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The Fundamentals of Pa Kua
Chang Vol. II by Miller & Park
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- Paperback: 224
pages
- Publisher: High
View Publications, CA
- Language: English
- ISBN-10:
0865681732
- ISBN-13:
978-0865681736
- Format:
digital as Acrobat pdf file
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The Fundamental of
Pakua
Chang Vol.2
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The Fundamentals of Pa
Gua Chang Vol. I
reviewed by:
- Jimmy Lin (New Brunswick, NJ USA): A wonderful follow up to the
first volume
After
reading the first volume, I sought out the student group under Sifu
Park nearest me and began training. Sifu Park is a wonderful teacher
and holds nothing back in imparting the system which he has inherited.
Volume II of Sifu Park's book contains yet another wealth of
information while emphasizing the basic and fundamental concepts laid
out in the first. It is meant to read and used as a written reference
for those who have already learned the content of the first volume. I
write "learned" rather than "mastered" because it takes years of
practice to truly master the contents of the first volume. In the
second volume, Sifu Park begins to build up the student's repertoire of
techniques, fundamental exercises, and theoretical concepts. Generally
speaking, in Sifu's school and study groups, it takes about a year to
two years (depending on your background and willingness to practice) to
get a handle on all of the teachings from the first voume. The second
volume could easily take six to seven years of practice before one
learns everything. Sifu also begins to show some fighting applications
and the "variations on a theme" concepts that are Pa Kua trademarks. If
one wishes to learn the exercises within these books, the videos are
essential if a student group is not readily available. However, without
the videos, the books give excellent insights into not only what is
known as the most effective internal martial art created but also into
general martial arts practice, applications, and the building of good
fundamentals.
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V. K. Lin (Eugene, OR United States): Wonderful, Detailed and Intricate
Ba Gua Fundamentals
Continues where Vol. I left off. A
wonderful, intricately written, detailed book describing the
fundamentals of Ba Gua training. Emphasis is on the complex
biomechanics behind Ba Gua stepping, striking, and training methods,
including introductory chi kung. This is not a book describing Master
Park's Ba Gua Palms or advanced forms, but it is a DETAILED description
of fundamental techniques appropriate as a learning aid for the
beginning or intermediate Ba Gua student.
Along with Vol. 1, Mr. Miller and Master Park take the reader through
step-by-step descriptions of body motions for various strikes, stepping
techniques, circle walking, and basic chi kung. Especially valuable in
my opinion were the detailed descriptions of the strikes--
concentrating on the all-important pelvis and trunk as the generators
of power.
For the intermediate-advanced student, there is not enough (in my
opinion) description or discussion of body structural alignments, power
generation while moving, or combat theory. I also would have liked to
see sample lesson outlines-- typical training progression over a ten
year period, for example. But this would be more appropriate for a Vol.
III!
For the fundamentals it covers, however, this book is a must-have for
serious Ba Gua practitioners! Highly recommended!
- A
Customer: Likely the most important book written
on Internal Arts
This book won't teach you any fancy
forms, but it will teach you everything you really need to know about
Pa Kua (and any other internal martial art, for that matter).
This is a book of the true fundamentals of Pa Kua. Each lesson is there
to teach you to progress as smoothly and efficiently as is about
humanly possible. Park really stresses the necesity of basic drills,
practiced properly, to allow the body to learn to 'relax' enough for
efficient martial use. Exercises begin with footwork drills, progress
to combined footwork drills, and then to basic palm techniques. Later
both the combined footwork and palm techniques are combined.
Also taught in this book is basic Pa Kua Chi Kung, enough for the
beginner to develope a feel for Chi flow and are sufficient exercises
for Chi development until the practice of one's martial techniques take
over one's Chi work.
There is a Volume 2, but it doesn't seem to be listed here at
Amazon.com as of this review. This is as good as Volume 1, but isn't
needed until you've absorbed everything from Vol.1 (good luck!)
Again, if I had to own only one book on internal martial arts I would
most certainly make it this one. No art is ever any better than its
basics. So, the more strongly developed your basics, the more developed
your skill will be. I feel this is the best book from which to learn
those basics.
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