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Название: Wing Chun Kung-Fu Volume 3

Автор: Joseph Wayne Smith, Dr.

Издательство: Ingram

Жанр: Спорт, фитнес

Серия: Chinese Martial Arts Library

isbn: 9781462916948

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      Wing Chun Kung-fu: A Complete Guide

      VOLUME THREE

      Weapons and Advanced Techniques

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      WING CHUN

       KUNG-FU

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      Weapons & Advanced

       Techniques

      Dr. Joseph Wayne Smith

      CHARLES E. TUTTLE CO., INC.

       Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan

      Disclaimer

      Please note that the publisher of this instructional book is NOT RESPONSIBLE in any manner whatsoever for any injury that may result from practicing the techniques and/or following the instructions given within. Since the physical activities described herein may be too strenuous in nature for some readers to engage in safely, it is essential that a physician be consulted prior to training.

      Acknowledgments

      I am grateful to Kathelene Tollenaar for taking the photographs for the three volumes in this series and to Ina Cooper for word processing.

      Published by the Charles E. Tuttle Publishing Co., Inc.

       of Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan

       with editorial offices at

       Osaki Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0032

      © 1992 by Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc.

       All rights reserved

      LCC Card No. 92-80690

       ISBN 0-8048-1720-0

       ISBN 978-1-4629-1694-8 (ebook)

       [email protected] www.tuttlepublishing.com

      First edition, 1992

       Third printing, 1997

      PRINTED IN SINGAPORE

      Contents

Introduction
1. THE WOODEN-DUMMY FORM
The Point of the Wing Chun Wooden-Dummy
Analysis of the Wooden-Dummy Form
The Wooden-Dummy Form
Combat Applications of The Wooden-Dummy Form
2. THE WING CHUN BUTTERFLY KNIVES
Classical Weapons in the Age of the Gun
The Nature of the Wing Chun Butterfly Knives
Analysis of the Butterfly-Knives Form
The Wing Chun Butterfly Knives
3. THE SIX-AND-A-HALF POLE FORM
The Point of Pole Training
Analysis of the Six-and-a-Half Pole
The Six-and-a-Half Pole Form
Combat Applications of the Wing Chun Weapons
Conclusion
Glossary

      Introduction

      This is the third and final book in my complete guide to Wing Chun kung-fu. The broad aim of this project has been to present a concise, systematic, and scientific analysis of the Wing Chun system, which although condensed will be informative not only to Wing Chun practitioners, but to other martial artists as well. To do this has involved deconstructing the system and breaking through the curtain of secrecy, mysticism, and controversy surrounding the art. As I pointed out in the introduction to volume two of this series, there is often great vagueness about why Wing Chun skills are as they are, and why techniques do or do not work. There is even less room in traditional martial arts for scientific and logical criticism of techniques or experimentation. This has led some martial artists to abandon classical systems altogether and adopt eclectic freestyle systems. However, apart from some outstanding freestyle contributions, typically devised for advanced martial artists, the baby is often tossed out with the bath water, leaving one with the silt of often incongruous techniques and contradictory approaches that lack functional harmony. This three-volume treatise has dealt with this philosophical problem of the martial arts by advocating a middle way—to think about a traditional martial art such as Wing Chun kung-fu in a non-classical way. Accordingly, certain core historical and cultural aspects of the art have been retained, but in order to be scientifically oriented, there must be room for modifications in the light of experience.

      Volume one in this series, Basic Forms and Principles, gave a comprehensive analysis of the building blocks of the Wing Chun system, namely the three forms—Sit Lum Tao, Chum Kil, and Bil Jee. That book defined terms, outlined the meaning of specific body movements, and summarized the key principles of Wing Chun kung-fu. The second volume, Fighting and Grappling, studied Wing Chun strategy or logistics, explaining how to fight using the Wing Chun empty-hand and foot techniques in realistic combat situations. This involved a study of the fighting skills of Wing Chun, including sticky-hands, sticky-legs, chin-na, and the poison-touch theory of vital strikes to the weak points of human anatomy (dar mak). In this book I discuss, and photographically illustrate the wooden-dummy form and its combat applications, as well as the butterfly knives and the six-and-a-half pole form. Attempting to outline both the wooden-dummy form and its applications as well as the Wing Chun butterfly knives in one volume is a tall order. Consequently this book, following the trend set by the previous two volumes, has no padding but attempts to get down to the meat of the matter. Because the books have been written in a progressive and systematic fashion, it is hoped that the student will purchase all three volumes in this series. However, a detailed glossary has been included explaining important terms used in the previous two volumes.

      In my previous books I spent considerable time in textual discussion dealing with martial-art controversies to clean-up conceptual messes and confusions. This book builds upon that foundation. The chapter discussions are briefer because there are fewer controversies regarding the Wing Chun weapons. Differences between the Wing Chun styles in this respect are largely СКАЧАТЬ