Book 1
New Wu Style Taijiquan (Chinese)
~ For self cultivation, defense, and strengthen body
Morningstar Publishing, Inc., Taiwan 2004
This “New Wu Style Taijiquan” is Great Grandmaster’s first published work. With non-stop research through these years to find the essential meaning of Taijiquan, Great Grandmaster Ho has uncovered most of the Taijiquan philosophy. He discovered that Qigong forms the basis of Taijiquan so refined the original Wu Style Taijiquan by the incorporating the understanding of Qigong and body structure. Thus, he returns the original elements to Taijiquan.
The basic design of the content can be divided into two parts: Inner body cultivated with Wuji Qigong as a base; outside motion with New Wu Style Taijiquan 34 form (renamed “Wuji Qigong Taijiquan 34 form” in late 2004 after this book published) as an exercise.
Great Grandmaster Ho composed a thirteen-movement-Qigong Fundamental Exercise (renamed “Jiu Chu Yi Jin Gong” in 2006) as the preparation to Wuji Qigong. Along with this exercise to stretch out our body ligaments and joints, one could get a better result when practicing Wuji Qigong.
At the end of this book, a chapter of Sitting and Relaxing Meditation provides a person to conclude a total exercise and meditation. Wuji Qigong is a standing meditation, together with Taijiquan form sequence become a whole part of “moving meditation”. Opposite to the moving meditation, the sitting meditation is quiet one without movement to cultivate one’s mind. Great Grandmaster Ho’s theory is to combine both “moving meditation” and “sitting meditation” together to work with a well balanced body and mind.