Book Description Publication Date: 15 Mar 2003 The internal energy techniques that produce the power of mind and body for which Chinese masters are renowned. These are known in China as Da Cheng Chuan - The Great Accomplishment. They feature classical Chi Kung exercises, but also movements drawn from the most powerful martial arts. The internal energy techniques that produce the power of mind and body for which Chinese masters are renowned. These are known in China as Da Cheng Chuan - The Great Accomplishment. They feature classical Chi Kung exercises, but also movements drawn from the most powerful martial arts. I have ready quite a few Chi Kung books over the years and I've never experienced 'The Chi' with any of them. The great beauty of 'The Way of Power' apart from being a very attractive book, is its deceptively simple techniques ACTUALLY WORK. The simple illustrations of the postures are matched by simple straight foward instructions and Master Lam's writing is intelligent and concise throughout this book unlike a lot of Chi Kung books which are incredibly, uneccessarily verbose. The average, unenlightened western mind when looking at this book, will ask - "How can standing like a tree possibly do anything at all?". It's a fair response and I empathise with people reacting in this way: This is exactly what I thought myself. However, after looking at all the old photographs in the book of ancient masters standing like a tree, I thought to myself - "Would these