Form and Will Boxing: One of the Big Three Internal Chinese Body Boxing Styles (Bushido--The Way of the Warrior) [Paperback]

Lin Jianhua (Author)

Book Description

Series: Bushido--The Way of the Warrior | Publication Date: November 15, 1994

Offers a clearly written yet extensive overview of both Xingquan (Form Boxing) and Yiquan (Training Mind and Will) or Five-Element Boxing, including origin, development, movement, health perks and training methods.

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About the Author

Mr. LIN JIANJUA was born in Indonesia 1953 and came back to China with his family in 1954. He began to learn Chinese martial arts in 1964. He entered the Physical Education Department of Fujian Normal University in 1973 and studied Chinese Martial Arts under the direction of Professor Guo Minhua. In 1979, Mr. Lin entered Wuhan Institute of physical Education to learn Form and Will Boxing (Shing-Yee-Ch'uan), Eight-diagram Palm (Bagua-Ch'uan), Taijiquan (T'ai-Chi-Ch'uan) and other excellent techniques from Professor Wen Jingming and Professor Liu Yuhua, the famous martial artists of China.

On graduation from Fujian Normal University in 1976, Mr. Lin began his career in universities as a martial arts teacher. He worked in the Physical Education Department of Fujian Normal University from 1978 to 1983, and he has worked in the Physical Education Department of Amoi University since 1983. During the past eighteen years, Mr. Lin has taught many students Chinese martial arts, some of whom came from Japan, America, England, Canada, Australia, Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark, New Zealand, Germany, Singapore and The Philippines. He has once been invited to Ateneo University of The Philippines to give a lectures of Chinese martial arts.

Mr. Lin Jianhua is now a council member of Fujian Martial Arts Association, the vice-president of Amoy Martial Arts Association, the president of Martial Arts Association and the Research Society of Taijiquan of Amoi University, and the chief coach of the martial arts team of Amoi University. As a national grade judge of martial arts, he has executed his duties in many national or international contests of martial arts.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Japan Publications Trading (November 15, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0870409425
• ISBN-13: 978-0870409424
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,138,226 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Book could easily be improved, October 27, 1999

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Patrick Holt "txdragon" (San Antonio, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Form and Will Boxing: One of the Big Three Internal Chinese Body Boxing Styles (Bushido--The Way of the Warrior) (Paperback)

This is on Ok book. It lacks in two things: 1. Proper editing. I don't believe words are mistranslated- they are misspelled. This is the editors fault. 2. Better pictures- The pictures on the outside cover of the book are great- but the insided pictures leave a lot to be desired. They are grainy black and white photos that look like old newspaper photos. They allow you to get the general idea of a posture or stance but details of a particular technique are lost.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Silly translation but lots of easy to understand pictures., July 6, 1999

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This review is from: Form and Will Boxing: One of the Big Three Internal Chinese Body Boxing Styles (Bushido--The Way of the Warrior) (Paperback)

The translation into English is worded somewhat silly at times, but if you're looking for picture-by-picture explanations of xing yi's forms, it's the most thorough one out there. The five fists and animal styles are all broken down in many transitional pictures that show the each movement precisely, there is no guesswork as to what the author is trying to get across with each explanation.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Quite terrible., January 30, 2006

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Edgar Glavas (Cakovec, Croatia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Form and Will Boxing: One of the Big Three Internal Chinese Body Boxing Styles (Bushido--The Way of the Warrior) (Paperback)

According to my teacher, there is not a single correct posture shown in this entire book. While the demonstration clearly shows that the practicioner has spirit, speed and strength, the postures are all flawed. For example, the rear foot angled like that will prevent shifting back or retreating and disperse energy. Even on the rear cover, there is a photo of a punch executed from ma bu (horseriding stance) is shown - the problem being, ma bu is not part of xing yi.Even the stance shown on the front cover is somply wrong in my eyes since all the strength in the posture is directed backwards. (don't belieev it? try at home...) That is, however, a popular posture for demonstraions and modern wu shu dancing.

The book lacks theory, or presents it in an incomplete way - for example of the five (six by some sources) words that describe the xing yi body, only four are mentioned in this text.

I wouldn't reccomend this book to anyone wanting to practice the positions presented in it.