Guangdong Wing Chun

Author: Igor Dudukchan
Publisher: Igor Dudukchan
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 276

Book Description
Wing Chun, it is the most famous and dynamic style of Wushu in the world. Its distinctive features are the simplicity and economy of movements, softness, and flexibility, as well as the effectiveness of defenses and the power of attacks. The main purpose of this branch of Chinese martial arts is the fastest achievement of victory in battle with the minimum effort and energy. The book offered to readers is devoted to an overview of the Wing Chun Kuen techniques, which became widespread in schools of Guangdong province. The book contains a large number of illustrations detailing the features of the techniques of the style and will be useful for everybody who studies the martial arts. Contents: Introduction Chapter 1. The Origin and Development of Wing Chun Kuen Chapter 2. The philosophical aspects of Wing Chun Kuen Chapter 3. Stances and movements Chapter 4. The strikes technique Punches Elbow strikes Kicks Chapter 5. Defense Techniques Blocking by hands Blocking by legs Chapter 6. Methods of attack Methods of the first group Methods of the second group Techniques of the combination attack Chapter 7. Methods of Defense and Counterattack Defending against single punches Defending against series of strikes Chapter 8. Special Exercises Chi Sao - Sticky Hands - Dang Chi Sau - Shuang Chi Sau - Shuang Chi Sau with attacks Lop Sau - Grabbing Hands Chapter 9. Forms The opening form Sup Yee Sik - The twelve forms Siu Nim Tao - “The Form of a Small Idea” Chum Kiu - "Seeking the bridge" Biu Jee - “Darting fingers” Chapter 10. Wooden Dummy Form Conclusion

Unknown Wing Chun - The Branch of Great Master Chan Wah Shun

Author: Igor Dudukchan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781520741925
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 228

Book Description
Wing Chun it is a best known and dynamically developed throughout the world Wushu style. Its distinctive features are easiness and economy of movements, softness and compliance and also effectiveness of defenses and power of attacks. The main aim of this direction of Chinese martial arts is a most fast victory in combat with the least expense of forces and energy. The offered book is devoted to the survey of Wing Chun Kuen technique, given us by the Great master Chan Wah Shun and his son Chan Yu Min. Its special feature is a harmonic combination of traditional Wing Chun Kuen holds with rigid and powerful technique of Southern Shaolin Wushu. In this style besides the widespread forms such as Siu Lim Tao, Chum Kiu, Biu Jee are many new and little known forms such as "Four gates"- Saay Moon, "To Conquer tiger" - Fuk-fu Kuen, "Red sand hand" - Hung Sha Cheung and other. The book contains large number of illustration and will be useful for everybody, who studies the martial arts. More than 1400 illustrations.

Complete Wing Chun

Author: Robert Chu
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462917534
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
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!

The Creation of Wing Chun

Author: Benjamin N. Judkins
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438456956
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 366

Book Description
This book explores the social history of southern Chinese martial arts and their contemporary importance to local identity and narratives of resistance. Hong Kong's Bruce Lee ushered the Chinese martial arts onto an international stage in the 1970s. Lee's 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.

What a Body Can Do

Author: Ben Spatz
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317524713
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 295

Book Description
In What a Body Can Do, Ben Spatz develops, for the first time, a rigorous theory of embodied technique as knowledge. He argues that viewing technique as both training and research has much to offer current debates over the role of practice in the university, including the debates around "practice as research." Drawing on critical perspectives from the sociology of knowledge, phenomenology, dance studies, enactive cognition, and other areas, Spatz argues that technique is a major area of historical and ongoing research in physical culture, performing arts, and everyday life.

The Shaolin Monastery

Author: Meir Shahar
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824831101
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298

Book Description
This meticulously researched and eminently readable study considers the economic, political, and religious factors that led Shaolin monks to disregard the Buddhist prohibition against violence and instead create fighting techniques that by the 21st century have spread throughout the world.

Chinese Martial Arts Cinema

Author: Stephen Teo
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474403883
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description
This is the first comprehensive, fully-researched account of the historical and contemporary development of the traditional martial arts genre in the Chinese cinema known as wuxia (literal translation: martial chivalry) - a genre which audiences around the world became familiar with through the phenomenal 'crossover' hit Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000). The book unveils rich layers of the wuxia tradition as it developed in the early Shanghai cinema in the late 1920s, and from the 1950s onwards, in the Hong Kong and Taiwan film industries. Key attractions of the book are analyses of:*The history of the tradition as it began in the Shanghai cinema, its rise and popularity as a serialized form in the silent cinema of the late 1920s, and its eventual prohibition by the government in 1931.*The fantastic characteristics of the genre, their relationship with folklore, myth and religion, and their similarities and differences with the kung fu sub-genre of martial arts cinema.*The protagonists and heroes of the genre, in particular the figure of the female knight-errant.*The chief personalities and masterpieces of the genre - directors such as King Hu, Chu Yuan, Zhang Che, Ang Lee, Zhang Yimou, and films such as Come Drink With Me (1966), The One-Armed Swordsman (1967), A Touch of Zen (1970-71), Hero (2002), House of Flying Daggers (2004), and Curse of the Golden Flower (2006).

The Way of the Warrior

Author: Chris Crudelli
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0756651859
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 364

Book Description
Drawing on the vast body of styles practiced around the world, including ancient and obscure styles from every continent on the planet, The Way of the Warrior is an indispensable, one-stop reference work for anyone interested in the martial-arts canon.

Painful holds and throws in wing chun

Author: Neskorodev Semyon
Publisher: Neskorodev Semyon
ISBN: 154812026X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 173

Book Description
The ability to make painful holds in a striking technique relates to the master level. Wing Chun like other styles of martial arts contains the section of painful holds and throws. In the book was considered the technique of main painful holds on all arm joints and throws, realized after each painful hold. The first section of the book contains the theory of painful holds and allows to understand how and at which expanse painful holds and throws are realized. The second section of the book is devoted to the applied technique of painful holds. The book contains many illustrations.

Traditional Wing Chun - The branch of great master Yip Man

Author: Igor Dudukchan
Publisher: Igor Dudukchan
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 279

Book Description
Wing Chun Kuen - is the most famous and dynamic style of Wushu in the world. Its distinguishing features are simplicity and economy of movements, softness and flexibility, as well as the effectiveness of protection and power of attacks. The main purpose of this direction of Chinese martial arts is the fastest achievement of victory in battle with the minimum efforts and energy. Over the long history of Wing Chun, the original style was divided into several large branches. It should be noted that at the similarity of the principles that were put to the basis of the style, technique and forms of different versions of Wing Chun Kuen, there are very big differences. This book, proposed to the attention of the readers is devoted to the overview of Wing Chun Kuen technique, transmitted to us by the great master Yip Man. CONTENTS: Introduction Chapter 1. Origin and Development of Wing Chun Kuen Chapter 2. The theory of Wing Chun Chapter 3. Stances and movements Chapter 4. Stroke technique Chapter 5. Defense technique Chapter 6. Throws and grabs Chapter 7. Training combinations Chapter 8. Methods of attack Chapter 9. Methods of defense and counterattack Chapter 10. Sticky hands - Chi Sau Chapter 11. Special exercises - Lop Sau - Fon Sau Chapter 12. Forms - Siu Lim Tao - Martial combinations - Chum Kiu - Martial combinations - Biu Jee - Martial combinations Chapter 13. Training at the wooden dummy Conclusion