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Compiled from bruce lees notes and essays and originally published in 1975, this iconic volume is one of the seminal martial arts guides of its time. Edited by bruce lee and featuring jeet kune do legend ted wong, this book introduces the reader to the sil lim tao form, the immovableelbow and centerline theories, chi sao sticky hands, trapping, and much more. Buy online, view images and see past prices for bruce lee writes re. Commentaries on the chinese martial arts by bruce y. Featuring digitallyenhanced photography, new pictures of lee from a lost session and an original essay in lees handwriting, chinese gung fu still maintains its position as a timeless work by one of. Iron, poison hand training and karate oriental selfdefense in 1957.
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