--- product_id: 194255646 title: "Chen Taiji Self Defense - Fighting Applications of the Chen Family Tai Chi 19 Form (Chen Taijiquan 19 Form Book 2)" price: "FREE" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 12 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/194255646-chen-taiji-self-defense-fighting-applications-of-the-chen-family store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # Chen Taiji Self Defense - Fighting Applications of the Chen Family Tai Chi 19 Form (Chen Taijiquan 19 Form Book 2) **Price:** FREE **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Chen Taiji Self Defense - Fighting Applications of the Chen Family Tai Chi 19 Form (Chen Taijiquan 19 Form Book 2) - **How much does it cost?** FREE with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/194255646-chen-taiji-self-defense-fighting-applications-of-the-chen-family) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description With 239 photos and detailed descriptions, author and martial artist Ken Gullette coaches you through more than 100 self-defense applications from the Chen Tai Chi 19 Form, the short form created by Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang in 1995. The Chen 19 is a short form derived primarily from Laojia Yilu. Ken learned the form from Grandmaster Chen and his students and disciples, including Jim and Angela Criscimagna and Mark Wasson. Ken has practiced the form since 1998 and has taught it since that time. Chen Taijiquan is known for its explosive power and internal strength -- the movements are truly "iron wrapped in cotton" if you do them properly. Ken believes that the true intent of a form's movements can be found in the fighting applications. To practice a form without understanding the reason it was created -- self-defense -- is to practice empty Tai Chi. Understanding the body mechanics and the way they are used in self-defense makes your art much deeper and more powerful. Within the form's graceful movements, you'll find punches, palm strikes, knee strikes and kicks, joint locks, sweeps, throws and takedowns. All are demonstrated in this ebook. This movements in this form are found in many Chen style Taiji forms. The self-defense applications in this ebook will apply to other Chen style forms as well. Ken Gullette started training in martial arts in 1974. He studied Shaolin, Taekwondo, and Tien Shan Pai Kung-Fu before finding the internal arts in 1987. He learned the basics of Hsing-I, Yang Tai Chi and Bagua and then, in 1998, he met and began studying Chen Taiji with Jim and Angela Criscimagna. Through them, Ken met Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang and one of his senior students, Master Ren Guangyi. Later, Ken studied with Mark Wasson, who introduced him to Grandmaster Chen Xiaoxing. Ken has also learned from Chen Bing, Chen Ziqiang, and others. Ken continues to study and teach in Moline, Illinois (the Quad Cities). Review: Adds more meaning to the form - Get this book if you wondered about the martial applications of Chen 19 and wanted more clarity on the topic. Review: Four Stars - its just ok. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #791,337 in Kindle Store ( See Top 100 in Kindle Store ) #698 in Martial Arts (Kindle Store) #732 in Tai Chi & Qi Gong #2,129 in Martial Arts (Books) | ## Images ![Chen Taiji Self Defense - Fighting Applications of the Chen Family Tai Chi 19 Form (Chen Taijiquan 19 Form Book 2) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71GQlLhLPDL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Adds more meaning to the form *by L***G on February 25, 2024* Get this book if you wondered about the martial applications of Chen 19 and wanted more clarity on the topic. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Four Stars *by A***R on September 26, 2016* its just ok. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Opportunity to delve deeper into internal Kung - Fu applications *by S***I on November 8, 2013* The micro theme coursing through out the heart of Ken Gullette's book on Taji self - defense is that it is perceptive and emotionally intelligent, characterized by unlocking the deep reserves of inner energy, that builds and promotes a very comprehensive system of self - defense. By telling and explaining in detail how to preform sequences of Tai - Chi positions from the postures and the techniques that you have learned from the Chen Tai - Chi form, and connecting its wisdom to the internal energy patterns with, and thus manifesting external results in a self - defense system, that enhances the effectiveness of the postures onto a whole new level that permits an extremely strong effect to the martial applications, that are being used for self - defense. Ken's context in his book, and the actions that unfolds nourish the pulse of what Tai - Chi applications are all about, anchored in, and his book helps you to focus more fully on the inner wholeness as well as the outer connection as you revise your mindset by understanding a completely different way the human body and its vital energy, (Chi) is excuted, and just how it makes such a contribution to the potential elements of the self - defense application. 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