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Author: Douglas Wile Publisher: Sweet Chi Press ISBN: Category : Health & Fitness Languages : en Pages : 248
Book Description
Introducing three 16th to 18th century martial arts traditions, this guide exmaines more then 2000 years of the development of soft-style martial arts theory.
Author: Douglas Wile Publisher: Sweet Chi Press ISBN: Category : Health & Fitness Languages : en Pages : 248
Book Description
Introducing three 16th to 18th century martial arts traditions, this guide exmaines more then 2000 years of the development of soft-style martial arts theory.
Author: Brian Kennedy Publisher: Blue Snake Books ISBN: 9781583941942 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 352
Book Description
Secret training manuals, magic swords, and flying kung fu masters—these are staples of Chinese martial arts movies and novels, but only secret manuals have a basis in reality. Chinese martial arts masters of the past did indeed write such works, along with manuals for the general public. This collection introduces Western readers to the rich and diverse tradition of these influential texts, rarely available to the English-speaking reader. Authors Brian Kennedy and Elizabeth Guo, who coauthor a regular column for Classical Fighting Arts magazine, showcase illustrated manuals from the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, and the Republican period. Aimed at fans, students, and practitioners, the book explains the principles, techniques, and forms of each system while also placing them in the wider cultural context of Chinese martial arts. Individual chapters cover the history of the manuals, Taiwanese martial arts, the lives and livelihoods of the masters, the Imperial military exams, the significance of the Shaolin Temple, and more. Featuring a wealth of rare photographs of great masters as well as original drawings depicting the intended forms of each discipline, this book offers a multifaceted portrait of Chinese martial arts and their place in Chinese culture.
Author: Jin Jing Zhong Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 184728406X Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 282
Book Description
Devoted to the most enigmatic and little-known aspect of training of Shaolin monks. Training methods allow supernatural abilites to develop, far beyond abilities of an ordinary man. The book was writen with the blessing and direct participation of the Head of the Shaolin Monastery Reverend Miao Xing, nicknamed "The Golden Arhat," one of the best Shaolin fighters of all times. These secret practices traditionally called "72 arts of Shaolin" or the essence of the Shaolin Combat Training.
Author: Lihong Jiang Publisher: Springer Nature ISBN: 9811660425 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 577
Book Description
This book systematically outlines the development of ancient Chinese. Consisting of 20 chapters, the self-contained work presents macro-level discussions on a broad range of topics, including: philology, phonology, exegetics, certain words’ special meanings, sentence types, the flexible use of words, different grammars in ancient and modern times, and rhetoric. Though chiefly focusing on vocabulary, the book also addresses grammar, and points out grammar problems that differ considerably from those in modern Chinese, in addition to combining morphology and syntax. Further, unlike the majority of textbooks on the subject, it pays more attention to the rhetoric used in ancient Chinese literary works. Rather than simply analyzing linguistic phenomena, the book also (and more importantly) provides a meaningful approach to the study of ancient Chinese. Accordingly, it offers a valuable asset for researchers, graduate students, and everyone else who is interested in ancient Chinese.
Author: Douglas Wile
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Author: Isaac Kaufman Funk
Author: Isaac Kaufman Funk
Author: Jin Jing Zhong
Author: Lihong Jiang