Author : Sun Tzu,Gary Gagliardi
Publisher : Science of Strategy
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Hand-to-hand fighting, Oriental
ISBN : 9781929194384
The Ancient Bing-fa Martial Arts Strategy by Sun Tzu,Gary Gagliardi Pdf
The philosophical basis for all Asian martial arts was originally the Sunzi Bing-fa, known in English as Sun Tzu's The Art of War. If you practice or even teach any of the martial arts, this book is will give you a unique and valuable insight to the true founding spirit of your training. Originally, martial arts practices was designed to train the mind, body, and spirit. However, the intellectual basis of martial arts practice was lost because its source, the Bing-fa, was suppressed by China's rulers and intentionally replaced with the spiritual teachings of first Taoism and later Buddhism. The book starts with the complete history of martial arts in China, showing how the whole concept of martial training began with Sun Tzu's work and how and why the practice of martial arts was disconnected from the teaching of strategy.