Creation Of Wing Chun, The: A Social History Of The Southern Chinese Martial Arts
by Benjamin N. Judkins /
2016 / English / PDF
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Looks at southern Chinese martial arts traditions and how they
have become important to local identity and narratives of
resistance.
Looks at southern Chinese martial arts traditions and how they
have become important to local identity and narratives of
resistance.
This book explores the social history of southern Chinese martial
arts and their contemporary importance to local identity and
narratives of resistance. Hong Kong’s Bruce Lee ushered the Chinese
martial arts onto an international stage in the 1970s. Lee’s
teacher, Ip Man, master of Wing Chun Kung Fu, has recently emerged
as a highly visible symbol of southern Chinese identity and pride.
Benjamin N. Judkins and Jon Nielson examine the emergence of Wing
Chun to reveal how this body of social practices developed and why
individuals continue to turn to the martial arts as they navigate
the challenges of a rapidly evolving environment. After surveying
the development of hand combat traditions in Guangdong Province
from roughly the start of the nineteenth century until 1949, the
authors turn to Wing Chun, noting its development, the changing
social attitudes towards this practice over time, and its ultimate
emergence as a global art form.
This book explores the social history of southern Chinese martial
arts and their contemporary importance to local identity and
narratives of resistance. Hong Kong’s Bruce Lee ushered the Chinese
martial arts onto an international stage in the 1970s. Lee’s
teacher, Ip Man, master of Wing Chun Kung Fu, has recently emerged
as a highly visible symbol of southern Chinese identity and pride.
Benjamin N. Judkins and Jon Nielson examine the emergence of Wing
Chun to reveal how this body of social practices developed and why
individuals continue to turn to the martial arts as they navigate
the challenges of a rapidly evolving environment. After surveying
the development of hand combat traditions in Guangdong Province
from roughly the start of the nineteenth century until 1949, the
authors turn to Wing Chun, noting its development, the changing
social attitudes towards this practice over time, and its ultimate
emergence as a global art form.
“Martial arts was scorned by traditional Chinese literati, ignored
by Western historians, and predicted to go extinct by Western and
Chinese modernizers. However, as this book brilliantly
demonstrates, late imperial and twentieth century Chinese history
cannot be properly understood without it … Wing Chun students will
see the most definitive exposition of the roots of their art,
historians will see twentieth-century China through a new lens, and
martial arts studies scholars will see a high water mark and model
in their field.” —
“Martial arts was scorned by traditional Chinese literati, ignored
by Western historians, and predicted to go extinct by Western and
Chinese modernizers. However, as this book brilliantly
demonstrates, late imperial and twentieth century Chinese history
cannot be properly understood without it … Wing Chun students will
see the most definitive exposition of the roots of their art,
historians will see twentieth-century China through a new lens, and
martial arts studies scholars will see a high water mark and model
in their field.” —Martial Arts Studies
Martial Arts Studies
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“The Creation of Wing Chun
The Creation of Wing Chun is a fascinating read and a
book that I highly recommend to all Wing Chunstudents.” — Tony
Massengill,
is a fascinating read and a
book that I highly recommend to all Wing Chunstudents.” — Tony
Massengill,Wing Chun Illustrated
Wing Chun Illustrated