Books : Xing Yi Quan Xue : The Study of Form-Mind Boxing
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by: Sun L. Tang
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN: 9781883175030
ISBN: 1883175038
Label: High View Pubns
Manufacturer: High View Pubns
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 312
Publication Date: 2000-06
Publisher: High View Pubns
Sales Rank: 1631819
Studio: High View Pubns
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This is the first English language edition of Sun Lu Tang's 1915 classic on xing yi (hsing yi). In addition to the original text and photographs by Sun Lu Tang, a complete biography and additional photos of Master Sun have been added.
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Rating:  - A Necessary Book for Xing Yi Lovers
Some of the best books on martial arts are a conundrum in that they are useless as primers for beginners totally unfamiliar with the subject matter. If you know nothing of Xing Yi, this book will leave you just as mystified as before. I had the same experience with Robert Smith's excellent book in the 1970's. After more than a decade of practice, the book suddenly says a great deal. This is the nature of books on the internal arts, which put a lot of emphasis on self cultivation and inward stillness. ... Read More
Rating: - Chinese Boxing
The book Xing Yi Quan Xue by Sun Lu Tang shows and explains the striking postures employed in forms that are associated with 12 animals, reptiles and birds.
The postures are united into a single form called As Shi Chui, which is designed for solo practice.
The applications of the postures are displayed for practice in a form call An Ahen Pao Quan, which is designed to be performed by two opponents.
The translation from Chinese to English is poor and difficult to ... Read More
Rating: - a historical goldmine for people already studying xing yi
You're not going to learn xing yi from this book - or any other, for that matter - but for people already practicing, this is a historical goldmine, well worth reading and incorporating into one's personal study.
Rating: - great book, if you have a background in Xing Yi
I first bought this book about a year ago, having never studied Xing Yi. I tried to go through it, work through it, but it seemed to me that in so many ways the book was very vauge and cryptic. I have a background in Tai Chi Chuan, but even that did not help me distill the essence of this book at all.
Then, just recently, I went to a weekend Xing Yi seminar taught by a wonderful teacher. In a very intensive weekend he layed out the basic fundementals of Xing Yi that were not anywhere or in ... Read More
Rating:  - Only for Xing Yi Quan pratictioners
I am not questioning the validity of this book to Xing Yi Quan pratictioners. Other reviewers, who are experts in the field, tell that it is excellent and I take their word for it. From the uninitiated's perspective this book is not very interesting in that it doesn't present techniques nor it talks about the ideas behind this art. It presents flash notes on specific techniques, and it shows photographs of cornerstone positions.
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