[PDF.41pi] Creation of Wing Chun, The: A Social History of the Southern Chinese Martial Arts

Creation of Wing Chun, The: A Social History of the Southern Chinese Martial Arts

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 | #840145 in Books |  2016-07-02 | Original language:English |  9.00 x.91 x6.00l,.0 | File type: PDF | 364 pages

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||14 of 14 people found the following review helpful.| This is Not your Grandma's Shaolin Origin Story|By Lowell|The ideas introduced in this book shattered my conceptions of the historical origins of southern Chinese Kung Fu. This book provides a fresh, accessible history of Wing Chun kung fu that debunks the folkloric, mystical origins of the martial art as being developed by survivors of the alleged Shaolin Temple destructio| |Martial arts was scorned by traditional Chinese literati, ignored by Western historians, and predicted to go extinct by Western and Chinese modernizers. However, as this book brilliantly demonstrates, late imperial and twentieth century Chinese history cannot

Looks at southern Chinese martial arts traditions and how they have become important to local identity and narratives of resistance.

This book explores the social history of southern Chinese martial arts and their contemporary importance to local identity and narratives of resistance. Hong Kong’s Bruce Lee ushered the Chinese martial arts onto an international stage in the 1970s. Lee’s teacher, Ip Man, master of Wing Chun Kung Fu, has r...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Creation of Wing Chun, The: A Social History of the Southern Chinese Martial Arts   |  Benjamin N. Judkins, Jon Nielson. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.

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