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Quanzhou Taizuquan

Author : Kun Min Zhou
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781943155262
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (552 download)

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Download or read book Quanzhou Taizuquan written by Kun Min Zhou and published by . This book was released on 2017-07 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quanzhou Taizuquan is an important treatise on the martial arts of Fujian Province, China. Though it delves deep into the history and preserved cannon of Emperor Fist or ¿Grand Ancestor Boxing¿ (Taizuquan, Tai Cho Kun), the book is also a parallel look at Five Ancestor Fist (Ngo Cho Kun, Wuzuquan). Written by celebrated master and historian Zhou Kun Min, the book details the origins and development of Taizuquan and Wuzuquan through the centuries, often shedding new light on previously accepted dogma. Complementing the invaluable historical content are deeply detailed chapter discussions on Qi Energy, Body Mechanics, Stances, Fist Methods, Partner Training, Five Element Defenses. weapons, several fist forms and applications. This volume is the only English translated edition of the Chinese classic book by one of the most respected masters in Fujian province.

Overview of Fujian Taizu Boxing

Author : Russ Smith
Publisher : Martial Forest LLC
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (873 download)

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Download or read book Overview of Fujian Taizu Boxing written by Russ Smith and published by Martial Forest LLC. This book was released on 2023-02-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boxing manuals, known as quanpu (拳谱), are written records that document the techniques and principles of Southern Chinese martial arts. These manuals typically include illustrations and descriptions of various techniques and forms, as well as information about the history and philosophy of the martial art. Quanpu were used by martial artists as a reference for training and as a means of preserving and passing down the knowledge and techniques of the art. They were also used to share information between different schools and practitioners and to document the development of the art over time. Quanpu played a significant role in the development and preservation of Southern Chinese martial arts and continue to be an important resource for martial artists today. This book primarily consists of a translation of a small, unillustrated quanpu called "Overview of Taizu Boxing," which was written by Zheng Jinbu (曾金卜) for his student, Zheng Lianlai (郑连来). The book was later annotated and published by Zheng Lianlai, adding explanations for terms and phrases specific to Quanzhou martial arts. These explanations, along with the author's training in Fujian Five Ancestor Boxing (which contains Taizuquan) form the basis for the commentary accompanying the original text.

Bubishi

Author :
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462918530
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Bubishi written by and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05-31 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treasured for centuries by karate's top masters, the Bubishi is a classic Chinese work on philosophy, strategy, medicine, and technique as they relate to the martial arts. Referred to as the "bible of karate" by famous master Chojun Miyagi, for hundreds of years the Bubishiwas a secret text passed from master to student in China and later in Okinawa. All of karate's legendary masters have studied it, applied its teachings, or copied passages from it. No other classic work has had as dramatic an impact on the shaping and development of karate as the Bubishi. Karate historian and authority Patrick McCarthy spent over ten years researching and studying the Bubishi and the arts associated with it. The first English translation of this remarkable martial arts manual includes numerous explanations and notes. McCarthy's work also includes groundbreaking research on Okinawan and Chinese history, as well as the fighting and healing traditions that developed in those countries, making it a gold mine for researchers and practitioners alike. For the final word on the true origins and spirit of classic Okinawan martial arts, one need look no further. This karate book is one of the best karate training supplements available.

Martial Arts Studies

Author : Paul Bowman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1783481293
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (834 download)

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Download or read book Martial Arts Studies written by Paul Bowman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-04-09 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The phrase “martial arts studies” is increasingly circulating as a term to describe a new field of interest. But many academic fields including history, philosophy, anthropology, and Area studies already engage with martial arts in their own particular way. Therefore, is there really such a thing as a unique field of martial arts studies? Martial Arts Studies is the first book to engage directly with these questions. It assesses the multiplicity and heterogeneity of possible approaches to martial arts studies, exploring orientations and limitations of existing approaches. It makes a case for constructing the field of martial arts studies in terms of key coordinates from post-structuralism, cultural studies, media studies, and post-colonialism. By using these anti-disciplinary approaches to disrupt the approaches of other disciplines, Martial Arts Studies proposes a field that both emerges out of and differs from its many disciplinary locations.

Five Ancestor Fist Kung Fu

Author : Alexander L. Co
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 146290131X
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Five Ancestor Fist Kung Fu written by Alexander L. Co and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2011-11-22 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simple, direct, and deadly–it's the art of ngo cho kun, or fists of the five ancestors. In its approach to iron body training, its reliance on the sam chien stance, and its special emphasis on hard and soft techniques, this Fukien style of kung–fu is believed to be the root of the Goju–ryu and Uechi–ryu Okinawan karate systems. During the declining years of the Ching dynasty, Sijo Chua Giok Beng combined the salient features of five styles from five masters into the formation of ngo cho kun, a distinct blend of both external and internal Chinese martial arts. Aside from being an effective form of self–defense, diligent practice of Ngo Cho Kun can balance the body's metabolism, strengthen internal organs, and improve general well–being. Ngo cho kun is at once historically significant and practical for modern–day self–defense needs. Five Ancestor Fist Kung–Fu is a must for those who are interested in the historical connection between kung–fu and karate, or who wish to expand their self–defense repertoire.

Kong Han Ngo Cho

Author : Henry Lo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781943155163
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (551 download)

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Download or read book Kong Han Ngo Cho written by Henry Lo and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-21 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Hidden History of the Chinese Internal Martial Arts

Author : Sal Canzonieri
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781490430713
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book The Hidden History of the Chinese Internal Martial Arts written by Sal Canzonieri and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-05-17 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, the martial arts of Bagua Zhang, Taiji Quan, and Xing/Xin Yi Quan are the best known of the Neijia arts and are often practiced together. The origins of these so-called “Big Three Internal Martial Arts” are both mysterious and controversial. These convoluted origins are often interconnected and interrelated and span through many other Chinese martial arts. Often times some aspects of one style's boxing routines served as a root to the development of another style, though their relationship may have become long forgotten today. During the Qing Dynasty (1644 to 1912), many famous Chinese martial artists arose who practiced not only all three arts of Bagua, Taiji, and Xingyi, but also some form of Long Fist Boxing as well, such as Shaolin Quan and Tongbei Quan. It is important to understand the roots of one's style, so that one can see how the movements developed over time and perhaps learn why there are done the way they are now done. It is an interesting, long winding road exploring who taught what to whom, when and why. This book was developed from over 30 years of research and it is a book about what my opinion is that the research reveals. Hopefully it will lead others to do more research and many new books will arise tracing the historical and stylistic and often mysterious evolution of the Chinese Martial Arts. It is very surprising to find out how the different styles are connected to each other in many different ways.

Monkey

Author : Jeff Stone
Publisher : Yearling Books
ISBN 13 : 037583074X
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (758 download)

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Download or read book Monkey written by Jeff Stone and published by Yearling Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After soldiers of the new Emperor, led by Ying, engage in a fierce battle with the warrior-monks, Malao "the monkey" and his brothers rely on the ancient arts to help set things right.

The Essence and Applications of Taijiquan

Author : Yang Chengfu
Publisher : North Atlantic Books
ISBN 13 : 158394639X
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (839 download)

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Download or read book The Essence and Applications of Taijiquan written by Yang Chengfu and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martial arts master Yang Chengfu’s seminal work on the techniques and applications of Yang-style taijiquan—now available to Western practitioners for the first time The publication in 1934 of Yang Chengfu's book, The Essence and Applications of Taijiquan (Taijiquan Tiyong Quanshu) marked a milestone in the modern evolution of the art of taijiquan. Using what is best-termed demonstration narrative, the author presents form postures and suggested applications from his own perspective, as he performed them. This methodology renders Yang Chengfu's direct, hands-on teaching of the art with such immediacy and liveliness that the reader experiences the master’s teaching much as his students did. This English translation finally makes Yang Chengfu's classic work available to taijiquan enthusiasts in the West. It includes notes and commentary that clarify the author's frequent classical and literary turns of phrase and elucidate the philosophical and political underpinnings that shape the text. The translator investigates and compares several early taijiquan books in order to help explain the roles played by two of Yang Chengfu's students, Dong Yingjie and Zheng Manqing, in bringing Yang Chengfu's words and teachings into print. Serious students of taijiquan, and those wishing to deepen their knowledge of taijiquan history and theory, will find this seminal work indispensable to their study and practice.

Principle-Driven Skills Development

Author : Russ Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781943155309
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (553 download)

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Download or read book Principle-Driven Skills Development written by Russ Smith and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-23 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Principle-Driven Skill Development dives deep to describe how to ensure traditional martial arts instructors and practitioners can avoid the limitations of memory-focused training by utilizing traditional principles, coupled with purpose-driven teaching methods.Re-addressing common ideas in martial arts, the author helps outline a method for understanding, codifying, and error-correcting one's own training and teaching methods and focusing on developing progressive understanding in students, and then enlisting traditional application principles to help guide and enhance the effectiveness of clinch-range maneuvers.Over 500 photos provide examples of over 30 application principles from arts like Okinawan Karate, Five Ancestor Boxing, White Crane, Grand Ancestor, White Eyebrow and others.

The Tao of Wing Chun

Author : John Little
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1632209950
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (322 download)

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Download or read book The Tao of Wing Chun written by John Little and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wing Chun is the most popular form of Chinese Kung Fu in the world today, with over four million practitioners. The art as it is presently understood has been handed down from teacher to student for more than three hundred years. Until now, no one has ever stepped back and taken a critical look at why this art’s techniques are presented and performed the way they are. This book, by Wing Chun master Danny Xuan and martial-arts authority John Little, is the first to decipher these techniques that until now have been encrypted within this art. Xuan and Little reveal how Wing Chun was designed holistically, based on the laws of physics, human nature, and biomechanics. It was also designed with economy, efficiency, and productivity in mind. Unlike other martial arts, Wing Chun doesn’t focus on making a person larger, more rugged, acrobatic or animal-like; rather, it focuses on making optimal use of one’s own bodily structure and power potential by applying the sciences of biomechanics and physics. Thus, it is possible for males and females of all ages and sizes to excel in this art. The Tao of Wing Chun provides a readable, authoritative means of cultivating personal protection skills, enhanced flexibility, improved coordination, greater stamina, and physical and mental fitness while simultaneously cultivating humility, focus, determination, self-confidence, character, camaraderie, and deep inner strength. Foremost, this book offers the reader the means by which to apply Wing Chun principles in daily life. Enhanced by forty-eight full-color illustrations, The Tao of Wing Chun will fascinate, educate, and entertain a wide range of readers—from beginner to master.

Chinese Gentle Art Complete

Author : Chiok Yu
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692205419
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (54 download)

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Download or read book Chinese Gentle Art Complete written by Chiok Yu and published by . This book was released on 2014-04-17 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I congratulate Sifu Alex Co for translating this rare and important book whose historical significance cannot be overstated. All practitioners of Ngo Cho should have this at their side!" -Grandmaster Benito Tan, Beng Kiam Athletic Association In Chinese Gentle Art Complete, Alexander Lim Co pours scholarship and more than 50 years' experience in Ngo Cho into the first-ever illustrated publication, and English-language translation, of this historical book on Fukien Five Ancestor Boxing. Long held as the "Bible of Ngo Cho Kun," this treatise on Five Ancestor Fist Kung-Fu has been a treasured keepsake among lineage holders of the style. Originally published in China 1917 by Yu Chiok Sam, one of the "Ngo Cho Ten Tigers," or leading disciples of the art's founder Chua Giok Beng, the book saw only a limited print run. It has been out of print for over 90 years! This special Tambuli Media edition presents all of the original Chinese text along with a new Foreword, Prefaces, an Appendix and precise English translation illustrated with over 700 clear photographs demonstrating techniques and training methods. Contents include: Single Short-Hand and Long-Hand Techniques; Double Short-Hand and Long-Hand Techniques; Kneeling and Evading Techniques; Nine Section Brocade; Nine Rotary Method; 18 Scholars Method; Solo and Partner Fighting Drills; 38 Solo Empty-Hand Forms; Six Weapon Art Categories.

International Wushu Competition Routines

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789622381537
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (815 download)

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Download or read book International Wushu Competition Routines written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Creation of Wing Chun

Author : Benjamin N. Judkins
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438456956
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book The Creation of Wing Chun written by Benjamin N. Judkins and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2015-07-16 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the social history of southern Chinese martial arts and their contemporary importance to local identity and narratives of resistance. Hong Kong's Bruce Lee ushered the Chinese martial arts onto an international stage in the 1970s. Lee's teacher, Ip Man, master of Wing Chun Kung Fu, has recently emerged as a highly visible symbol of southern Chinese identity and pride. Benjamin N. Judkins and Jon Nielson examine the emergence of Wing Chun to reveal how this body of social practices developed and why individuals continue to turn to the martial arts as they navigate the challenges of a rapidly evolving environment. After surveying the development of hand combat traditions in Guangdong Province from roughly the start of the nineteenth century until 1949, the authors turn to Wing Chun, noting its development, the changing social attitudes towards this practice over time, and its ultimate emergence as a global art form.

Ultimate Kempo

Author : Jeff Driscoll
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462914470
Total Pages : 626 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Ultimate Kempo written by Jeff Driscoll and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-06 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kempo, also known as Kenpo, is a classic and effective system of self-defense. A Japanese martial art that teaches you how to avoid physical confrontations, the primary focus of Kempo, or "Fist Law" is not to inflict harm, but to manipulate the balance and structure of your opponent for optimal results. It teaches you how to avoid conflict through an understanding of Kosho Ryu's unique mental discipline and philosophy developed by the thirteenth-century Japanese Buddhist priest, Kosho Bosatsu. With hundreds of photographs of kempo techniques and downloadable video, this Kempo book gives you systematic guidance for maximum effectiveness in the striking, throwing, and locking arts. Practical in its application, powerful in its philosophy, Ultimate Kempo is a martial arts foundation that any practitioner can use to hone their skills. Chapters include: What is Kosho Shorei Ryu Kempo? What is the Martial Way? Concepts of Study Escaping Joint Locking Throwing Striking Pressure Points

Five-pattern Hung Kuen

Author : Leung Ting
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789627284093
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Five-pattern Hung Kuen written by Leung Ting and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Mysterious Power of Xingyi Quan

Author : Tang Cheong Shing
Publisher : Singing Dragon
ISBN 13 : 0857011154
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book The Mysterious Power of Xingyi Quan written by Tang Cheong Shing and published by Singing Dragon. This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ancient Chinese martial art of Xingyi Quan is known for its explosive internal power. Closely related to both Taiji Quan and Bagua Quan, Xingyi is regarded as the most esoteric, and the most dangerous of the fighting arts, though the purposes of consistent practice include health and spiritual development. This in-depth guide is the first to cover the history and traditions of the art in such a comprehensive way, describing the essential Xingyi Quan movements, and their effects, in fully illustrated form, and including the author's research with the Song Xingyi Quan clan in China. The book contains a comprehensive teaching guide to the practice of Santi Shr and the Five Element Fists, the core exercises of this potent fighting system, as well as explanations of the underlying principles which give Xingyi Masters their great depth of skill and refined understanding of combat strategy. The reader will also find clearly illustrated teachings of all the Twelve Animal Forms, linking forms, two person sets, basic skills, and the weapons training. This authoritative book will be an illuminating and complete guide for anyone interested in the internal martial arts, especially those practicing or teaching Xingyi Quan or wanting to learn more about it.