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The Mysterious Power of Xingyi Quan: A Complete Guide to History, Weapons and Fighting Skills
C. S. Tang
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Description for The Mysterious Power of Xingyi Quan: A Complete Guide to History, Weapons and Fighting Skills
Paperback. This in-depth, fully-illustrated guide covers the history and traditions of this Chinese martial art, describing its movements, and their effects. It contains a full teaching guide to this potent fighting system and its underlying principles, including the Twelve Animal Forms, linking forms, two person sets, basic skills and weapons training. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1,530 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: WSTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 189 x 26. Weight in Grams: 872.
The ancient Chinese martial art of Xingyi Quan is known for its explosive internal power. Closely related to both Taiji Quan and Bagua Quan, Xingyi is regarded as the most esoteric, and the most dangerous of the fighting arts, though the purposes of consistent practice include health and spiritual development. This in-depth guide is the first to cover the history and traditions of the art in such a comprehensive way, describing the essential Xingyi Quan movements, and their effects, in fully illustrated form, and including the author's research with the Song Xingyi Quan clan in China. ... Read more
The ancient Chinese martial art of Xingyi Quan is known for its explosive internal power. Closely related to both Taiji Quan and Bagua Quan, Xingyi is regarded as the most esoteric, and the most dangerous of the fighting arts, though the purposes of consistent practice include health and spiritual development. This in-depth guide is the first to cover the history and traditions of the art in such a comprehensive way, describing the essential Xingyi Quan movements, and their effects, in fully illustrated form, and including the author's research with the Song Xingyi Quan clan in China. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
872g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848191402
SKU
V9781848191402
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Ref
99-1
About C. S. Tang
Master C S Tang is a senior Xingyi Quan, Bagua Quan and Yi Quan expert and researcher from Hong Kong, known for the depth of his knowledge and his skill in the internal systems. He studied Xingyi Quan with several Masters of the old generation, and has made a special study of collecting and researching the ancient training manuals of ... Read more
Reviews for The Mysterious Power of Xingyi Quan: A Complete Guide to History, Weapons and Fighting Skills
Master C S Tang has provided the internal martial arts community with a valuable guide to the history, principles and training of the art of Xingyiquan. It is my opinion that no other book currently available in the English language provides such detailed and extensive information on the martial and medical aspects of this wonderful art. Thank you Master Tang. ... Read more