An outstanding history of Chinese martial arts training manuals and the general social context of Chinese martial arts, the book offers something for both the general reader unfamiliar with Chinese martial arts and the seasoned student of martial arts looking for historical information on the famous masters.
A Historic Survey
Paperback
Publication Date: 27/12/2008
Secret training manuals, magic swords, and kung fu masters flying through the air: these are the stock motifs of Chinese martial arts movies and novels. Secret manuals, unlike the many other movie motifs, actually do have a basis in reality. Chinese martial arts masters of the past did indeed write secret training manuals, as well as training manuals made available to the general public. An invaluable source of information about China's martial arts past, this collection of training manuals introduces the West to many of these previously unpublished photographs of great masters and original drawings depicting the intended forms of Chinese martial arts. The lavishly illustrated book covers Chinese martial arts training manuals from over thirty historical masters.The text teaches the principles, techniques, and forms of a martial arts system and also places these training manuals in the wider cultural context of Chinese martial arts, with chapters on such topics as the history of the manuals, Chinese martial arts historians, the history of Taiwanese martial arts, the livelihoods of Chinese martial artists, the Imperial military exams, the place of the Shaolin Temple in Chinese martial arts history, and Chinese martial arts systems classifications.
An outstanding history of Chinese martial arts training manuals and the general social context of Chinese martial arts, the book offers something for both the general reader unfamiliar with Chinese martial arts and the seasoned student of martial arts looking for historical information on the famous masters.
An outstanding history of Chinese martial arts training manuals and the general social context of Chinese martial arts, the book offers something for both the general reader unfamiliar with Chinese martial arts and the seasoned student of martial arts looking for historical information on the famous masters.
- ISBN:
- 9781583941942
- 9781583941942
- Category:
- Oriental martial arts
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 27-12-2008
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- North Atlantic Books,U.S.
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Edition:
- 2nd Edition
- Pages:
- 352
- Dimensions (mm):
- 228x152x24mm
- Weight:
- 0.51kg
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