Kung-Fu Table Tennis

Author: Allen Chinn
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557433347
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
Using his 46 years of knowledge and practical experience, Great Grandmaster Allen J. Chinn has successfully adapted Kung-Fu combat techniques and fighting philosophies to the sport of table tennis. Originally these techniques were used in table tennis play to keep up his Kung-Fu speed, and fine motor skills. Eventually the blending of Kung-Fu and table tennis became a natural innovation. The most popular racket sport in the world now had new strategies based on Kung-Fu philosophies that are centuries old. Whether you're a serious recreational player or a competitive tournament player, Kung-Fu Table Tennis will give you new insight on equipment, techniques and strategies.

Five Months a Spartan

Author: Allen Chinn
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1329820452
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 158

Book Description
FIVE MONTHS A SPARTAN is an inspirational story of how my son's new interest of obstacle course racing became a five month whirlwind obsession. No one does thirteen obstacle course events and numerous volunteer and promotional events in their first five months of competing. He tested himself with physical challenges that he never imagined. His mental toughness was challenged with each course. Then imagine the elements of extreme heat, snow, or lightning. The five month tour had long driving trips to Alberta, British Columbia, Idaho, Utah, Lake Tahoe, Montana and others. One never knows what they are truly made of until they are tested beyond their limits. Participating in Spartan Races, Spartan Hurricane Heat, Rugged Maniac, Tough Mudder and Warrior Dash, were indeed great tests of endurance, strength, speed and tenacity.

The Zombie Hunter's Combat Guide

Author: Allen Chinn
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 130005073X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description
The Zombie Hunter's Combat Guide is a fiction laced with a little humor and actual firearms and weapons facts. There are almost 200 actual photographs in this book! This book is meant for entertainment purposes. It is unlike any other zombie book as it is written by an actual Great Grandmaster of Kung-Fu, that also happens to be an archer and firearms expert. Areas covered in this book include: The Zombie Hunter's Code, The Zombie Hunter's Responsibility, The Beginning, Zombie Types, Zombie Common Characteristics, Zombie Preparedness, Basics of Proper Zombie Killing, Rules for Zombie Hunting, Types of Combat, Types of Weapons, Accessories and Gear, Weapon Selection Warning, Practical Accuracy, Safety Gear, Vehicles, Survival Supplies, Mindset, Firearm Safety, Zombie Hunting Strategies, Strongholds, Zombie Hunting Realities and the Conclusion.

Rebirth from the Ashes

Author: Allen Chinn
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1458373363
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 104

Book Description
Through this short memoir, the author shares his story of stress, tragedy and sorrow and the steps taken to be reborn from the depths of depression.

A Kung-Fu Master's Journey

Author: Allen Chinn
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557115728
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 129

Book Description
Describing 45 years of martial arts experience and the influences that helped shape him, Kung-Fu Grandmaster Allen J. Chinn tells his story. In a time when little was known about the secret art of Kung-Fu, an eight year old searched to find life's lessons in the Chinese martial arts. This book gives insight into his experiences as a martial artist, but also describes what it was like growing up as an Asian American in South Seattle's Beacon Hill. His life experiences and personal thoughts provide the reader an understanding of what makes a 21st century Kung-Fu Grandmaster. Finally, this book demonstrates that if you desire something enough, you can achieve it. The seemingly impossible can become possible.

Remade in Hollywood

Author: Kenneth Chan
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
ISBN: 9622090567
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 270

Book Description
This book describes how notions of Chinese identity, culture, and popular film genres have been reinvented and repackaged by major U.S. studios, spurring a surge in Chinese visibility in Hollywood.

Combat Master - Sid Woodcock and Detonics

Author: Allen Chinn
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1105480763
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 134

Book Description
If I told you that there was a person that was one of the early 1940s OSS (Office of Strategic Services) operatives and later worked under contract for the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), Atomic Energy Commission, Department of Defense, FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), Secret Service and the Department of Justice; trained at Shaolin during World War II, trained at the Kodokan in Japan after World War II, was a Grandmaster of Chin Na, 8th Degree Black Belt in Shinobi, instructor of units from the U.S. Army Special Forces and U.S. Navy Seal Teams, taught Bruce Lee joint locking techniques; an expert in firearms and explosives, and a watch maker you would think I was crazy or a liar. Sid was all of these things and more. This book is my memoir of my friend Sid Woodcock and Detonics the gun company he made famous. Sid's background insured that the Detonics Combat Master was a pistol fit for impossible missions. Sid and the pistol that he made famous were indeed Combat Masters.

Cool Colleges 2014

Author: Peterson's
Publisher: Peterson's
ISBN: 0768938309
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 596

Book Description
Our newly updated, Peterson's Cool Colleges 2014, features colorful, easy-to-read profiles of hundreds of "cool" colleges and universities across the United States and abroad. You're about to make one of the most important decisions of your life, and you need the best information possible. Peterson's eBook can help you make that choice with hundreds of school photos that provide a preview of campus and student life, enlightening articles on applying to the cool college that's right for you, and information on what life is really like on campus-from sports arenas to dining facilities.

Cool Colleges 2013

Author: Peterson's
Publisher: Peterson's
ISBN: 0768937191
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 576

Book Description
Our newly updated, Peterson's Cool Colleges 2013, features colorful, easy-to-read profiles of hundreds of "cool" colleges and universities across the United States and abroad. You're about to make one of the most important decisions of your life, and you need the best information possible. Peterson's guide can help you make that choice with hundreds of school photos that provide a preview of campus and student life, enlightening articles on applying to the cool college that's right for you, and information on what life is really like on campus-from sports arenas to dining facilities.

Tennis Kung Fu

Author: Master Bruce Wang
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1435721225
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 194

Book Description
The core skills of kung fu are accuracy, speed, balance, rhythm and timing. In order to achieve mastery of these skills, a kung fu artist must go through numerous exercises of "pictorial" meditations and practices to train the keen power of observation and visualization. Tennis requires the same core skills. And, to become a good tennis player, you need to experience the same "pictorial" process too. Apply kung fu insight to tennis? This book gives you a set of "pictorial icons" to stimulate your tennis skills and set you out to swing at every ball with inspiration, confidence and consistency. "Practice makes perfect." But, to be effective in practice, sooner or later you will have to find the "pictorial" trigger cues which jumpstart your skills. This is a must read book-it worth more than ten private lessons. It will dramatically boost up your tennis IQ in a matter of hours. http://www.lulu.com/tenniskungfu