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Type of bind: Perfect Paperback
EAN num: 9780979042119
ISBN number: 0979042119
Label: TactiCog (sm)
Manufacturer: TactiCog (sm)
Printing Date: December 15, 2006
Publishing house: TactiCog (sm)
Release Date: December 15, 2006
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BaiSao, a little-known exercise Yip Man used to demonstrate Wing Chun to strangers, becomes a window into Wing Chun theory, tying together ChiSao, Wooden Man, and fighting applications. Revealed is the amazing depth of thinking behind a sparkling, casual, but totally absorbing 10-20 second 'elevator speech' demo of the martial art that gave Bruce Lee his start. This unique book is structured around quotations from Wang Kiu, the least-known of Yip Man's original core students. Written to resemble a college course, with 'lecture/demo', 'reading', and 'lab' sections, with about 200 photos, BaiSao introduces Maier's YumCha series, evoking an atmosphere of out-of-class discussions where training becomes illumination, treating Wing Chun as a principle-based art of generating and solving puzzles. Wang's sole American student, Maier focused his Ph.D. work on Wing Chun's 'Tactical Cognition', evident in suggestive threads into logistics, task analysis, concept mapping, motion analysis and cognitive science.
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Well, here's the very first book about my (our) sifu Wang Kiu.
This book by Herbert Maier shows in a sometimes very nice mathematical way the wing chun that has been taught by sifu Wang Kiu. Sifu Wang Kiu is one of the core students of Yip Man who traint with him for years in the 50's together with many great other people (Wong Shun Leung, Leung Sheung, Lok Yiu, Bruce Lee etc.).
Sifu can be proud on the book since it's not showing Wing Chun in the way that many others did. This book shows the concepts, the logical way of thinking and with this book you can understand the principles of Wing Chun much better. You can not learn fighting from a book, but you CAN understand it, and this book definitely helps you with that. I also hope people will see the difference because there's a lot of rubbish on this subject available.
Sifu Wang Kiu always kept a rather low profile on purpose. He never intended to write books and he never called himself a master. People who really know him know he's a true Taoist. But Sifu Wang Kiu can be proud that his knowledge will be passed on, even when he won't be with us anymore.
Thanks Herbert for this great piece of work!
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This book is a revolution (and revelation) in the martial arts literature. Dr. Maier combines a concise and lucid description of the bai sao drills with a deep, thought-provoking exposition of the rich theory of Wing Chun. As the preface explains, the goal of the Yum Cha series is to provide a start point for the exploration of the ideas underlying the art. This book succeeds in that goal.
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The book encourages one to approach maritial arts as a series of linked interactions between you and your opponent rather than simply a set of techniques. Many books simply present techniques, Mr. Maier's book encourages one to think about how techniques, especially in combination, "work" rather simply explaining "how they are done".
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Sifu Maier's book delves deep into a very effective martial art and details out the theory and thinking behind the art. This book will help anyone who studies a martial art view what they know through a different lense. Exercises will no longer be about what to do but why to do it and why it is effective.
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This is the very first book I have seen on the market that deals with the technical theory of Wing Chun, and still ties back to martial combat. This book shows that Wing Chun is a Martial Science as well as art. A neccessary investment for all Wing Chun practioners.
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