- Unknown Binding: 102 pages
- Publisher: Oriental Book Sales; 1st ed edition (1963)
- ASIN: B0006D0REK
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,735,567 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
Chinese Gung Fu: The Philosophical Art of Self-Defense
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a great book for a Bruce Lee fan. It constitudes the only book published by Lee during his lifetime. It includes excellent diagrams for streaching-excercises drawn by Lee himself! However, this book is not really an introduction and it would prove non-beneficial to a beginner. There are far better introduccions to martial arts or even Bruce Lee's art and I suggest you look at the Bruce Lee Library books for that. On the other hand, this book provides a great insight into Lee's early technique and thoughts on the martial way.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
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An interesting one this. This is one of the few books actually published while Bruce was still alive. Its very short with large print. Combine this with the drawings and photographs and what you are left with is not much more than a pamphlet showing some of the basic moves of Chinese Gung Fu. Having read other 'Bruce Lee' books, in particular Tao of Jeet Kune Do, I have concluded that this Chinese Gung Fu book was nothing more than a precursor, briefly examining form and only touching on practicalities.
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Some great pictures are included but considering most of these are included in other more thorough studies of the man and the art, this is only for the devout Bruce Lee collector.
An interesting one this. This is one of the few books actually published while Bruce was still alive. Its very short with large print. Combine this with the drawings and photographs and what you are left with is not much more than a pamphlet showing some of the basic moves of Chinese Gung Fu. Having read other 'Bruce Lee' books, in particular Tao of Jeet Kune Do, I have concluded that this Chinese Gung Fu book was nothing more than a precursor, briefly examining form and only touching on practicalities.
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Some great pictures are included but considering most of these are included in other more thorough studies of the man and the art, this is only for the devout Bruce Lee collector.
18 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book, though pretty short, does an excellent job of outlining Wing Chun's basics. The illustrations are well done and easily followed unlike so many other books of this type. The book is well worth the price if you are interested in Wing Chun.
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Good but
Good book but the cover is diffrent to the picture and had a damaged spin even though i brought it new from amazon. Read more
Published 11 months ago by DanielBuck
Know what you want to buy
I am a real fan of Bruce Lee's conception of intercepting fist, so this book was really helpful in understanding the roots of it's philosophy. Read more
Published on 27 May 2010 by Mr. J. Adamowski
Not a book for a beginner
If you collect Martial Arts books or books on Bruce Lee, buy it and put it on your shelf. It does show what Bruce thought in his early career of martial arts. Read more
Published on 7 Oct 2007 by M. A. Ramos
BRUCE LEE AT HIS VERY BEST!
This is one of Bruce Lee's very best books that he has done, and it's much better than any gung/kung fu book that any body has made. Read more
Published on 9 Mar 2002 by AMOS
BRUCE LEE IN HIS VERY BEST!
I would say that this book is the best from any other gung/kung fu book which give's loads of more information than any other book does. Read more
Published on 9 Mar 2002 by AMOS
box your own ass
This guy saying that this ain't KUNG FU got to be a wannabe rambo. You can't tell ppl to start doing AMERICAN BOXING at the same time as complaining about that this ain't KUNG FU;... Read more
Published on 20 Jun 1999
classic!
The technique is the distil of Wing Chun - self defence with attack.
Published on 4 Dec 1998
AMERICAN BOXE IS MUCH BETTER
THIS BOOKS DOESN'T TALK THE TECHNIQUES OF THE WING CHUN KUNG FU. YOU ONLY USE YOUR HANDS IN FIGHTS THAT NOWBODY FIGHTS LIKE THAT. Read more
Published on 16 Nov 1998
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