Wing Chun Kung Fu: Traditional Chinese Kung Fu for Self-Defense and Health

The simple basics are always the root of a martial arts. You can always rely on the basics. Everything else is just fancy stuffy and trick moves.This book is about the basics.Truly if you are serious about learning this form. This book is good for your first solid three years.If you have Amazon prime, this does a great job of breaking down the moves that you will see in the Grand Master Yip Man Wing Chun. In fact, you will see Yip Chun perform the moves that you will learn in the book.The book does go into history of the style. There is section on self defense.I was a little disappointed that there wasn't a section on walking/moving while performing the techniques, but I have patience. I understand that this book presents the basis that will take time to learn and empower my body within the techniques.If you are interested in learning about Wing Chung, this book is - at the very least - a good place to start if you aren't willing to hunt down a Wing Chun school in your area.

Good book-The history record is interesting. Yet you do need additional instructions with the techniques it teaches. It affirmed what I am learning in class. Would recommend.

Ive been a student of wing chun for over a year now and one thing ive learned is that no matter how much you think youve improved, it is always good to go back to the basics to review, to strengthen and refine your forms, and make them the very best they can be. This is a very good book on the Siu Lim Tao form of Wing Chun. written by Michael Tse, student of Grandmaster Ip Chun. One thing to note when buying these books is that its very difficult to find a "definitive" volume of anything, so its often good to have an assortment or even an entire library devoted to your art. This particular book, while no where near as long as Wayne belanoha's Wing Chun Compendium, its got aspects of the siu Lim Tao you wont find there. this book is great for beginners learning the first form and even has tips for Chi Sau and Qigong during training. the first part of the book has interesting stories of Ip Man and Ip Chun, as told to Michael from Chun himself. p.s. my advice to those who want to learn but cant find a school or partners, is to not give up and read as much literature as you can and watch as many demonstrations as u can. the time will eventually come when you can find someone else to practice with and you will be better prepared! enjoy your Gung Fu!

First off, this book is a very general overwiew of Wing Chun, not a comprehensive source on anything specific like WC History, WC Mechanics, the various Forms, etc. So if that is what you are looking for, then there are "better" books that would fulfill that more adequately. A lot of reviews do point this out, but I want to emphasize it again since someone might think it is more exhaustive or detailed than it really is, and be dissapointed in the process.So in light of that, Ip Chun does an excellent job introducing the system of Wing Chun as popularized by his father Ip Man. You could know literally nothing about Wing Chun and be able to follow this book, as he makes no assumptions that someone is a practicioner or versed in terminology. The book also reads well, it is conversational instead of reading like an encylopedia or reference manual.My main complaint is that since they chose to photograph and present SNT (the first and most foundational form), the photographs show too little for a beginner to grasp the movements. The explanations do not go into detail and explain the underlying concepts of the movements either. So for someone familiar with the form like myself, there is little to glean from this main section of the book. Conversely, for a potential beginner, the provided photos skip way too much movement to grasp correctly, and explanations lack detail for them to gain proper understanding.While I enoyed reading the book, and it was worthwhile, it is more of a book to read and give away or loan out to others interested in Wing Chun, versus a book to keep and refer back to. There are just too many other more exhaustive books out there now. I gave it 4 stars for this purpose and also because it is from one of SiFu Ip Man's son's, Ip Chun, his most visible heir within the WC world.

I read several Wing Chun books to better understand and master the art, this is not complex at all and is easy to follow, beautiful and clear pictures and explanations from both authors, the Grand Master Ip Chun (Ip Man’s elder son) and Michael Tse Quingong Master, the book focus on the 1st form Siu Lim Tau that actually is the exam to ascend from Orange to Yellow belt but you can also start from here if you have no previous experience in the most practical Kung fu style

Awesome

This is one of the most unique books on martial arts that I have ever seen, and the main "author" Ip Chun is an astonishing man to read, and to watch on video online. He teaches a method that anyone can learn, and that a small person can use to defend against a larger person. It is not an offensive tactic, only defensive, and the user becomes very difficult for an offender to strike, as they learn to become "soft" instead of a "hard target", and to block efficiently, and to use parts of the body differently that they haven't even thought about before. It is changing the way I thought about martial arts in general, though I will say I am not a full-time student of these things. I like the concept of becoming a soft target that "melts away" in front of an attacker, and that a person can use the attacker's own force against him. This is thinking in a new way.

Okay for a beginner if you have a trainer or someone to explain the movements to you.