Wing Chun Kung-fu: A Complete Guide - Softcover

Smith, Joseph Wayne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0804838259 ISBN 13: 9780804838252

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing, 2006

Synopsis

The essential guide to Wing Chun Kung-Fu―basic forms and principles, fighting and grappling, advanced techniques and weapons.

Featuring over 300 black and white photos and step-by-step illustrations, Wing Chun Kung-Fu: A Complete Guide offers clear, straightforward, and authoritative instruction to the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun Kung-Fu. This Wing Chun book introduces and demonstrates the three empty-hand wing chun kung fu forms, the combative building blocks of the system, including sticky-hand and sticky-leg fighting, chin-na, and the theory of vital strikes to the weak points of human anatomy (dar mak). This Wing Chun guide also introduces the wooden dummy form, the six-and-a-half pole form, and the use of butterfly knives.

In addition, this kung fu book provides detailed commentary on the theory behind each move so that you can develop an in-depth understanding of both the practical application of this fighting art and the meaning behind it. Other sections include specialized fighting and grappling techniques and instructions on using weapons. An additional section is devoted to conditioning, stretching, power training and weight training exercises that will be of particular benefit for serious students of Wing Chun and practitioners of any martial art.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Joseph Wayne Smith studied Wing Chun kung-fu under Sifu Felix Leong and has contributed articles to martial arts journals in Australia, America and Europe.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0804838259
• ISBN 13: 9780804838252
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256