Chinese Martial Arts Training Manuals: A Historical Survey
Chinese Martial Arts Training Manuals: A Historical Survey

Chinese Martial Arts Training Manuals: A Historical Survey

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Brian Kennedy and Elizabeth Guo
Chinese martial arts masters of the past created special training manuals with text and images sometimes appearing in the illustrations themselves and these manuals now provide an invaluable glimpse back in time to how various martial arts were practiced. Covering the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, and the Republican Period, this in-depth survey presents 30 masters and their books, placing them in the context of Chinese culture and history. Along with biographical portraits of these masters, the book covers the history of the manuals, Chinese martial arts historians, the history of Taiwanese martial arts, how Chinese martial artists made their livings, the Imperial military exams, the place of the Shaolin Temple in Chinese martial arts history, and much more. Illustrated with hundreds of photographs and drawings from the manuals themselves, the book offers a multifaceted portrait of Chinese martial arts and their place in Chinese culture.

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