Mind Over Matter: Higher Martial Arts
By (Author) Shi Ming
By (author) Siao Weijia
Translated by Thomas Cleary
North Atlantic Books,U.S.
North Atlantic Books,U.S.
15th July 2011
19th April 1994
United States
General
Non Fiction
796.8
Paperback
136
Width 152mm, Height 251mm, Spine 9mm
187g
This unique book by Master Shi Ming and Siao Weijia explores the Chinese science of mind/body and the refinement of consciousness in the higher martial arts.
Shi Ming is a highly accomplished master of the traditional Chinese martial art of Taijiquan, with over forty years experience and training. He is the inheritor of a private tradition that is outline his this book, and was featured on Bill Moyers's acclaimed 1993 public television series Healing and the Mind, where he gave astounding demonstrations of the extraordinary inner power developed by an advanced martial artist. Siao Weijia is a longtime practitioner of martial arts and one of Shi Ming's leading disciples. He teaches Russian language in Beijing, and applies his own method in his study of Master Shi Ming's skills and traditional Chinese culture.