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Choy Li Fut Kung Fu: The Dynamic Fighting Art Descended From the Monks of the Shaolin Temple

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This book is very good for the practicing choy li fut student. It will help you memorize the names of each move and their order. It also gives a good background to the school/study. I would not recommend it for an individual who is not already enrolled in choy li fut. It is a class supplement, not to be used without the help of a teacher.

This serves as a good intro to the art. It does an excellent job at inspiring one to undertake the study for CLF, as it has for me. I must say though that the movements are barely described. You'd have to have prior experience in Kung Fu to have any idea what they are talking about. Does anyone know of any authentic CLF schools in New York?

This book gives a great overview of Choy Li Fut Kung Fu! It talks about the lineage and history which I find fascinating. The book also covers ALL the basics which is the true art of Choy Li Fut. As a practitioner I use this as a reference guide on a frequent basis. The book is very elusive and I find a little bit more hidden in these pages each time I pick it up. Laid out before you are the true secrets of the art. To most they don't know what they are reading so they simply glaze over the words. Those are the ones who truly miss out.

This is one of the few books I've been able to find on CLF, and found it incredably lacking. If it weren't for two forms presented inside the book, it would be little more than a pamphlet. The reader gets an introduction into Choy Li Fut, but not enough to really learn anything. Liniage is presented, weapons used are named, and you get to see a couple of poorly-shot photos of finnished techniques. I don't really recomend that anyone get this book, unless you want to learn CLF's first two forms and have no teacher.

This Choy Li Fut book is a pretty good introductory book on the Choy Li Fut system. I've heard of lots of tales about the systems origins, but this has it. Well, don't be fooled by the cover where it says step-by-step guide to the fighting secrets of Southern China's....There's only 2 forms: Five Wheel Stance and Fist. In some points, I'd have to agree with the first comment on this page. It doesn't even describe the movement of the forms. The pictures aren't pretty clear. At least it's more genuine than the Choy Lay Fut book by Lee Koon Hung.

As previously mentioned this book is not intended to teach you a whole system. It does not follow the Chan Family lineage as well. However, if you do follow Choy Li Fut it does show you all of the basic movements. Obviously it can not compare to receiving actual training and hands-on instruction, but it is a great reference and an excellent guide. Authentic martial arts are passed down from generations with hands on training and with written manuals and scripts. This book is a manual/script! I agree that the photos aren't the best, but look at when this was originally published. It has obviously sold plenty of copies to still be in print.

If you are buying this book to learn Choy Li Fut, don't. If you are buying this book to learn interesting facts about the history and style of Choy Li Fut then go ahead. There are no advanced secrets, much less basics, but since so little is published about this great martial art, its better than nothing. Kinda fun to read if you are just about to start Choy Li Fut, but most of its history is online now.

Save your money and take a class, you'll learn everything in this book in the first month, if not the first week.

You can never expect to learn a style like Choy li fut from a book. This book is usefull to anyone learning this style, Otherwise it can only give you a rough idea about CLF

This book covers all for the Choy Li Fut student. If you have never trained in choylifut then why buy the book? You can't learn from a book, you need to go and study from a teacher exposed in the "style" you wish to study. Never expect to learn from a book.

Unless you have former training in Kung Fu, nothing much but frustration would be gained from reading this book. It's basically a collection of fancy poses labeled in Chinese with not much description on how these movements are executed. So since you you rely solely on the b&w photographs to learn the art, you run into confustion because some of them are unclear, especially in the hand attacks. Sure, there's an interesting history of the art of Choy Li Fut at the beginning of the book, but as far as actually learning the art, it would be safe to say you'd be a far cry cry from a dark sash any time soon.