Wing Chun Kung-Fu A Complete Guide Volume III: Weapons & Advanced Techniques

In Weapons and Advanced Techniques, the third of the three-volume Wing Chun Kung-Fu: A Complete Guide, the author applies dynamic scientific methodology to Wing Chun weapons and training tools, providing a complete analysis of why and how each item is used. The reader is led step-by-step through

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the use of the Wing Chun Wooden-Dummy-a valuable training tool for developing trapping, striking, and kicking skills; the Wing Chun Butterfly Knives-deadly bladed weaopns for both attack and defense; and the Six-and-a-Half Pole-a simple but devastating weapon in the hands of the Wing Chun fighter. The author encourages students to recognize the practical and physical benefits of traditinal fighting weapons in the modern environment.

Additional volumes of Wing Chun Kung-Fu: A Complete Guide available from Tuttle Publishing are Volume I: Basic Forms & Principles and Volume II: Fighting & Grappling.

Dr. Joseph Wayne Smith is a Queen Elizabeth II Fellow in Philosophy at the Flinders University of South Australia and has trained in Western boxing, wrestling, and power lifting. A coach on the Australian Coaching Council's National Coaching Accreditation Scheme, he studied Wing Chun kung-fu under Sifu Leong and has contributed articles to martial arts journals in Australia, America, and Europe.

Contents

Introduction
1 The wooden-dummy form
The point of the Wing Chun wooden-dummy
Analysis of the wooden-dummy form
The wooden-dummy form
Combat applications of the wooden-dummy form
2 The Wing Chun butterfly knives
Classical weapons in the age of the gun
The nature of the Wing Chun butterfly knives
Analysis of the butterfly-knives form
The Wing Chun butterfly knives
3 The six-and-a-half pole form
The point of pole training
Analysis of te six-and-a-half pole
the six-and-a-half pole form
Combat applications of the Wing Chun weapons
Conclusion
Glossary

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