The Sword Polisher's Record

The Way of Kung-Fu

Adam Hsu (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

1998
Tuttle Publishing (Verlag)
9780804831383 (ISBN)

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These writings by Kung Fu master Adam Hsu were originally monthly magazine columns that aimed to correct the many misconceptions about Kung Fu in films, books, and in the words of errant teachers.

The Sword Polisher's Record, originally a monthly column that appeared for more than a decade in three magazines, including Kungfu magazine and Black Belt magazine, brought a sense of authenticity to the kung fu, which had long been overly-commercialized and filled with misconceptions.

Highlighted with over 60 illustrations, The Sword Polisher's Record: The Way of Kung-Fu, is an anthology of the monthly column, is organized into eight inter-connected sections, each examining a different aspect of kung-fu including its foundations, theories, important concepts and principles related to kung-fu styles and forms, usage, and training, and discussions on the future of kung-fu and it's place in our lives.

Adam Hsu spent twenty-five years living in Taiwan where he studied several northern kung-fu styles under the most respected kung-fu masters, including Sifu Han Ching Tan and the late Grandmaster Liu Yun Chiao. When he moved to the United States in 1978, he taught traditional kung-fu throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. In 1990 he founded the non-profit Traditional Wushu Association, dedicated to the preservation, promotion, and perfection of traditional kung-fu. He has been featured on the cover of over a dozen martial arts magazines throughout the world, and his monthly columns have appeared in Black Belt, MA Training, and Wu Shu Kung-Fu magazines.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	23.7.1998
Zusatzinfo	70 b&w photos and drawings
Verlagsort	Boston
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	369 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
ISBN-13	9780804831383 / 9780804831383
Zustand	Neuware