ISBN-13: 9780897500449  ISBN: 089750044 Edition: presumed Binding: Trade paperback Publisher: Ohara Publications, Incorporated, Santa Clarita, CA Date published: 1976 Description: Includes clear photos of every move! Text block clean, bright and tight, slight rubbing to covers; quarter-inch remainder mark to bottom edge; slight bump to top front cover only. 160 p., 10 chapters plus bibliography for both history and philosophy. Audience: General/trade. The philosophy of Yin and Yang in Tai Chi Chuan posits that everything is interoppositionally unified with two dynamic opposites, which are interrooted, interchangeable, and interconvertible. This concept, originating from ancient Chinese cosmology and philosophy, is fundamental to Tai Chi movements and attributes like stability/mobility and closing/opening moves. This philosophical framework views Yin and Yang not as static opposites, but as mutually dependent and constantly interacting forces that represent the totality of existence...