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Summary: not good for every type
Review: All forms can be applied only by the movement of some types of internal kungfu familiar to auther ONLY. Kungfu studens who practice other kind of kungfu such as external martial arts may see no chance to use them or find them useless. THe book is only good for Tai Chi or Pa kwa. If you practice Shaolin line of kungfu, look for other books.
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Summary: Good comprehensive overview of Chin Na.
Review: Comprehensive overview of Cin Na. This book has the advantage of being organized by self defense topics, based on type of attack. As with this author's others books, it is difficult to read and is best used as a reference. The pictures in this book are not as clear as in his others. Sometimes it is difficult to determine the details of the hand positions. In any case, it's a good reference to own, perhaps best used in conjunction with the Instructor's Manual book.
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Summary: Excellent comprehensive reference
Review: Good descriptions, logical applications, and clear photographs. No fluff. One of the best technical manuals I have seen.
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Summary: Excellent comprehensive reference
Review: Good descriptions, logical applications, and clear photographs. No fluff. One of the best technical manuals I have seen.
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Summary: Excellent practical book
Review: I commend Dr. Yang on this well organized compilation that covers the techniques and theories of Chin Na. Excellent illustrations that clearly show the techniques when focusing on dividing the muscle/tendon, misplacing the bone, sealing the breath, blocking the artery or cavity press. Most of the book concentrates on the defensive chin na against barehand attacks, blocking, kicking knife attacks and grabbing. Since that is where your mind must be focused to react quickly, naturally and effectively. This seizing art form is explained in an easy-to-follow step-by-step manner. Highly recommended. Aloha ka kou, Kevin
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Summary: Very good for practical techniques
Review: I found this book very practical, especially in comparison to some other books by the author I have read. The techniques are well described, with good foto's, so that one can practice them easyly. I think a background in a locking-art, like mine in aikido, is important for the basic handling of joints, since the locks can be very dangerous. The book gave me very many variations in my aikido and I liked the many fingerlocks, which I was not familiar with.
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Summary: Well worth the money.
Review: I have bought many books about martial arts and I have found most to be either too basic or too technicall or too thin. When I saw the price-tag on this book I hesitated to buy it for a long time, but it was well worth the money. Well explained and farily comprehensive, it is the best martial arts book I have bought. It has very clear pictures and good explanations that allow a beginer to pick it up from the book alone. I am very happy with the book.
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Summary: Very well illustrated technical reference for Chin Na
Review: I have trained in taekwondo for a few years, and bought this book to expand my horizons. Chin Na complements just about any martial style, and this book is an excellent technical illustrated and descriptive guide of Chin Na techniques. I highly recommend it for learning new techniques that complement any martial art style.
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Summary: One of ten's all time best books on martial arts written
Review: I'read a lot of books on martial arts, bought most of them, practice lot of styles, but be sure that if you can only buy one book on practical martial art that can be easyly include in your training, it's this one.
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Summary: A MUST FOR ALL BLACK BELT INSTRUCTORS!
Review: No matter what art you practice there are so many concepts in this one book that any qualified instructor could see the benefits of implementing some of the applications into their own system.
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