Wing Chun Kung-Fu

by J. Yimm Lee

Book Overview

Edited by Bruce Lee and featuring jeet kune do legend Ted Wong, this book introduces the reader to the sil lim tao form, the immovable-elbow and centerline theories, chi sao (sticky hands), trapping,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897500377
• ISBN13: 9780897500371
• Release Date: January 1972
• Publisher: Black Belt Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

A must-grab to compliment formal Wing Chun training

This book is older but the way it's organized is great. It has clear pictures of techniques and forms from the side and the front to help you practice at home between formal lessons. Very little writing but enough to complement each different technique with a small passage.

A classic

I found this book to be very good, it explains and shows WC blocking tecniques, the four corners, center line, straight punch, finger jab and the WC kicks. alsoe there is a big section on practical aplications that to me really opend my eyes to the simple and straight forward aproach that WC has to combat. Still this is the best book i have ever read on the subject even thoug it does not have more than one page on history and philosphy. This is a Wing Chun Tecnique book and not a history book. Og course you can not learn WC entierly from a book but this wil give you a pretty good idea on wether ore not this is something for you, and for students it can help you to better remeber the first form and some of the basic rules of this art.

If you only have one, make it this one

This is a great book. I have several Wing Chun books, and this is the only one that really shows in depth the first form. Other books are hard to follow, with scant instructions in comparison. You won't find a lot of background/philosophy in this book, but you will find real knowledge of the system that you won't find in the other books I've run across. Worth five times what they are asking-buy this book, read it and you will understand a lot of what the other books are omitting.

hands down, the best intro ever

Normally I am prety skeptical about martial arts books until I find out about the person who wrote them...you know, remarks people have about their school/teaching method, what wing chun family they come from, who their teacher was...but here there is no need to worry, James Lee trained with none other than Bruce Lee, who himself learned from wing chun's last undisputed grandmaster Yip Man. This book is extremely well-written with a thorough examination of all angles of attack, as well as a great photo section that shows the first form movement by movement. Not only that but James always has participants in the photo with him where they will do a karate type attack/defense while he does the wing chun version. To put it simply, you can't go wrong here.

Excellent training tool for beginners...

This book, in my opinion, is primarily good in aiding a beginner in the 1st Wing Chun form Sil Lim Tao. It goes over each hand movement, one by one, with pictures. I have seen videos which show how to do this that don't explain it as well.While it is nice to have a more visual aid, you can read at your own pace to pick up the 1st form. It also includes stances and a few other items, but mainly focuses on the Sil Lim Tao, which is good in my opinion for a beginner. I would recommend getting a video to complement this, such as Wing Chun: The Science of In-Fighting. Remember, no single book or video can possibly show it all, and not everyone will like the format or layout the same, but this book is layed out quite simply for the beginner. Don't expect to learn it overnight, but with enough practice, I believe a dedicated person could learn Wing Chun basics.A school would teach you faster, and you would know you have it down absolutely correctly, but the nice thing about Wing Chun, is that it is adaptable in degrees to the person practicing it. Use what is effective.

Worth your Money and Time to Read

I was trilled to read "Wing Chun" Kung-Fu and gain an introductory understanding, of the mechanics, behind the art. Illustrated is the Sil Lim Tao form, in which, the practitioner can learn many, of the fundamentals of Wing Chun (elbow position, protection of the centerline, foot positioning). The area of the book, in which I spent the most time was "simultaneous attack and defense." From which, one gets the feel of why "Wing Chun" is structurally fast, logical, and its components easily integratable, to one existing fighting techniques. Great Book to add to your Martial Art Library.