by lilman » Tue Apr 15, 2008 12:05 pm
In Dr. Yang's defence...
That book IS NOT a book on Yi Jin Jing. It is a book about qigong practice. They are just mentioned in the book as Wai Dan exercises, NOT Yi Jin Jing exercises, though he does mention the Yi Jin Jing. The safety precautions he gives in that book is good enough to practice it as a daily Wai Dan technique as long as you do cool downs, storage, and massage techniques afterwards.
This is why he has all these different titles out there (ie, The Root of Chinese Qigong, Qigong for health and martial arts, Qigong The Secret of Youth, etc...) He does that so you read this book, and get a general idea of what the book is about. To get the deeper aspects, you go to this book and this book. To explain everything in that one book in complete detail, You would probably need 2 people to lift that book... That is why he does it like that. So, as a beginner, if your just learning from books, one book turns into many if you really are perservering and want to understand... But the practice in the books still remain the same, just your idea of theory and practice broaden.