CompleteMartialArts.com - Shaolin "Secret" Kanjia Road #1

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Binding: Paperback ISBN: 7500928408 Number Of Pages: 119 Publication Date: 2005
Editorial Reviews: This dual language Chinese/English edition is beautifully designed. This series has an introductory calligraphic introduction by Yang Zhao Ting, the former president of the National Chinese WuShu Association. The writer of the series, Geng Jun, studied under SuXi, SuFa and Li ZhuanYuan. There are general notes and demonstrations of the Shaolin stances for the entire series. There's also a nice short color section on students and Geng Jun's activities. The side-by-side Chinese and English make this a very useful text with clear instructions. THIS BOOK is the first road of the series said to be created by SuFu. The inspiration for this series was a number of monks who had left the Temple not fully trained and therefore brought shame to Shaolin. 13 "toll gates" were then created guarded by master monks who would challenge anyone wanting to leave and thereby insure a high standard of skill. Form only.
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: How Shaolin is Shaolin? Comment: Shaolin style is the most famous Kung Fu in the world. But the real Shaolin Temple was like a big library where all sorts of non-Shaolin Kung Fu was collected. The actual "core" Shaolin is much smaller. Also, due to the popularity of the style from movies and such, much of the Shaolin demonstrated is very primitive and meant to look that way. This series of "Kan Jia" or "only seen in the family and therefore secret" is the later developed form of the more sophisticated Shaolin. The moves are not that difficult but the flow and transitions are more complex. The photos are nice and the general layout pretty good. More Reviews