It's by Peter Lorge, a history scholar from Vanderbilt. Published by Cambridge.
It's by Peter Lorge, a history scholar from Vanderbilt. Published by Cambridge.
Gene Ching
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Author of Shaolin Trips
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Always worry when I read those words...authentic history of Chinese martial arts.
Psalms 144:1
Praise be my Lord my Rock,
He trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle !
well, every book is simply perspective as written by the author(s).
Good thing there is more than one book or else we would have a very narrow perspective of what martial arts are...or anything else for that matter.
Kung Fu is good for you.
Martial Arts history is always subject to suspicion. Mostly because there is no real proof. I believe that many histories were written by survivors of certain eras. Who is to say if those survivors are telling the truth or not? Also governments step in and alter the truth / history to make them look good.
Also we need to look at exaggeration, many story tellers of history exaggerate or stretch the truth a bit, which alters the real facts of the history. Compound that over 100's of years and now you have guys flying thru the air and fireballs coming out of their fingertips.
My Sifu told me: Since we can not prove anything, you must have faith in your teacher's explanation of your systems history. That's the best we can do.
ginosifu
Psalms 144:1
Praise be my Lord my Rock,
He trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle !
This is my favorite type of MA book. Looking forward to it.
The weakest of all weak things is a virtue that has not been tested in the fire.
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Everyone has a plan until they’ve been hit.
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A warrior may choose pacifism; others are condemned to it.
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