Cheng Hsin: The Principles of Effortless Power

Peter Ralston

ISBN 10: 1556430485 / ISBN 13: 9781556430480

Published by North Atlantic Books, Berkeley, California,, 1989

About this Item

First edition 1989, first printing, 1989 copyright, no previous printings listed. Trade softcover without DJ as issued. Condition near fine, square tight and clean book, spine very slightly creased, no names no underlinings no highlights, no bent page corners, slight cornerwear, not a reminder. 8vo, XX + 168 pages.

Seller Inventory # 017278

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cheng Hsin: The Principles of Effortless Power
• Publisher: North Atlantic Books, Berkeley, California,
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1556430485
• ISBN 13: 9781556430480
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

About this title

Synopsis

Every once in a while you find a high impact book. Something that awakens something deep within and lasts forever. This is the one. It is a book that you can pick up time and time again and always gets something new out of it, or something deeper than you. Cheng Hsin is the best introduction for beginners to the internal practice of fighting. It is a seminal work that draws on T'ai Chi Ch'uan, Aikido, and Pa Kua Chang and was written by the first Westerner ever to win the world championship in a full-contact martial arts tournament.

Review

" "The Principles of Effortless Power" is one of the most profound books ever written about the martial arts. It has completely changed my thinking about my own art, Aikido. Every time I read the book, it opens up entirely new areas of inquiry, possibility, and realization."
-John Stone, "Aikido in America"
" What Peter Ralston does remarkably well is to clarify what the classics have been trying to tell us, and to offer concrete direction on how to continue growing and become better in the internal arts. You can't fix Cheng Hsin on the wall with a pin, because, as you try, you realize that Cheng Hsin is the wall, and the pin, and the action, and the intent."
---Frank LaManna, "T'ai Chin Journal"

""The Principles of Effortless Power" is one of the most profound books ever written about the martial arts. It has completely changed my thinking about my own art, Aikido. Every time I read the book, it opens up entirely new areas of inquiry, possibility, and realization."
-John Stone, "Aikido in America"

"What Peter Ralston does remarkably well is to clarify what the classics have been trying to tell us, and to offer concrete direction on how to continue growing and become better in the internal arts. You can't fix Cheng Hsin on the wall with a pin, because, as you try, you realize that Cheng Hsin is the wall, and the pin, and the action, and the intent."
- --Frank LaManna, "T'ai Chin Journal"