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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Xuan, Danny.     Subjects     Hand-to-hand fighting, Oriental.     Kung fu.     Martial arts -- China.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Xuan, Danny.       by title:      The Tao of Wing Chun...       by call number:      796.8159 X8t     Search the Web     Xuan, Danny.     Hand-to-hand fighting, Oriental.     Kung fu.     Martial arts -- China.       MARC Display

The Tao of Wing Chun : the history and principles of China's most explosive martial art / Danny Xuan and John Little. by Xuan, Danny. Skyhorse Publishing, 2019, c2015. Call #: 796.8159 X8t Subjects Hand-to-hand fighting, Oriental.   Kung fu.   Martial arts -- China. ISBN:  9781510723177 (trade paperback) Description:  xiii, 258 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm. Notes:  Originally published in hardcover in 2015. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents:  Wing Chun : a reality check -- Genesis : the origin of martial art -- Martial art : the Chinese connection -- Grandmaster IP Man -- On the origin of Wing Chun -- The Wing Chun concept -- Wing Chun and The Art of War -- The centerline : the science of concentration -- Chisau : the science of espionage -- Structure : the science of architecture -- Force : the science of physics and the essence of Wing Chun -- Speed : the science of time and space -- Wing Chun : the science of the human body and the human mind -- Building and preserving strength -- On the value of Wing Chun. Summary:  "Wing Chun is the most popular form of Chinese Kung Fu in the world today, with over four million practitioners. The art as it is presently understood has been handed down from teacher to student for more than three hundred years. This book, by Wing Chun master Danny Xuan and martial-arts authority John Little, seeks to decipher the techniques that until now have been encrypted within this art." Other authors:  Little, John R., 1960- Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Nonfiction 796.8159 X8t Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Bedford Public Library Adult Nonfiction 796.8159 X8t Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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