White Eyebrow Bak Mei Pai Kung Fu Applications and Training Details: 1

good series of pics with arrows but many variations of just a couple of techniquesmostly from holding the lotus palms and circling them to deflect attacks

What upsets me about this book is that it does not sticks to the subject. When I buy a book on Bak Mei, I expects it to be on that subject. The book is on 145 pages. Yet page 110-127 is about some obscure Beggar Hand Kung Fu. And page 128-145 is Martial Arts maxims, the first of theese pages is the code of cunduct from Yip Man's Wing Chun school.From page 4-109 there are several full page drawings ect which seems to be there as a filling, to get more pages in the book. If you don't know enough about Bak Mei to fill out 145 pages, write a book with fewer pages or not at all.In my opinion, he should have gone in detail with the Bak Mei material he is sharing, then I would probably have given it 4 stars.

Questo libro è estremamente utile per tutte quelle persone che sono interessate agli stili del Sud della Cina ( principalmente Hakka ) come il Bak Mei. Le informazioni storiche sono abbastanza esaustive ma non tediose, i concetti base dello stile sono spiegati dettagliatamente ed è inserita anche la descrizione dei movimenti della forma Jik Bo Kuen. Non è assolutamente un libro scritto per dare l'impressione di poter apprendere uno stile così complesso e "segreto" come il Bak Mei Kung Fu, attraverso la sua lettura, ma a livello informativo lo consiglio vivamente.

En general descrive muy bien el estilo,con fotos y diagramas.Lastima que no lo hubiese en Español.

Some spelling errors. A chapter on Beggar's style, would have been better as an appendix or left out. There was no explanation as to why this was included.The section on fist formations generalised this amongst kung fu and not specifically white eyebrow style.There are 19 full page pictures (not including 1/2 page illustrations and 1 blank page) best described as space fillers with no teaching benefit. These would have been better allocated to illustrating the first form called the straight step set, instead there is an unclear text explanation.The section concerning applied technique uses as partner exercises is very clear.When diagrams are used these used very well and bring clarity to the text.Good idea using symbols to illustrate teaching points for the written explanations for power generation. In addition this text is very clear.Very clear explanation regarding qualities required for self defence.Excellent explanation for training specialised fist forms.

I bought this book for my son. He is happy with this item and would recommend it to his friends.