The Tao of Wing Chun, Danny Xuan
The Tao of Wing Chun, Danny Xuan
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The Tao of Wing Chun
The History and Principles of China’s Most Explosive Martial Art

Author: Danny Xuan, John Little

Narrator: P.J. Ochlan

Unabridged: 9 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/08/2021


Synopsis

Wing Chun is the most popular form of Chinese Kung Fu in the world today, with over four million practitioners. This guide will fascinate and educate anyone interested in the martial arts, from beginner to master.

The art as it is presently understood has been handed down from teacher to student for more than three hundred years. Until now, no one has ever stepped back and taken a critical look at why this art's techniques are presented and performed the way they are. This book, by Wing Chun master Danny Xuan and martial-arts authority John Little, is the first to decipher these techniques that until now have been encrypted within this art.

Xuan and Little reveal how Wing Chun was designed holistically, based on the laws of physics, human nature, and biomechanics. It was also designed with economy, efficiency, and productivity in mind.

Unlike other martial arts, Wing Chun doesn't focus on making a person larger, more rugged, acrobatic, or animal-like; rather, it focuses on making optimal use of one's own bodily structure and power potential by applying the sciences of biomechanics and physics. Thus, it is possible for males and females of all ages and sizes to excel in this art.

About Danny Xuan

Danny Xuan has been a Wing Chun practitioner for over forty years. He travels internationally to instruct and has been featured in documentaries on the art produced by studios such as Warner Bros. Danny writes an instructional column for Wing Chun Illustrated magazine.


Reviews

Goodreads review by John

I haven't read this book from cover to cover but what I have read seems very thoroughly researched. The necessary lessons in psychology, biology, physics, and philosophy are offered to the reader to get a well rounded understanding of what this martial art is about, spanning the area of those curiou......more

Goodreads review by Dwayne

There's nothing new here, but it's well written. Sometimes, it gets overly technical.......more