Chi Running: A Revolutionary Approach to Effortless, Injury-Free Running Review

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(More customer reviews)What an interesting running book! Buy this book if you:
-would like to be able to run well into your old age
-would like to improve your running form and have fewer injuries
-would like to have a more philosophical approach to your running
-would like to increase your overall health
Here's how the book roughly pans out:
-Chapter 1: compares power running to ChiRunning
-Chapter 2: goes into the 5 principles upon which TaiChi and ChiRunning are based
-Chapter 3: gets into the "inner" skills of ChiRunning
As you can see, the first 3 chapters lay out the philosopical foundation- that's so when you get to the specific techniques, they make sense.
Chaper 4: learn about the ChiRunning "focuses"- which are the specific physical and mental methods used to run more efficiently.
Chapters 5-9: covers program development, peak performance training and diet. Note: Chapter 7 also covers some info on common injuries such as muscle cramps, plantar fasciitis (also rec. The 5-Minute Plantar Fasciitis Solution for more info on this), heel cord problems.
Chapter 10: how to incorporate the ChiRunning principles into your everyday life
As you can tell, ChiRunning, with its mind-body approach, is far from your typical book on running- and shouldn't be missed by any serious runner. Happy trails.


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Higher Judo: Groundwork Review

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(More customer reviews)Definitely my favorite judo book on groundwork. Some early chapters discuss theory & philosophy, much like a Gleeson judo book would. The bulk of the book is a very good & well-systematized discussion of groundwork tactics and principles. The tactical/situational presentation differs from many other judo books, which tend to present "catalogs" of techniques, maybe with 2-step (2-technique) combinations. Feldenkrais shows (showed) longer chains of techniques, more along the lines of what I've seen in some books on Brazilian Ju-Jitsu.
With the (very good) line drawings, he discusses tactics & principles in a way that suggests how the student can expand beyond the confines of what's within the book.
Doesn't have the beautiful photos like Kashiwazaki's "Fighting Judo" does, but this is a better organized/systematized book for students of groundwork than "F.J.," or the Masterclass books that address newaza. (Keep in mind that this book includes techs. that are now illegal in judo, so the M'class books, especially "Armlocks," have the advantage of relevance to modern competition.)


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Dragon and Tiger Medical Qigong: A Miracle Health System for Developing Chi Review

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(More customer reviews)Of the Qigong books I have looked at or read (about 15), I feel this is the most clear for those without the benefit of having a teacher. Combining it with the DVD series would be wise, for reasons mentioned by the other reviewer, Robert Hughes. However, I wouldn't say the DVDs were absolutely necessary for everyone, particularly for those who have some degree of coordination in hand and foot movements from studying other types of Qigong or the martial arts. For those people, supplementing this book with the Youtube videos might be all they'd need to get decent gain. To paraphrase the author, "the beauty of Dragon & Tiger is that even an approximation of the movements will give the practitioner benefits".
Also, like the aforementioned reviewer, I wouldn't say learning it well is "easy". However, it's certainly far easier than some of the other styles of Qigong and not difficult for those with the patience and willingness to follow a slow and methodical step by step process, especially with a full height mirror to watch.
Now for my gripe. I would have gladly given this book 5 stars had all the moves been presented together in the back. Instead, Energy Arts wants you to buy that for $14.95 additional in the form of a poster. While the poster would be much more convenient than flipping through a few pages, I believe the complete set of moves should have been part of the book. The poster could have still been sold separately for its convenience.
In summary, other than the above gripe, this is a great detailed step by step book with no language related barriers.

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