For thousands of years, the Chinese have believed that each of us is born with the characteristics and powers of a member of the animal kingdom, depending on the month and year of our birth. Now readers of all ages can discover for themselves the fun and wisdom of this age-old Chinese tradition in this exquisite book by celebrated author and artist Chungliang Al Huang. Find out which animal powers you were born with and which powers your friends and family possess. Discover how to absorb and adapt other animal powers into your own. Have fun pronouncing Chinese names with sounds that date back to ancient times. Feel each animal's graceful movements by tracing elegant brush calligraphy. With a full-page spread devoted to each animal, a glossary of movement and art, and an easy-to-use year and month chart, The Chinese Book of Animal Powers is a unique introduction to the Chinese Zodiac by an expert teacher and philosopher.

Describes the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac with their strengths and weaknesses, and shows how to write their names in Chinese calligraphy.

Kung Fu Animal Power uses 18 different Animals to teach classic virtues, build strong athletic bodies with good posture and body mechanics, and learn self defense. This Fu (or Lucky Fun Book) is a guide for students in the Kung Fu Animal Power program who are learning the Falcon. In this book you will learn all about the lessons of the Falcon that you will study in class including:Falcon Virtue: Focus - Avoid Distractions and See the Details!Learning how to focus your mind is one of the most important lessons in life. When you learn to avoid distractions, and focus, you can do amazing things!Falcon Body Mechanic Lesson: Sink Your ElbowThe Falcon teaches how to sink your elbow to protect it. Sinking your elbow also helps you the deliver the power of your whole body including your waist, hips, and legs into your hands. Learning how to use the power of your entire body makes all of your actions far stronger.Falcon Drills: Core Strength (Learn The Secret Kung Fu Way!) Learn how to do 3 different types of core strength exercises with proper technique and breathing. Build your core strength and power quickly!Falcon Moves: Falcon ElbowsThe Falcon moves all use the elbow to strike with for self defense. The Elbow is a powerful short range strike that use the core strength of the body. These moves are perfect if you are much smaller than the other person.This Fu Book has photos of all the Falcon Moves and Drills.You'll also find:- Fun Facts About Real Falcons and Falconry- Discussion Questions- Great Games- Drawings to Color- Learn how to Write Falcon in Chinese- Learn How to Write "Focus" in Chinese- Falcon Story "Saving Willow Whip"- Falcon Idiom and Folk Story "Eye of the Hawk"

* Silver Medal Winner in the 2010 BOTYA Awards Body, Mind and Spirit Category * The Chinese horoscope holds the key to a better understanding of self and others, and to living a life of harmony. Not just the year of birth, but also the month, day and hour have significance in true Chinese astrology. Master Zhongxian Wu explains how to find your power animal symbols, and how to learn from their wisdom. By fully understanding what each animal signifies, and how they relate to the major hexagrams of the Yijing, he shows that they can help you to find inner peace and live in harmony with family, friends, the wider community, and with nature. Using the wisdom of the twelve animal symbols as a guide, you will learn how to better understand your personality, and make choices that profoundly influence your health, relationships, career, and finances, allowing you to live up to your greatest potential. Making the wisdom of the twelve Chinese animals accessible to the Western reader for the first time in its relationship with the Yijing, this book will be an illuminating read for anyone interested in understanding themselves and their life patterns better, Chinese astrology, and the Yijing.

Controversy over the medicinal uses of wild animals in China has erupted around the ethics and efficacy of animal-based drugs, the devastating effect of animal farming on wildlife conservation, and the propensity of these practices to foster zoonotic diseases. In Mao's Bestiary, Liz P. Y. Chee traces the history of the use of medicinal animals in modern China. While animal parts and tissue have been used in Chinese medicine for centuries, Chee demonstrates that the early Communist state expanded and systematized their production and use to compensate for drug shortages, generate foreign investment in high-end animal medicines, and facilitate an ideological shift toward legitimating folk medicines. Among other topics, Chee investigates the craze for chicken blood therapy during the Cultural Revolution, the origins of deer antler farming under Mao and bear bile farming under Deng, and the crucial influence of the Soviet Union and North Korea on Chinese zootherapies. In the process, Chee shows Chinese medicine to be a realm of change rather than a timeless tradition, a hopeful conclusion given current efforts to reform its use of animals.

Kung Fu Animal Power uses 18 different animals to teach classic virtues to build good character and healthy bodies. This beautifully illustrated, full color guide is packed with inspiration, valuable lessons, and detailed information. Each Kung Fu Animal also teaches a detailed body mechanic lesson and the drills to master it. These lessons build superior coordination, balance, and agility as well as balanced whole body strength and flexibility. Kung Fu Animal Power builds courage and real self defense skill with powerful moves from the best styles of Kung Fu. Master the Lessons of Kung Fu Animal Power and enter the Wu Lin Ren, or "Forest of Virtuous and Skilled Martial Artists".

Find out which creatures in the animal kingdom have the coolest superpowers in this new book in the 101 Animal series! Discover some of the most extraordinary creatures in nature! This book takes a close look at 101 of the coolest tricks and superpowers in the animal kingdom. Find out how these animals' superpowers work and what they use them for--both to hunt and to protect themselves! Organized from A to Z, meet insects, reptiles, mammals, birds, and fish, all that have amazing super-abilities!