The Xingyi Quan of the Chinese Army: Huang Bo Nien's Xingyi Fist and Weapon Instruction
by Dennis Rovere
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Author: Dennis RovereEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-12-02
ISBN: 1583942572
Number of pages: 176
Publisher: Blue Snake Books
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Book Review: Excellent!
Summary: 5 Stars
In this translation Dennis Rovere not only included the original photos, but he repose them in order to clarify details that the original photos don't show.
The book includes the five fists, linking form, rifle bayonet and saber forms. At the end of each fist there are fighting applications and the same approach follows rifle-bayonet and saber forms. There is even a short section that shows how to apply the fists using a dagger. In Huang's original there were no applications for any technique. Mr. Rovere's examples are not made up, but are the ones his teacher Colonel Chang Hsiang Wu taught at the Military Academy in the 1930's to Chinese officers.
One of the many interesting things that this book reveals is the progression of the five fists from empty hand to weapons fighting since they can be apply without modifying the techniques learnt in the forms or in Mr. Rovere's words "the uniform theory" that allows for the direct transference of basic technique from one weapon (including empty hand) to another (Military Hsing-i And Its Uniform Theory of Training by D. Rovere). The book also includes some historical background of the Xingyi taught at the Military Academy.
The quality of the pictures and the layout of the book are of very good quality and the price is a steal; the explanation of the movements is based on Huang's original. The book includes further comments from Mr. Rovere on those sections that need clarification. From a historical as well as technical point of view this book is a must have, let's hope enough interest from the readership will encourage the author of this superb work to follow it up with a DVD!
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Summary of The Xingyi Quan of the Chinese Army: Huang Bo Nien's Xingyi Fist and Weapon Instruction
Huang Bo Nien?s Xingyi Fist and Weapon Instruction was the first manual to systematically adapt a traditional Chinese martial art for modern military training. When it was first published in Chinese in 1928, it was heralded as an exciting new approach to martial arts; today, it remains an important work for close combat enthusiasts, traditional martial artists, and Chinese and military historians alike.While organized as a means of progressive training?from empty-hand fighting to combat with weapons?no actual applications are given in Huang?s original manual. Building upon a new translation of Huang?s text, The Xingyi Quan of the Chinese Army also expands and illustrates his instructions with xingyi training drills and combat applications taught to select units of the Chinese army prior to and during World War II. These applications are not speculative reconstructions, but are based on actual training methodology from the Central Military Academy at Nanjing, taught to the author by Colonel Chang Xiang Wu. Also included are theory sections and background material from the Chinese army training for empty-hand and two-handed saber?material never before published in any book on xingyi.
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