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Originally posted by xingyiman
I have the book. It contains mediocre pictoral presentations of the five element fists (no applications) , a five element katana that doesn't seem to present much more than how you would intuitively wield a sword without any training, and drawings a figure doing xingyi bayonet routines. Actually his xingyi article on the sight probably covers everything he presents on the xingyi bayonet right there. It is a nice classical reference to have I guess though
****, so it sucks? What's a good XingYi book anyway? I'm looking mainly for applications and drills, not the forms.