Author: Rene Ritchie
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781892515032
Category : Kung fu
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Although the art of wing chun kung-fu is perhaps one of the most popular martial arts in the world, it was kept very much private until the 1950's. Hailing from mainland China, the Yuan Kay-San system of wing chun, one of the most rare and elusive branches of the art, is finally introduced to the Western world. For the first time in book form, Rene Ritchie, one of the art's leading scholars, shares the fundamentals of the Yuen Kay-San system of wing chun. Included are the history, concepts, and foundation of the art, the sup yee sik and siu lien tao forms, and their practical applications. For beginners, it serves as a great introduction to wing chun; for the seasoned practitioner, it offers a new and unique perspective into the art.
Author: Robert Chu
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462917534
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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Master the many styles of Wing Chun Kung Fu with this expert martial arts guide. With the fame of Bruce Lee, the conditions in Hong Kong, and the hard work and effort of many of his classmates, the Wing Chun of the late master Yip Man became one of the most well-known and popular Chinese martial arts in the world. Although this gave Wing Chun international recognition, it also led to a lot of misconceptions. Due to a lack of authentic information, many mistakenly came to assume that the renowned Yip Man was the sole inheritor of the style and that his Wing Chun was the lone version of the art. In fact, there are several different and distinct systems of Wing Chun. Unfortunately, over the years most of these systems have remained unseen or unreported to all but a few--until now. Profusely illustrated with over 300 historical photographs, Complete Wing Chun: The Definitive Guide to Wing Chun's History and Traditions presents seldom seen information on a dozen branches of the Wing Chun art. It offers the reader side-by-side comparison of these arts by outlining each system in terms of Wing Chun history, principles, basics, and training methods: Yip Man Wing Chun Yuen Kay-San Wing Chun Kuen Gu Lao Wing Chun Kuen Nanyang Wing Chun Kuen Pan Nam Wing Chun Kuen Pao Fa Lien Wing Chun Kuen Hung Suen Wing Chun Kuen and more!
Author: Marie NDiaye
Publisher: Influx Press
ISBN: 1910312908
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 81
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'NDiaye is a hypnotic storyteller with an unflinching understanding of the rock-bottom reality of most people's life.' New York Times ' One of France's most exciting prose stylists.' The Guardian. Obsessed by her encounters with the mysterious green women, and haunted by the Garonne River, a nameless narrator seeks them out in La Roele, Paris, Marseille, and Ouagadougou. Each encounter reveals different aspects of the women; real or imagined, dead or alive, seductive or suicidal, driving the narrator deeper into her obsession, in this unsettling exploration of identity, memory and paranoia. Self Portrait in Green is the multi-prize winning, Marie NDiaye's brilliant subversion of the memoir. Written in diary entries, with lyrical prose and dreamlike imagery, we start with and return to the river, which mirrors the narrative by posing more questions than it answers.
Author: Ting Liang
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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Author: Milton Hatoum
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429932201
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
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Introducing a major new voice in Brazilian letters. Set among a Lebanese immigrant community in the Brazilian port of Manaus, The Brothers is the story of identical twins, Yaqub and Omar, whose mutual jealousy is offset only by their love for their mother. But it is Omar who is the object of Zana's Jocasta-like passion, while her husband, Halim, feels her slipping away from him, as their beautiful daughter, RGnia, makes a tragic claim on her brothers' affection. Vivid, exotic, and lushly atmospheric, The Brothers is the story of a family's disintegration, of a changing city and the culture clash between the native-born inhabitants and a new immigrant group, and of the future the next generation will make from the ruins.
Author: Stefan H. C. Lo
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108721826
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 447
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Offers an accessible overview of Hong Kong's legal system and guides first-year law students in legal research and methods.
Author: Fabio Morábito
Publisher: Other Press, LLC
ISBN: 1635420725
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
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In this poignant novel, a man guilty of a minor offense finds purpose unexpectedly by way of his punishment—reading to others. After an accident—or “the misfortune,” as his cancer-ridden father’s caretaker, Celeste, calls it—Eduardo is sentenced to a year of community service reading to the elderly and disabled. Stripped of his driver’s license and feeling impotent as he nears thirty-five, he leads a dull, lonely life, chatting occasionally with the waitresses of a local restaurant or walking the streets of Cuernavaca. Once a quiet town known for its lush gardens and swimming pools, the “City of Eternal Spring” is now plagued by robberies, kidnappings, and the other myriad forms of violence bred by drug trafficking. At first, Eduardo seems unable to connect. He movingly reads the words of Dostoyevsky, Henry James, Daphne du Maurier, and more, but doesn’t truly understand them. His eccentric listeners—including two brothers, one mute, who moves his lips while the other acts as ventriloquist; deaf parents raising children they don’t know are hearing; and a beautiful, wheelchair-bound mezzo soprano—sense his detachment. Then Eduardo comes across a poem his father had copied by the Mexican poet Isabel Fraire, and it affects him as no literature has before. Through these fascinating characters, like the practical, quick-witted Celeste, who intuitively grasps poetry even though she never learned to read, Fabio Morábito shows how art can help us rediscover meaning in a corrupt, unequal society.
Author: Wu Cheng'en
Publisher: Asiapac Books Pte Ltd
ISBN: 9812298894
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 177
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The bestselling Journey to the West comic book by artist Chang Boon Kiat is now back in a brand new fully coloured edition. Journey to the West is one of the greatest classics in Chinese literature. It tells the epic tale of the monk Xuanzang who journeys to the West in search of the Buddhist sutras with his disciples, Sun Wukong, Sandy and Pigsy. Along the way, Xuanzang's life was threatened by the diabolical White Bone Spirit, the menacing Red Child and his fearsome parents and, a host of evil spirits who sought to devour Xuanzang's flesh to attain immortality. Bear witness to the formidable Sun Wukong's (Monkey God) prowess as he takes them on, using his Fiery Eyes, Golden Cudgel, Somersault Cloud, and quick wits! Be prepared for a galloping read that will leave you breathless!
Author: Benjamin N. Judkins
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 143845693X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 366
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Looks at southern Chinese martial arts traditions and how they have become important to local identity and narratives of resistance. This book explores the social history of southern Chinese martial arts and their contemporary importance to local identity and narratives of resistance. Hong Kongs Bruce Lee ushered the Chinese martial arts onto an international stage in the 1970s. Lees teacher, Ip Man, master of Wing Chun Kung Fu, has recently emerged as a highly visible symbol of southern Chinese identity and pride. Benjamin N. Judkins and Jon Nielson examine the emergence of Wing Chun to reveal how this body of social practices developed and why individuals continue to turn to the martial arts as they navigate the challenges of a rapidly evolving environment. After surveying the development of hand combat traditions in Guangdong Province from roughly the start of the nineteenth century until 1949, the authors turn to Wing Chun, noting its development, the changing social attitudes towards this practice over time, and its ultimate emergence as a global art form.
Author: Igor Dudukchan
Publisher: Igor Dudukchan
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 195
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The Wing Chun - it is a traditional style of the Chinese Kung Fu. The Wing Chun is very popular in the whole world thanks to its high efficiency application techniques. Wing Chun has many styles and schools such as Yip Man school, Pan Nam school, Yuen Kay-San school, Nguen Te Cong school (Vietnamese Wing Chun - Vinhxuan ) and others. Nguen Te Cong (Yuen Chai-Wan) is a founder of Vietnamese Wing Chun school. He and his brother (Yuen Kay-San) learned kung-fu under master Fung Siu-Ching and master Fok Bo-Kuen. In 1936 he moved to Hanoi (Vietnam) and opened martial art school. His Wing Chun style has many different forms: Thudao quyen (siu lim tao), “108” form (partner form and wooden dummy form), Five Animals form. This forms and combat applications are present in this ebook. Contents: Introduction Chapter 1.The theory of Wing Chun Chapter 2. Stances and moving Chapter 3. The Strokes Chapter 4. The Defense Chapter 5. The Throws and Grabs Chapter 6. The methods of attack Chapter 7. The defense and the counterattack Chapter 8. The Thudao qyuen (Siu Lim Tao) Chapter 9. The «108» form - The «108» form with the opponent - The «108» form with the Wooden Dummy Chapter 10. The Five Animals fist - Ngu Hinh qyuen (The joint five animals form) - The martial combinations - The paired form Capter 11. Chi sao (The sticky hands) Appendix 1. The Tiger form (Ho qyuen) Appendix 2. The Leopard form (Bao qyuen) Appendix 3. The Crane form (Hac qyuen) Appendix 4. The Snake form (Sa qyuen) Appendix 5. The Dragon form (Long qyuen)
