A Reference Guide To Chinese Martial Arts: History, Styles, And Practitioners

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. This book is an overview of Chinese martial arts. It discusses its history mainly as a tool for self-defense, using techni... Read more

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. This book is an overview of Chinese martial arts. It discusses its history mainly as a tool for self-defense, using techniques such as hand-to-hand combat and weapons. In addition, the significance of Shaolin monastery in Chinese martial arts is also tackled. This book also provides a list of fighting styles in the modern era including baguazhang, zui quan, eagle claw, five animals, and many others. Readers will learn about various styles of Chinese martial arts including shaolin, Muslim Chinese, Taoist kung-fu, neijia, and nanquan. Finally, the lives of notable practitioners such as Yue Fei, Ng Mui, Yip Man, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, and many more are also tackled. Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project Webster continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge. Less