--- product_id: 1702445 title: "The Way of Energy: Mastering the Chinese Art of Internal Strength with Chi Kung Exercise (A Gaia Original)" brand: "master lam kam-chuen" price: "837890₫" currency: VND in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.vn/products/1702445-the-way-of-energy-mastering-the-chinese-art-of-internal store_origin: VN region: Vietnam --- # The Way of Energy: Mastering the Chinese Art of Internal Strength with Chi Kung Exercise (A Gaia Original) **Brand:** master lam kam-chuen **Price:** 837890₫ **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Way of Energy: Mastering the Chinese Art of Internal Strength with Chi Kung Exercise (A Gaia Original) by master lam kam-chuen - **How much does it cost?** 837890₫ with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vn](https://www.desertcart.vn/products/1702445-the-way-of-energy-mastering-the-chinese-art-of-internal) ## Best For - master lam kam-chuen enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted master lam kam-chuen brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The Way of Energy: Mastering the Chinese Art of Internal Strength with Chi Kung Exercise (A Gaia Original) ## Images ![The Way of Energy: Mastering the Chinese Art of Internal Strength with Chi Kung Exercise (A Gaia Original) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61+UiW301VL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Way of Energy vis a vis Energy Gates Chi Gung *by G***S on Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2005* If you've heard about Zhan Zhuang (or Jan Juang) and want to begin practicing it, you're fortunate. You've also come to the right place. Dr. Lam's book is one of only two books I've found that explains "standing like a stake" in a clear, straigtforward manner. The other is "Opening the Energy Gates of your Body by Bruce Kumar Frantzis (BKF). If you decide invest the time to practice Zhan Zhang, the amount of additional time it'll take you to read both of these fine and inexpensive books is trivial and will repay you many times over. Both books provide wise counsel from a master teacher.As an Energy Gates practitioner I find a deep level of agreement between the two systems. There are differences in emphasis, but nothing in Dr. Lam's book and his I Chuan system (also see The Way of Power) strikes me as wildly different than what you'd get from BKF. Both books are incredibly clear and helpful. Both would enable a beginner working without a teacher to learn basic standing and obtain a great deal of benefit. However, at a certain point, everybody needs a teacher. Trying to learn and practice everything in the EG book and everything in both of Dr. Lam books by yourself would be very difficult. IMO, The odds of a beginner pulling it off are almost nil.But, with Zhan Zhuang, alone, the odds are much higher. Why? For the same reason it's kind of a magic bullet (albeit an incredibly slow moving magic bullet) for movement artists who study Tai Chi, Ba Gua and Hsing I. Even a beginner in Zhan Zhuang can precisely align his or her body and achieve great relaxation and energy flow in a very short time compared to attaining this level while practicing a complex form. And, inevitably, your standing practice will flow into all your arts and daily life. In short, you might find yourself progressing much faster than your fellow students who spend much more time just practicing the form.Differences:1. BKF focusses on alignments much more than Dr. Lam, even at the beginning level. Dr. Lam in the book is basically trying to get people practicing, and presumably their teacher will give corrections later. Per Dr. Lam, you can practice with your eyes open or closed. You can listen to music if that helps. You can even practice with the TV on!The thought of BKF telling someone that they can practice standing with the TV on strikes me as hilarious. OTOH I often stand aligned while watching a sporting event on TV and do other exercises, so Dr. Lam is probably offering some sound advice. Bottom line, learning more about alignments is one of the best reasons for somebody reading The Way of Energy to also read Energy Gates.2. Energy Gates has a strong emphasis on what BFK calls dissolving (i.e. freeing blocked chi). This is only mentioned in passing in Dr. Lam's book. It's probably something that he considers best left to the teacher. Also note that the more advanced level of dissolving presented in EG (inner dissolving of the individual Energy Gates) is not really a beginning practice - not that it would cause harm.3. Energy Gates standing tries to establish the downward flow of Energy very strongly, which BKF considers the safest way for a beginner to approach Chi Gung (or Nei Gung, to be more exact, working all the energy in your body simultaneously). Thus, the Energy Gates practitioner always stands in the Wu Chi posture.Dr. Lam on the other hand introduces more advanced postures that work the upward flow of energy once the student has been standing for half a year or more. This is one of the most attactive reasons for the EG practitioner to read the Way of Energy. Because unless he's had the opportunity to learn BKF's Spiralling Energy Body Chi Gung, he hasn't been taught anything about these other postures. I'm strongly attracted to working with Dr. Lam's sequence and plan to try working with them when my basic standing time is a bit longer than it is now.4. Dr. Lam suggests warming up before you stand, which in an ideal world is a very good idea. He presents some simple warm-ups and then for the experienced student he teaches Ba Duan Jin (8 brocades, Chi Gung). This section alone is worth the price of the book. BKF implicitly presents EG as the warmup to your Tai Chi or Ba Gua practice.5. The Way of Energy focusses on standing alone (plus the warm-up). The EG book presents a complete Chi Gung set including some movement exercises; Cloud Hands, the Swings and a spine stretch exercise. Again, it would be quite hard for a beginner to learn these from a book without introducing distortions. For example, the 3rd. swing isn't even taught in my school until the student is in the 3rd. level of Energy Gates and the exercise has been described by my teacher as "the hardest thing we teach". Just reading the book, you wouldn't assume that there's muchdifference between the third swing and the second.6. BKF comes down strongly against visualizations. I Chuan typically uses them. But this difference is more apparent than real. The visualizations of I Chuan are all easily imagined bodily actions and feeling that help you learn to put your intent into your body. For instance, it's not hard to imagine holding a large ball, and doing that gives you some insight into what you should be feeling in a certain posture. By the same token, Bruce is getting you deep into your body, but what he's teaching you (the energetic model of your body) is so different from your current model that you're probably going to be visualizing rather than feeling it to some extent anyway. For example, Bruce might tell you to increase the space in your midriff, specifically in the two cavities of your midriff on your side channels. An I Chuan teacher might tell you to imagine simultaneously sitting down and getting up out of a chair. Both of them are helping you to learn to feel the same thing deep inside your body that's not familiar to you yet. Both are valuable. Also, a key technique ofwhat BKF calls outer dissolving (feeling your tension move from solid to liquid to gas) is basically as much a visualization technique as most of the stuff in I Chuan.If you're doing Zhan Zhuang, buy both "The Way of Energy" and "The Way of Power" and also check out BKFs books, especially "Opening the Energy Gates..." ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Treasure of a book! *by S***R on Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2023* This book is a little jewel. Very clear to read, doesn’t go off obscure tangent, if explains in a methodical and simple yet profound way. I’m impressed and happy to know that I’m following a master in learning qigong. So many YouTubers share their way but with this book you know you’re in good hands. Have been practicing for about month and a half, only on the first position. Up to 12 minutes per session, then I follow up with tai chi. Each time I walk away refreshed and serene, I know that the practice will get better and better. I came to qigong because I’ve had nagging knee pain that comes and goes, so I hope qigong helps. This book is a must buy. I bought the paperback to have it close. Normally I read on kindle but I knew on this book I had to get the real deal. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars A true treasure *by S***M on Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2018* This book has changed my life for the better. As a young kid, I suffered a lower back injury in a phys. ed. class. In addition, some members of my family have had intense lower back problems. My sports injury kept haunting me for a very long time. To heal/control it, I swam in college most days for about forty minutes. I tried yoga, which aggravated it, bicycled, which helped some, and did a bunch of therapeutic exercises, which didn't help much. Eventually, I discovered tai chi, which helped some. However, one day, about 20 years ago, I came across an article that mentioned that to improve one's tai chi, a person would have to practice standing. This statement intrigued me very much and made me look for a suitable source to learn. I finally discovered Lam's book and started practicing. Initially, I was surprised how weak I was. After only five minutes, I would stagger to the couch and collapse. My shoulders would hurt pretty bad while practicing. Yet, after a few months of doggedly hanging in there, I got stronger and could stand twenty minutes. Gradually, I became quite strong and healthier!! The most amazing thing was that my back quit bothering me. The episodes of intense back pain disappeared completely!! In my early thirties, I had so much pain that I envisioned myself in a wheel chair at fifty! Now here I am at 63, standing most mornings for an hour. I can stand on one leg for five minutes, and I can lift more than I could 30 years ago. Plus, I have become more flexible and a lot more patient and free of stress. Of course, sometimes, standing is boring or really challenging as time creeps by super slowly, especially for the first twenty minutes. After that, I sometimes slip into some type of time warp where time seems to speed up. Now I have gotten to the point where I can feel a lot of tingling in my hands, which get super hot. It feels like electricity flowing through my hands and lower arms. When my wife gets near me, she claims that I radiate heat, like a stove. If you have read so far without having been turned off by my ramblings, you will understand what I meant when I stated that this book has really changed my life. I will stand as long as I can because of the amazing benefits I have received from doing so. If you decide to get this book to improve your life, be very patient and increase your standing practice gradually over months. If you rush it, you may get hurt. At one point, I was too impatient and developed plantar fasciitis, which is an inflamation affecting your heals and part of your soles of your feet. I got rid of it, but it took awhile, and to do so, I had to restrict my standing practice for awhile. However, if you use common sense, you should be fine. After you have gotten stronger, vary your practice to keep boredom at bay. Also, include the warm up exercises, along with the eight brocades Mr. Lam has included in this book. Above all, persist, and you will enjoy a better life! --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.vn/products/1702445-the-way-of-energy-mastering-the-chinese-art-of-internal](https://www.desertcart.vn/products/1702445-the-way-of-energy-mastering-the-chinese-art-of-internal) --- *Product available on Desertcart Vietnam* *Store origin: VN* *Last updated: 2026-05-23*