The Fundamentals of Pa Kua Chang: The Methods of Lu Shui-Tien As Taught by Park Bok Nam Vol. II(Fundamentals of Pa Kua Chan (Unique)) [Paperback]

Park BOK Nam (Author)

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• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Unique Publications (September 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0865681732
• ISBN-13: 978-0865681736
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 7.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #121,227 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Find both volumes, November 11, 2002

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Timothy Walden (Asheville, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Fundamentals of Pa Kua Chang: The Methods of Lu Shui-Tien As Taught by Park Bok Nam Vol. II(Fundamentals of Pa Kua Chan (Unique)) (Paperback)

To find volume one search under Dan Miller, the other person listed as author. Amazon has listed both volumes under the same title and their software can't handle this.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful follow up to the first volume, November 23, 1998

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Jimmy Lin (New Brunswick, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Fundamentals of Pa Kua Chang: The Methods of Lu Shui-Tien As Taught by Park Bok Nam Vol. II (Paperback)

After reading the first volume, I sought out the student group under Sifu Park nearest me and began training. Sifu Park is a wonderful teacher and holds nothing back in imparting the system which he has inherited. Volume II of Sifu Park's book contains yet another wealth of information while emphasizing the basic and fundamental concepts laid out in the first. It is meant to read and used as a written reference for those who have already learned the content of the first volume. I write "learned" rather than "mastered" because it takes years of practice to truly master the contents of the first volume. In the second volume, Sifu Park begins to build up the student's repertoire of techniques, fundamental exercises, and theoretical concepts. Generally speaking, in Sifu's school and study groups, it takes about a year to two years (depending on your background and willingness to practice) to get a handle on all of the teachings from the first voume. The second volume could easily take six to seven years of practice before one learns everything. Sifu also begins to show some fighting applications and the "variations on a theme" concepts that are Pa Kua trademarks. If one wishes to learn the exercises within these books, the videos are essential if a student group is not readily available. However, without the videos, the books give excellent insights into not only what is known as the most effective internal martial art created but also into general martial arts practice, applications, and the building of good fundamentals.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Incomplete without the first volume, May 29, 2002

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James Ramsey (Lakewood, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Fundamentals of Pa Kua Chang: The Methods of Lu Shui-Tien As Taught by Park Bok Nam Vol. II(Fundamentals of Pa Kua Chan (Unique)) (Paperback)

This book presents a lot of information, and presents it well.

However, it makes VERY frequent references to techniques presented in Vol I, and it does not present those techniques again. Several pages are dedicated to the sole purpose of explaining how important it is that the reader master the techniques of the first book before moving on to the techniques in this book. Therefore, if you are looking to build a practice out of this book, you will need to also read the first volume.