Tai Chi PENG Root Power Rising Kindle Edition

I've been hammering away at Tai Chi for nearly two decades now alongside some other serious martial arts training. I've seen the martial art side of the practice as well as the therapeutic side and everything in between. Scott's book (along with the companion DVD) is easily the clearest teaching on the subject when it gets down to the brass tacks of actually building and experiencing the internal energy of Tai Chi.I'll grant that his views of Tai Chi's ultimate goal seems to fly in the face of mainstream Tai Chi practice. From what I've seen, that tends ruffle a few feathers. The language he uses is certainly more blunt and direct than the ubiquitous vagaries that surround most Tai Chi practice. But that may well be the best reason to dig in here. Everything you've tried up until now hasn't really given you what you're looking for (or you wouldn't still be on the prowl for the secret). So it's time to take a fresh approach (not that there's anything really new here since he grounds his reasoning within the teachings of the Tai Chi Classics coupled with his own experiences). Instead of subtle hints and vague promises about where Tai Chi can take you, Scott's book gives you play-by-play descriptions of exactly how to build the energy and the kinds of experiences you'll have along the way.The real test of validity, however, is simply to try out his method to see if it works. That is precisely what I have been doing over the past few months. After working with these guidelines, I have both felt and recognized some of the various energies that before were only batted around in conversation as so much abstract theory. And I can personally feel how these energies continue to build for greater effects. No other teacher or master I have ever met or trained under (which is quite a few) has been able to so clearly lay out the most efficient and necessary steps for internal development in Tai Chi without getting bogged down by all the fun-but-unnecessary minutiae: terminology, philosophy, lineages, and history of the practice.Anyone sincerely seeking to build their internal energy need look no further. Of course, if you already feel you know everything about internal development and are looking for some kind of vindication, this isn't the book for you. If you are looking to load your head with all kinds of information ABOUT Tai Chi, this book isn't for you. It's a practical guide for the sincere and earnest seeker. And it requires your own effort to be able to experience the energies described.And once that happens... well... the results speak for themselves.

I read Mr. Meredith's book JUICE a year ago and thought it was very clever and informative. When I checked him out on YouTube it became clear to me that he really lives a marital arts/tai chi life and is a reliable resource on the internal energy and the finer points of tai chi and qigong. Now I have read this book and also purchased and viewed his video "PENG-Surfing the Soft Wave" and together all of these together with my own tai chi practice are giving me a cluster of information that is helping me move a little further along in my understanding of things.As everyone knows, internal energy is a tremendously difficult topic to communicate about and also, as everyone knows, there are plenty of "experts" out there who either make impossible claims and/or know something useful but can not get it across. Plenty of "masters" whose offerings are a waste of money and border on "magic." I know, I've spent a lot of money on them and have been disappointed.I think Scott Meredith is not one of those questionable masters with little to say but is a guy who really knows what he is talking about and most of the time gets it across very well. If he were a teacher in my area, I would seek him out. I have gotten a lot from his books and video though, as he says, we are all an experiment of one and he can only suggest and guide but one has to run their own experiments to make any headway. He's a good guide though sometimes he is beyond where I am now and I can't get it yet but I have confidence in him and get enough of his information to keep at it.If you think there is something to the internal energy business of tai chi, I think Scott Meredith, Gene Burnett, Michael Buhr, Larry Costner, Michael Mayer, Damien Mitchell, Arthur Rosenfield and Linda Lehrhaupt are the experts I would recommend to you to check out. These are some of the less heralded folks that I think live the tai chi life style, know something and can communicate about it.Note: Four stars because I am still working on Mr Meredith's information that is plenty deep and requires some work. Likely to be a five star rating the more I get into it.

I had been long working on internal Chinese arts, and while I was able to get some minor physical techniques down, I never felt I fully manifested the art. I had gotten this book on a whim -- it showed up on the Amazon recommendation and I clicked on it. I had not expected much when I got it in the mail. There's usually an overemphasis on the biomechanics, or the discussions on the energetics were too vague. Randomly flipping through it, and seeing the sentence, "Once you have the energy streaming, you don't need structure." -- I knew the book has the goods. This was a conclusion I had reached, though I didn't know how to get there. I read the book cover to cover in seriousness.I've had experiences that this book, and JUICE brought up, in haphazard, undisciplined ways. Nothing useable, repeatable, or replicable. Further, I did not have a systematic way to train for it. Finally, there was a singular key related to the point in the subtle body that I never knew. That sentence alone related to that point was worth what I paid this book for many times over. It led to a series of breakthroughs in my sitting practice as well as inspiring me to take up a moving practice again. Up until I read that, I felt profoundly stuck in my practice. I'm grateful Scott Meredith put this out there in the public, even if it is unlikely it will gain wide appreciation. I don't know how long I would have been stuck if this book had not come my way when it did.Neither Peng or JUICE promises quick, overnight results. However, it beats flailing about in the dark. It's kinda funny, after reading the method, it seems obvious in hindsight. The rest is just daily practice.

Love this Guy how he puts stuff across

Get it, do it , and have it , all in time, Top shot Scott Meredith, you are a good man , giving it as it is, no complications ,.....just do it and you will have it.

Great

Good product

Brilliant book,it has helped me immensly