Martial Maneuvers: Fighting Principles and Tactics of the Internal Martial Arts

'Demonstrates that the internal martial arts--Taijiquan, Bagua Zhang, and Xingyi Quan--are disciplines that are often considered ineffective for practical self-defense but in fact have a long history of combat use. Returns to the roots of the three majorinternal arts, demonstrating the combative principles upon which they were originally based'--Provided by publisher.