Tai Chi for Everybody by Karel and Eva Koskuba, published by Readers Digest, is most highly recommended. Other good books are listed below.
| Introductory books for beginners | |
| Movements Of Magic | Bob Klein, Frog Ltd |
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| There Are No Secrets | Woolfe Lowenthal, North Atlantic |
| Gateway To The Miraculous | Woolfe Lowenthal, North Atlantic |
| Tai Chi Chuan For Health And Self Defence | T.T. Laing, Vintage Books |
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| These books are important reading for those who develop a strong interest as these are translations of original works (Classics). | |
| Cultivating The Chi | Stuart Alve Olson, Dragon Door |
| The Intrinsic Energies Of Tai Chi Chuan | Stuart Alve Olson, Dragon Door |
| The Essence Of Tai Chi Chuan | Lo/Inn/Amacker/Foe, North Atlantic |
| Tai Chi Touchstones | Douglas Wile, Sweet Chi Press |
| The Tai Chi Boxing Chronicle | Kuo/Guttman, North Atlantic Books |
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| The Inner Structure of Tai Chi | Mantak Chia/Juan Li, Healing Tao Books |
| Advanced Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan Vol 1 | Dr. Yang Jwing Ming, YMAA Pub. Cnt. |
| Mind Over Matter; Higher Martial Arts | Shi Ming/Siao Weija, Frog Ltd. |
| Chen Style Taijiquan - The Source of Taiji Boxing | Davidine Siaw-Voon Sim and david Gaffney, North Atlantic Books |
There are other interesting books on the market. Avoid those that are glossy and those that are mostly pictures of the form (they will invariably be different to the form you are studying, and it is very difficult to learn from them)
