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Allen's book's combined into one handy copy. Excellent
quality photos and text. Clear pictures. Allen still
currently teaches so this is a good primer prior to possibly meeting him to study with. The Orthodox school of hsing-i chuan and pakuachang. No applications included but the forms are high quality and extremely useful for self-defense. Chen pan-ling
and Wang shu-jin styles.
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excellent book for every pakuachang player. features good section on elbow useage in pakua and kicking as well. Both volumes are a must for baguazhang players.
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The essential primer for the Gao style and Sun style
baguazhang. Essential for any bagua player to have in
ones collection. A nice feature is that the circle forms chapter shows variations of the changes by
Sun Lu Tang, Wang Shu Chin and others. This book really covers lots of ground. Good to see it back in print. I have it and had the original kodansha text
many years ago. A great book.
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This book by Robert Smith is one for every serious hsing-i/xing-yi player. The first one in english.
Bob worked for the CIA and was assigned to learn
various arts for our gov. The quality of photos and text is excellent. It's good to see it back in print.
get it before it goes out of print again.
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Chinese Internal Boxing: Techniques of Hsing-I & Pa-Kua by Robert W Smith
billrunsfast, January 4, 2009
Allen's book's combined into one handy copy. Excellentquality photos and text. Clear pictures. Allen still
currently teaches so this is a good primer prior to possibly meeting him to study with. The Orthodox school of hsing-i chuan and pakuachang. No applications included but the forms are high quality and extremely useful for self-defense. Chen pan-ling
and Wang shu-jin styles.
(5 of 5 readers found this comment helpful)
Fundamentals of Pa Kua Chan #02: The Fundamentals of Pa Kua Chang by Park Bok Nam
billrunsfast, January 4, 2009
excellent book for every pakuachang player. features good section on elbow useage in pakua and kicking as well. Both volumes are a must for baguazhang players.(3 of 4 readers found this comment helpful)
Fundamentals of Pa Kua Chan #01: The Fundamentals of Pa Kua Chang
billrunsfast, January 4, 2009
excellent feature is the coverage of footwork in detail via stepping patterns with floor diagrams shown. very detailed book.(3 of 4 readers found this comment helpful)
Pa-kua by Robert W. Smith
billrunsfast, January 4, 2009
The essential primer for the Gao style and Sun stylebaguazhang. Essential for any bagua player to have in
ones collection. A nice feature is that the circle forms chapter shows variations of the changes by
Sun Lu Tang, Wang Shu Chin and others. This book really covers lots of ground. Good to see it back in print. I have it and had the original kodansha text
many years ago. A great book.
(5 of 5 readers found this comment helpful)
Hsing-I: Chinese Mind-Body Boxing by Robert W. Smith
billrunsfast, January 4, 2009
This book by Robert Smith is one for every serious hsing-i/xing-yi player. The first one in english.Bob worked for the CIA and was assigned to learn
various arts for our gov. The quality of photos and text is excellent. It's good to see it back in print.
get it before it goes out of print again.
(4 of 4 readers found this comment helpful)