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guide introduces the wooden dummy, a valuable tool
for developing trapping, striking, and kicking
skills; butterfly knives, deadly blades for
both attack and defense; and the six-and-a-half pole,
a simple but devastating weapon in the hands of the Wing
Chun fighter. The author stresses the need to keep the
mind open to new possibilities, while at the same time preserving
the valuable inheritance of classical Wing Chun.
All Customer Reviews
5 out of 5 - March 1, 2000
This book wasn't written with a non or beginner
student in mind as the book only contains the bare bones i.e.
each movement of the wooden dummy form and butterfly knife
form, without really explaining each movement to the depth
your own sifu would. I feel this is because Dr Smith wanted
to condense his text moving away from books which misinform
the reader by attempting to over or incorrectly explain movements,
thus allowing each student to interpret the form according
to his own sifu's teaching. The down side of this approach
is that others may think the book is over simplified, and
the pole form is virtually nonexistent, but the complete wooden
dummy and butterfly knife movements are all there in picture
format, and as these forms are VERY hard to get hold of I
thank Dr smith for providing this well illustrated and concise
book, however don't be fooled, you won't become a good martial
artist by just by repeating the movements, you will also need
a good sifu and class to try them out and perfect your kung
fu. That said if you do practice these movements you'll probably
find you'll have a serious advantage over non-dummy practitioners,
making training a lot more enjoyable!.
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