Wing Tsun Kuen [Hardcover]

Leung Ting (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 2000

The most complete book for Wing Tusn system has been written, including history and story of Wing Tsun (Wing Chun), fighting methods of the three forms-Siu-Nim-Tau (little idea), Chum-Kiu (arm-seeking), Biu-Tze (thrusting-fingers), Muk-Yan Chong (wooden dummy) techniques, Chi Sau (clinging arm) training and strength development.

Editorial Reviews

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A thorough research into the theories of Kung-Fu -- Law Kay, Choy Lee Fut Founder Chan Heung Memorial Association

Promoter of Chinese Kung-fu for the benefits of all races of the world. -- Tam Hon, Tam Gar Saam Chin Martial-art Gymnasium

The Kungfu style with the soft and unlaborious but at the same time the most fierce and fatal streetfighting method -- Grandmaster Keith Ronald Kernspecht, Germany, May 5, 1977

About the Author

Professor Leung Ting is the founder of the Leung Ting WingTsun system, permanent president and 10th level Master of Comprehension (MOC) of the International Wingtsun Association. He possessed a Bachelor of Arts in Chinese and English Literature and Language. He was conferred the title of Doctor of Philosophy in 1979. Dr. Leung Ting had instructed at the Combat-arts of the National Sport of Bulgaria as a guest-professor in 1997. Leung Ting¡¦s Wing Tsun kungfu system is worldwide practiced by hundreds of thousands of martial art practitioners over 60 countries and embraced by the special forces, including the FBI and Marine Corps of the USA, SEK and GSG9 of Germany, RAID of France, GIP of Luxembourg, NOCS of Italy, and special police units of Belgium, Austria, Spain, etc. Besides his career of WingTsun kungfu, Professor Leung Ting has also been a kungfu film director, TV series director as well as martial art book writer.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 324 pages
• Publisher: Shogun (December 2000)
• Language: Mandarin Chinese, English
• ISBN-10: 9627284017
• ISBN-13: 978-9627284017
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,444,416 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A little disappointed, June 24, 2005

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Dr. Barry. R. Hutchinson (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wing Tsun Kuen (Hardcover)

After reading the positive reveiws about this book I was encouraged to purchase it. It took a few weeks to arrive but when it did I was enthusiastic to say the least. What I expected was a bible on wing chun (Wing Tsun). What I got were many pages promoting Leung Ting, far too many in fact.
As for the rest, well you've seen it all before. There are many books out there dealing with the technical aspects of this beautiful system and I'm sorry but with regards explaining these aspects, Leung Ting's volume is not the best. It's filled with the now obligatory B/W pictures of Siu Lim Tao and Chun Kiu and a few empty hand techniques. If you are a moderately well versed wing chun practitioner you will get very little in the way of answering those niggling questions ie. how to properly execute circling steps in combat.

This book is far from being a wing chun bible. It seems deliberately sketchy. It should contain the whole system if it is to be a real gold standard and it does not.

Please, if you have an understanding of wing chun, only buy this book to have as a part of your collection, you won't read anything new.

If you are new to wing chun and seek to learn from a book then I would recommend Secret Techniques of Wing Chun Volume One by K.T.Chao & J.E.Weakland (Crompton Publication). This will give you a more complete understanding of the system.

Finally, I really wanted to get this tome and more than that I wanted to love it, I thought it would answer some of the little questions that many of us have. Master Leung Ting, who promotes his credentials very effectively in the book, had the oportunity here to rise above the rest but he blew it. If only he had written the definative book, the book of all books, I would have paid twice the cover price for such a book, and by the way, this book isn't cheap. However, he doesn't cater for the experienced wing chun practitioner at all. What he does do is promote himself and brand of Wing Tsun. If there is a second/third volume etc, then this cannot be the bible so we are yet again being slightly misled. With this in mind, I don't think I will buy another of his publications.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Master of Deception, maybe., December 2, 2011

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T. Kite - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wing Tsun Kuen (Hardcover)

Leung Ting was never a 'closed door' disciple of Ip Man - far from it he was one of the last batch of students Ip man had in his lifetime. This book is full of unfinished bits and pieces, and is far from a 'bible' on Wing Chun. I purchased a copy years ago just to have a look at it when I could receive things at a wholesale price. I wasn't really impressed with the book overall. I met Leung Ting around 1990 and he seems more like a used car salesman than a Kung Fu Master. One of his former Technician level instructors left his organization and I was quite amazed at this. I asked him why, because there are so many very devoted Leung Ting followers - he told me the guy was all about money. I believe it. So in closing, I wouldn't spend my money on this book, it has too many incomplete pieces to it, it is full of self agrandization etc. That's my two cents.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE Bible on Wing Tsun, May 11, 2006

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J. Webb (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wing Tsun Kuen (Hardcover)

The Wing Tsun Kuen by Grandmaster Leung Ting is without a doubt THE BIBLE of Wing Tsun and set the standard for martial arts books since it's publication in 1978. Today the book is in it's 14th printing; and while it has been often imitated -- it has never been equalled. Wing Tsun Kuen contains photos showing the techniques from multiple angles (front, side, birds-eye, etc.) as well as detailed text explaining the techniques being shown. I purchase my first copy in 1985 and a subsequent copy in 2001 (the renewal edition). The author is good about updating the photos and text every few years to keep the look fresh -- while maintaining the "meat" of this book which has made it a trend-setter since the late 1970's. Highly recommended!