| The Swimming Dragon is a self-contained exercise that is generally practiced by repeating a short cycle of movements in sessions lasting from five to twenty minutes. Each repeated cycle of the exercise takes about one minute. It is easy to learn and perform and brings pleasant and beneficial results as soon as one begins to practice. Though it is advantageous to study the Swimming Dragon through the teaching of a qualified instructor, the instructions outlined in this book are all you need to learn the exercises and experience the following benefits:
- reduces weight without dieting and stimulates metabolism
- increases and balances energy
- creates beautiful skin and helps eliminate wrinkles
- reduces tension by relaxing the body and calming the mind
- improves muscle tone and enhances flexibility in joints
- adjusts and stretches the spine
- sends energy to vital organs by stimulating meridians
- naturally improves posture
- massages deep muscles all the way to the bone
- frees and deepens breathing
Tzu Kuo Shih is a fifth-generation doctor of traditional medicine, including acupuncture and herbal treatment. Born in Shanghai, he is the first in the West to teach the Swimming Dragon, as well as certain other previously secret forms. Noted in China as a ch’i kung and t’ai chi master, doctor and cancer specialist, as well as painter and writer, he currently teaches energy practices in Manhattan, Woodstock and Kingston, New York and lectures throughout the United States.
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