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jonnyq
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 Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 2:17 pm Post subject: wing chun books |
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i've recently started wing chun and am looking for some reading material - any recommendations?
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
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Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo,Hapkido, SCA Combat, and I research Medieval Combat
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Bruce Lee wrote a book called the Tao of Gung Fu. You may want to look into it.
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RealWingChunKuen
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Joined: 20 May 2007
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Location: London, UK
Styles: Wing Chun (Mainland chinese lineage).
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| bushido_man96 wrote: |
| Bruce Lee wrote a book called the Tao of Gung Fu. You may want to look into it. |
If you mean the Tao of Jeet Kune Do, then that is not strictly a Wing Chun book. Having said that, it will for sure have some Wing Chun concepts and so on.
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
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Styles: Taekwondo,Hapkido, SCA Combat, and I research Medieval Combat
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| RealWingChunKuen wrote: |
| bushido_man96 wrote: |
| Bruce Lee wrote a book called the Tao of Gung Fu. You may want to look into it. |
If you mean the Tao of Jeet Kune Do, then that is not strictly a Wing Chun book. Having said that, it will for sure have some Wing Chun concepts and so on. |
No, I mean the Tao of Gung Fu. They are two different works.
Here is the link: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?ean=9780804831109
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RealWingChunKuen
Yellow Belt
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Location: London, UK
Styles: Wing Chun (Mainland chinese lineage).
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:36 pm Post subject: Re: wing chun books |
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i've recently started wing chun and am looking for some reading material - any recommendations?
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I would recommend the book called "Wing Chun, the art of simultaneous defense & attack" by Master Joseph Cheng. Also, "Yuen Kay-San Wing Chun Kuen, History and Foundation", by Rene Rirchie.
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RealWingChunKuen
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Styles: Wing Chun (Mainland chinese lineage).
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| bushido_man96 wrote: |
| RealWingChunKuen wrote: |
| bushido_man96 wrote: |
| Bruce Lee wrote a book called the Tao of Gung Fu. You may want to look into it. |
If you mean the Tao of Jeet Kune Do, then that is not strictly a Wing Chun book. Having said that, it will for sure have some Wing Chun concepts and so on. |
No, I mean the Tao of Gung Fu. They are two different works.
Here is the link: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?
ean=9780804831109 |
Oh sorry. I didn't know that such a book existed.  However, because Bruce Lee, as talented as he was, never completly learn the sytem of Wing Chun, I would still recommend books by actual Wing Chun teachers.
However, I am still tempted to have a look at this book, to what it is all about. 
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ying&yang
Purple Belt
Joined: 29 Jan 2008
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Location: melbourne
Styles: JKD , and 15 others
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Well the books that have been metioned here are good resources. But just go to your local libary im sure you will find what you are looking for.
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PunchYourFACE
Yellow Belt
Joined: 25 Apr 2008
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Styles: Freestyle / Wing Chun
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Check up on your local library.
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on the post.
