The Secrets of Eagle Claw Kung Fu: Ying Jow Pai

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Acknowledgments; Contents; Honorary Calligraphy; Commentary by Master Ng Wai Nung; Foreword; Preface; Part One: Introduction; Northern and Southern Styles; Concentration; Being Neutral; Health; Age; Training Program; Fighting and Self-Defense; Street Fighting; Part Two: The Eagle Claw System; The History of Eagle Claw; Ngok Fei and the 108 Fighting Techniques; The Creation of Faan Tzi Yingjow Pai; Kung Fu Becomes a Secret Art; Chan Tzi Ching; Lau Fat Mon; Ng Wai Nung; Leung Shum; Overview of the Eagle Claw System; Part Three: Training Program; Ten Special Points for Practicing Eagle Claw.;One of the few modern Chinese martial arts derived from actual military combat experience, Eagle Claw Kung Fu is a powerful system featuring advanced locking-hand moves perfected over centuries of civil conflict in China. Kung Fu and tai chi master Leung Shum brings this timeless art to today's practitioners, going beneath the veneer of gymnastic athleticism for which the style is known, and revealing many of its essential secrets and insider tips. Shum explains the fundamentals of Eagle Claw Kung Fu, including the crucial first thirty locking-hand techniques, the punches, kicks, and the all-i.