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Wing Chun Kung Fu/Jeet Kune Do: A Comparison, Volume 1 (Literary Links to the Orient)

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There are no better men than Ted Wong (Jeet Kune Do) and William Cheung (Wing Chun) to demonstrate their respective arts in their purest forms. The book does an incredible job of directly comparing the applications of JKD and Wing Chun through a great integration of text and photos.

This book makes a decent reference guide, or a hypothetical fight comparison, but there isn't much that can be personally gained from it. It is divided into five chapters: stances, hands, kicks, tactics, and self defense. There is a woefully inadequate into paragraph for each chapter, then the rest is filled with "what-if?" situation counters. This book does a poor job of explaining the REASONS Wing Chun and Jeet Kune Do are different and simply shows you what ted wong and william cheung would do in an assortment of fighting situations. Also, it is important to note that Ted Wong practices JUN FAN, not JKD. Some of his counters are hopelessly outdated. For example, an attacker stabs with knife [angle 7] and he does an INSIDE CRESCENT KICK to deflect it. Is he the Flash? The material in this book might be okay to play around with a friend, but I'd rather apply the money towards paying an instructor: you cannot learn JKD (even Jun Fan) or Wing Chun from a book.

There isn't anything new to be found in this text that hasn't been covered more thoroughly in other texts. The topics covered seemed glossed over without any meat or substance. Skip this one for more up to date books.

Having taken both styles and achieved Level 7 in TWC, this book is a must read. It provides invaluable insight into the relationship and differences between both styles.

I am satisfied with this book about basic of wing chun and comparation with jeet kun do.
I recomend this book as introduce into wing chun and jeet kun do.

Me, myself being a practicioner of both JKD and Wing Chun Kung Fu found this book to be interesting. It shows you how Bruce Lee used his Wing Chun knowledge and skill to be the basis of Jeet Kune Do. This book also shows how both Wing Chun and Jeet Kune Do would handle the same situations.

In my personal opinion Jeet Kune Do is much more simpler, direct and practical in terms of hand-to-hand combat, but where Jeet Kune Do is rooted from should not be overlooked.

This is probably one of the best books around for any martial artist, regardless of style. I say this because Grandmaster Cheung and Mr. Wong show not only the differences in their respective systems, but the merits as well. The techniques presented are logical and easy to use, and they compliment the hard-core logic of each system. Most other books I have seen on both of these arts try to make a spiritual standpoint on "chi" to seemingly fill up space and gather readers.

This isn't the case here. Again, nothing but cold, hard facts of fighting are given from both styles in this book. I recommend not only to those who would benefit the most from it (wing chun devotees), but also practitioners of other arts. It's a great book, and I expect to see more like it in the future.

This book was very disapointing, and misleading. Like for example wing chun has no high kicks but you will see one in this book. enough said

DO you really think that this stuff is going to work? especially the trapping? so many people love trapping but when then try it in sparring it doesnt work.the lin lop sau,the bong lop sau,the same hand tan to lop sau-cmon now none of that works against anyone who doesnt leave their hand out there after they throw a punch! this may have been how people fought hundreds if not a thousand years ago but it certainly isnt practical now! if you want to spend lots of your precious time learning an art that most of it you cant use in sparring or in the street then so be it.but like bruce said "man {or for that matter any person man or woman} is MORE IMPORTANT than any art or system" even applies to jkd and wing chun-not the other way around!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!