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Paperback: 204 pages
Publisher: Paul H. Crompton (29 Jan 1996)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0865681724
ISBN-13: 978-0865681729
Product Dimensions: 25.4 x 20.4 x 1.5 cm

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5.0 out of 5 stars Likely the most important book written on Internal Arts., 3 Nov 1998

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This review is from: Fundamentals of Pa Kua Chang: v. 1 (Paperback)

This book won't teach you any fancy forms, but it will teach you everything you really need to know about Pa Kua (and any other internal martial art, for that matter).

This is a book of the true fundamentals of Pa Kua. Each lesson is there to teach you to progress as smoothly and efficiently as is about humanly possible. Park really stresses the necesity of basic drills, practiced properly, to allow the body to learn to 'relax' enough for efficient martial use. Exercises begin with footwork drills, progress to combined footwork drills, and then to basic palm techniques. Later both the combined footwork and palm techniques are combined.

Also taught in this book is basic Pa Kua Chi Kung, enough for the beginner to develope a feel for Chi flow and are sufficient exercises for Chi development until the practice of one's martial techniques take over one's Chi work.

There is a Volume 2, but it doesn't seem to be listed here at Amazon.com as of this review. This is as good as Volume 1, but isn't needed until you've absorbed everything from Vol.1 (good luck!)

Again, if I had to own only one book on internal martial arts I would most certainly make it this one. No art is ever any better than its basics. So, the more strongly developed your basics, the more developed your skill will be. I feel this is the best book from which to learn those basics.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent introduction to a fascianting style, 29 May 2000

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I bought this book knowing nothing about Pa Kua Chang, pretty much on the strength of the first review; I have to say that I agree with everything said - this book is a clear, informative and well presented book, that makes all of the techniques easy to understand, both in execution and in the underlying concept behind them. Great care has been taken to keep this book in line with Park's own training methods, and this has made for a great introduction to Pa Kua Chang. The movements are explained in words, diagrams and pictures, that make training from the book so much easier than many others. If you have any interest in Pa Kua, or just about any internal martial arts, I fully recommend this book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Not too hard, Not too Soft, 11 Aug 2003

By	BuyTheSky "buythesky" - See all my reviews

I'll freely admit that I've not finished reading the whole of this book yet. However, I feel fully qualified to tell you just how good it is from the hundred or so pages I've read so far. This book is everything I hoped it to be- nothing more, nothing less.

So, let me state for the record that I had high hopes for this book and am extremely pleased with the depth of work contained within. The information is all there to take the complete beginner up and through all the basics. The theory given to the reader is also sufficient enough to allow you to work things out for yourself and keep furthering your skill.

The even writer informs you of areas he won't be telling you, since you don't need to know it yet and I find it very reassuring to be given the outlines of the full picture at least. I believe the majority of these things are covered in the second volume.

This is my first martial arts related book and I don't think I could have chosen a better one. I find the theory of this art to be astounding and definately for the more intellectual fighters/philosophers out there. It seems to me to be the best internal style on the planet (i've researched quite a few from the internet).

As soon as I can I'm moving to a city with a good intructor. I'm very serious about this and I have this book to thank for it.

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