Wing Chun Kung-fu Volume 2: Fighting & Grappling (Chinese Martial Arts Library) [Paperback]
Book Description
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The essence of martial science...,
By
This review is from: Wing Chun Kung-fu Volume 2: Fighting & Grappling (Chinese Martial Arts Library) (Paperback)
Smith follows up volume one in this Wing Chun trilogy with another fine effort, this time detailing the techniques and tactics of the style. The material in this book can be used creatively as a guide to the applications of the forms described in volume one. This edition also contains an introduction to Chi Sau exercises, a vital component to Wing Chun training. What I like most about Smith is his open-minded perspective; in this book, he sights some of the strengths and weaknesses of the style, and he's not afraid to suggest solutions for oversights such as fighting outside trapping range and the lack of power strikes (readers might also consider a Wing Chun practitioner's vulnerability to a skilled wrestler's attack, an issue not addressed here). Another excellent analysis of this practical and highly efficient martial art.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Please, buy another book,
By
This review is from: Wing Chun Kung-fu Volume 2: Fighting & Grappling (Chinese Martial Arts Library) (Paperback)
I don't know why I keep on buying this kind of manual and after having read this book I've got a good reason to stop. 70 pages of chatting that 'any master' can do. The pictures don't show what the written should want to explain. They don't have a dynamical sequence and it's difficult to realize the words' author. 1 star is enough.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A MUST buy for the begining Wing Chun practioner,
This review is from: Wing Chun Kung-fu Volume 2: Fighting & Grappling (Chinese Martial Arts Library) (Paperback)
If your interested in finding out what all the hype is about, or just wanting some interesting techniques to try out, buy this book. it covers dar mak, chin na, and many combination hand and feet techniques. A very good compliment to a wing chun student's martial arts library
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
Sticky-hand fighting (chi sao) is the foundation of the Wing Chun system. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
taun sao, bong sao, dar mak, haun sao, fook sao, larger fighter, chi gerk, jut sao, sao position, smaller fighter, chi sao, vital strikes, elbow smash, dim mak, hook punch, straight punch, throwing techniques, low kicks, roundhouse kick, knee strike, second knuckles Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Wing Chun, White Crane, Muay Thai, Chum Kil, Paladin Press New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Sticky-hand fighting (chi sao) is the foundation of the Wing Chun system. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
taun sao, bong sao, dar mak, haun sao, fook sao, larger fighter, chi gerk, jut sao, sao position, smaller fighter, chi sao, vital strikes, elbow smash, dim mak, hook punch, straight punch, throwing techniques, low kicks, roundhouse kick, knee strike, second knuckles Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Wing Chun, White Crane, Muay Thai, Chum Kil, Paladin Press New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
This book cites 5
books:
- Secrets of Shaolin Temple Boxing by Robert W. Smith in Back Matter
- Black Medicine: The Dark Art of Death by N. Mashiro on page 58
- Concepts in Kinesiology by Richard Groves on page 69
- Advanced Techniques by Smith in Back Matter
- Human Anatomy: Depicting the Body from the Renaissance to Today by Benjamin A. Rifkin on page 58
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
