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The author, an adopted son and disciple of Wong Fei-hung's wife, Mok Kwai-lan, has been dedicated to promoting Hung Kuen for many years. In this book, he introduces martial arts in a scored format for the first time, aiming to preserve the skills of their lineage and promote Hung Kuen. The book includes photos from multiple angles to aid understanding, recognizing the limitations of documenting martial arts movements in a book. The author welcomes feedback to address any potential shortcomings.
- AuthorLee Chan Wo, Leung Kai Yan
- PublisherTian Di Book Company Limited
- Publication Date2022
Chinese martial arts have a long history and are an essential part of Chinese culture. However, there are few and incomplete historical documents left. As early as the Shang and Zhou dynasties, rulers used martial arts to train soldiers and boost morale. However, historical records on military martial arts, folk martial arts, martial arts for physical and mental strength training are rare and scattered across different genres and contexts, some of which are mixed with literary creations and other elements. The author of this book proposes that today's Chinese martial arts, which combine different elements such as fighting, health preservation, and self-cultivation, are probably the result of a process of retrospection, screening, and construction. After the late Qing Dynasty, amid the atmosphere of craving a strong country and strong race, martial arts received new attention, which opened up attempts to transform Chinese martial arts. New systems, organizations, and discourses emerged. Old resources, old stories, personal experiences, foreign cultures, re-surfaced to varying degree, interweaving with and even contradicting each other. In this volume of convoluted narrative, the history of martial arts has been reshaped, its connotation has been screened and supplemented, and its significance at the times has been highlighted, creating a journey of martial arts in modern times.
- AuthorRicardo Mak King-sang, Lau Kai-yiu
- PublisherJoint Publishing
- Publication Date2022
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