To Do No Harm: Journey Through Medical School Greenwood Press ( 31 March, 1987 ) Book Our Price : £ 9.49 Prices subject to change. Usually dispatched within 4 to 6 weeks

excellent base for internal arts

This was my first book on internal martial arts after reading the reviews about it.I was not dissapointed!The material here is totally authentic passed down through generations and is easy to understand.This is the correct way to study internal arts such as Xingyiquan,by building a firm foundation for a period of time before even learning any actual techniques.The exercises have become part of my daily routine for over a year now and the benefits are well worth it.Anybody with an interest in the internal arts would be well advised to buy this book.Invaluble!

good book, but...

Although the neigong exercises in this book are well worth practising, the rest of the book is slightly off track. They mention acupuncture points by name, but cant print a chart of where the points are, they spend half the book talking about Wang Ji Wus lineage and life story, which is interesting but has little relevance to the title "health maintenance and strength development" So, if you want the 16 exercises, go buy the book, but if youre a serious chen-stylist or if you know how to adhere to the principles in your training, you might not need this book.

Not a book about fighting

This book does not teach fighting techniques, forms or the martial training side of martial arts. Instead, it shows you how to lay a solid foundation to build real internal power, so that when you study martial training, the ability that you develop will be effective,strong, powerful fighting technique. The book does this with crystal clear, comprehensive instructions and equally clear, comprehensive pictures. The wisdom in this book is as close to pure and uncorrupted as possible for a western text on Xing Yi Quan. The introduction of the writers lineage is both interesting and helps to authenticate the execise advice later in the book. There is not wasted word. It is a gem of book. If a martial artist practices only the work in this book from posture, standing exercise and the sixteen exercises, they will need no other book to develop real power for their chosen soft style.