Wing Chun Kung Fu: Traditional Chinese Kung Fu for Self-Defense and Health Paperback – April 1, 1998

Good book-The history record is interesting. Yet you do need additional instructions with the techniques it teaches. It affirmed what I am learning in class. Would recommend.

The simple basics are always the root of a martial arts. You can always rely on the basics. Everything else is just fancy stuffy and trick moves.This book is about the basics.Truly if you are serious about learning this form. This book is good for your first solid three years.If you have Amazon prime, this does a great job of breaking down the moves that you will see in the Grand Master Yip Man Wing Chun. In fact, you will see Yip Chun perform the moves that you will learn in the book.The book does go into history of the style. There is section on self defense.I was a little disappointed that there wasn't a section on walking/moving while performing the techniques, but I have patience. I understand that this book presents the basis that will take time to learn and empower my body within the techniques.If you are interested in learning about Wing Chung, this book is - at the very least - a good place to start if you aren't willing to hunt down a Wing Chun school in your area.

Ive been a student of wing chun for over a year now and one thing ive learned is that no matter how much you think youve improved, it is always good to go back to the basics to review, to strengthen and refine your forms, and make them the very best they can be. This is a very good book on the Siu Lim Tao form of Wing Chun. written by Michael Tse, student of Grandmaster Ip Chun. One thing to note when buying these books is that its very difficult to find a "definitive" volume of anything, so its often good to have an assortment or even an entire library devoted to your art. This particular book, while no where near as long as Wayne belanoha's Wing Chun Compendium, its got aspects of the siu Lim Tao you wont find there. this book is great for beginners learning the first form and even has tips for Chi Sau and Qigong during training. the first part of the book has interesting stories of Ip Man and Ip Chun, as told to Michael from Chun himself. p.s. my advice to those who want to learn but cant find a school or partners, is to not give up and read as much literature as you can and watch as many demonstrations as u can. the time will eventually come when you can find someone else to practice with and you will be better prepared! enjoy your Gung Fu!

The first third of this book mostly covers the history of Wing Chun. When it comes to the learning material, not much is covered. The photos are ok. The descriptions on how to perform the limited amount of moves in the book are great. I would say this book is great for a very beginner that has never had any type of martial arts training. It provides the most basic of moves with great detail.

Awesome

This is one of the most unique books on martial arts that I have ever seen, and the main "author" Ip Chun is an astonishing man to read, and to watch on video online. He teaches a method that anyone can learn, and that a small person can use to defend against a larger person. It is not an offensive tactic, only defensive, and the user becomes very difficult for an offender to strike, as they learn to become "soft" instead of a "hard target", and to block efficiently, and to use parts of the body differently that they haven't even thought about before. It is changing the way I thought about martial arts in general, though I will say I am not a full-time student of these things. I like the concept of becoming a soft target that "melts away" in front of an attacker, and that a person can use the attacker's own force against him. This is thinking in a new way.

It was inexpensive has one section towards end which was my main point of interestworthwhile

Overall a good book however could improve on atlesst better quality pictures instead of black and white .For that price they could do better .