Books : Form and Will Boxing: One of the Big Three Internal Chinese Body Boxing Styles (Bushido--The Way of the Warrior)
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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.8
EAN num: 9780870409424
ISBN number: 0870409425
Label: Japan Publications Trading
Manufacturer: Japan Publications Trading
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 200
Printing Date: November 15, 1994
Publishing house: Japan Publications Trading
Sale Popularity Level: 1122600
Studio: Japan Publications Trading
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Offers a clearly written yet extensive overview of both Xingquan (Form Boxing) and Yiquan (Training Mind and Will) or Five-Element Boxing, including origin, development, movement, health perks and training methods.
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I have been practicing Xingyiquan for over two years now and find this book a great help. The pictures are a bit overexposed, but you can figure them out. If you are looking for a book with pretty pictures to put on your coffee table, go somewhere else.
But if you want to learn Xingyiquan, there are not much better sources, than this book.
I have read some bad reviews on this particular book that almost made me not buy it, but I did anyway. And I am glad I did.
Someone said that their teacher told them that there isn't ONE CORRECT movement in the book.
To me, this sounds a bit arrogant. And it would be tough to make a book on Xingyiquan without ONE correct movement. I think that that person who wrote that review has an instructor who knows nothing about Xingyiquan.
If he did know about Xingyiquan, he would know that there are plenty of different styles to the art. And that they are ALL done in somewhat different ways.
My instructor is a Master in all the internal arts and said the book was very good. This coming from a man who wrote his own book on the subject.
The thing one has to understand about ANY marital arts, is that there are different branches. This doesn't happen to be from my branch, but it does not mean that I cannot learn from it.
The intent of the art is there, and that is the important thing.
Even forms from Teacher to Student, things can change to a certain degree.
But this book (Bad Photo's aside) is one of the best books on the subject. It is jammed with precise information and is well worth your time and money. I have over two hundred books on Martial Arts (Mostly Chinese MA) and find this one to be one of great value.
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According to my teacher, there is not a single correct posture shown in this entire book. While the demonstration clearly shows that the practicioner has spirit, speed and strength, the postures are all flawed. For example, the rear foot angled like that will prevent shifting back or retreating and disperse energy. Even on the rear cover, there is a photo of a punch executed from ma bu (horseriding stance) is shown - the problem being, ma bu is not part of xing yi.Even the stance shown on the front cover is somply wrong in my eyes since all the strength in the posture is directed backwards. (don't belieev it? try at home...) That is, however, a popular posture for demonstraions and modern wu shu dancing.
The book lacks theory, or presents it in an incomplete way - for example of the five (six by some sources) words that describe the xing yi body, only four are mentioned in this text.
I wouldn't reccomend this book to anyone wanting to practice the positions presented in it.
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It's a shame that this book couldn't have been cleaned up a bit. The translation is awkward, and the pictures are too light. Having said that, I must admit that I really like this book. Books on Hsing-i are not as hard to find as they used to be, but most yesterday choose to cover the same old material. The five fists are included here, as well as the twelve animals, but the author goes on to further cover a couple of forms not available in other English language books. The photos are excellent in CONTENT, but as I said before, they're too light. Still one may overlook the shortcomings of the book and concentrate on the positives. This book would be best read after reading Robert W. Smith's book on the same topic (preferably the original version, if you can find it).
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This book isn't perfect, but it shows Xingiquan as really practiced. Sun Lu Tang's book is a classic and deals with some of the more esoteric elements. Shou and Yang's book is heavy on song of..., the 5 thises, the 6 thats, etc. and is missing some of the basics. For Hebei style, this book is great and should be in every practitioner's library.
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This is on Ok book. It lacks in two things: 1. Proper editing. I don't believe words are mistranslated- they are misspelled. This is the editors fault. 2. Better pictures- The pictures on the outside cover of the book are great- but the insided pictures leave a lot to be desired. They are grainy grey and white photos that look like old newspaper photos. They allow you to get the general idea of a posture or stance but details of a particular technique are lost.
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