Author: David Carradine
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1993
Genre: Kung fu
ISBN: 9780804818285

Carradine shares the knowledge he has obtained through his years of practicin kung fu, and offers advice on healing, nutrition, stance training, stretchin class, self-defense, meditation, and philosophy.

The Harvard Medical School Guide to Tai Chi

The Harvard Medical School Guide to Tai Chi
Author: Peter M. Wayne, PhD
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2013-04-09
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0834828480

A longtime teacher and Harvard researcher presents the latest science on the benefits of T’ai Chi as well as a practical daily program for practitioners of all ages Conventional medical science on the Chinese art of T’ai Chi now shows what T’ai Chi masters have known for centuries: regular practice leads to more vigor and flexibility, better balance and mobility, and a sense of well-being. Cutting-edge research from Harvard Medical School also supports the long-standing claims that T’ai Chi also has a beneficial impact on the health of the heart, bones, nerves and muscles, immune system, and the mind. This research provides fascinating insight into the underlying physiological mechanisms that explain how T’ai Chi actually works. Dr. Peter M. Wayne, a longtime T’ai Chi teacher and a researcher at Harvard Medical School, developed and tested protocols similar to the simplified program he includes in this book, which is suited to people of all ages, and can be done in just a few minutes a day. This book includes: • The basic program, illustrated by more than 50 photographs • Practical tips for integrating T’ai Chi into everyday activities • An introduction to the traditional principles of T’ai Chi • Up-to-date summaries of the research on the health benefits of T’ai Chi • How T’ai Chi can enhance work productivity, creativity, and sports performance • And much more

The Kill Bill Diary

The Kill Bill Diary
Author: David Carradine
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2014-05-27
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1408147882

The quirky, strange and utterly sagacious meditations of David Caradine written during the making of Quentin Tarantino's contemporary classic in which Carradine played the lead role. When Carradine landed the lead role in Quentin Tarantino's new film, Kill Bill, it catapulted him into the Hollywood limelight. This journal captures his experience of being courted by Tarantino for the role of Bill and the subsequent two years spent making the two-part feature film with co-star Uma Thurman, nominated for a Best Actress Golden Globe. In its mixture of autobiography and behind-the-scenes diary, The Kill Bill Diary takes the reader on a fascinating and witty journey into the world of film-making and the art of an acclaimed director. Along the way Carradine describes the martial arts training required for the role, the experience of filming in China, working with Tarantino and falling in love with Uma Thurman while 'swinging a steel-tempered Samurai sword at her head'. In describing the pre-production, production and promoting of the film, Carradine gives readers a rare and wholly authentic insight into the creation of a Hollywood blockbuster and the experience of a screen legend.

Endless Highway

Endless Highway
Author: David Carradine
Publisher: Journey Editions (VT)
Total Pages: 696
Release: 1995
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Carradine, the son of a Shakespearean actor, traces his life from a disrupted childhood, through the Beat generation and the sixties to the television show "Kung Fu."

Martial Arts and Well-being

Martial Arts and Well-being
Author: Carol Fuller
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2019-12-06
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1315448068

Martial Arts and Well-Being explores how martial arts as a source of learning can contribute in important ways to health and well-being, as well as provide other broader social benefits. Using psychological and sociological theory related to behaviour, ritual, perception and reality construction, the book seeks to illustrate, with empirical data, how individuals make sense of and perceive the value of martial arts in their lives. This book draws on data from over 500 people, across all age ranges, and powerfully demonstrates that participating in martial arts can have a profound influence on the construction of behaviour patterns that are directly linked to lifestyle and health. Making individual connections regarding the benefits of practice, improvements to health and well-being – regardless of whether these improvements are ‘true’ in a medical sense – this book offers an important and original window into the importance of beliefs to health and well-being as well as the value of thinking about education as a process of life-long learning. This book will be of great interest to a range of audiences, including researchers, academics and postgraduate students interested in sports and exercise psychology, martial art studies and health and well-being. It should also be of interest to sociologists, social workers and martial arts practitioners. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/doi/view/10.4324/9781315448084, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.