Not a bad book. The fundamentals of Tai Chi is well explain and there is even schematic of movements to learn the basic. The problem is that in my opinion, to learn something has fluid has Tai Chi is, a video would be a much better idea than a book. To really see the movements in action. The book being cheaper than dvd, in may be a good idea to understand what is Tai Chi, where it came from and all that, to see if you really have an interest in ti, and then go with a video after.