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brianlkennedy
22nd May 2005, 10:44
If folks want to preview Guo Nai-Jia and Is forthcoming book on Chinese martial arts training manuals Amazon has it listed at:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1556435576/yahoobook2-20/ref%3Dnosim/103-0420388-1985401

To give folks a better idea of what all the book covers here is the table of contents for the first part of the book.

Part I
The Background

Introduction
Sources of Chinese martial arts training manuals
Romanization and Chinese names
An Introduction to Chinese Martial Arts
A caveat about Chinese martial arts history
Chinese martial arts historians
Tang Hao (唐豪)
Xu Zhen (徐震)
Matsuda Ryuchi (松田隆智)
Chou Chi Chun (周繼春)
Prof. Ma Ming De (馬明達)
Prof. Kang Ge Wu (康戈武)
Westerners researching Chinese martial arts history
Shaolin temple, Wudang Mountain and other storied places
Stories storybooks and public images
Chinese Martial Arts Classification Schemes
Internal versus external
Northern versus southern
Shaolin versus Wudang
Religion, morality and martial arts
Imperial military exams
Prof. Kang Ge Wu’s Top 12 Chinese Martial Classics


History of Chinese martial arts training manuals
Legendary period
Early wood block period
Hand copies period
Republican period
Nationalist government support
Modern Period
English language Chinese martial arts training manuals
The problem of authorship
Different editions
What the manuals contain
Who were the manuals written for
How did Chinese martial artists make their living
Military
Private security
Teaching and medicine
Performing, opera and street
Crime

Taiwan Martial Arts History
Taiwan’s importance
Martial arts culture; old and new
Taiwan’s martial arts history; Qing dynasty
Koxinga
Martial arts of Qing era Taiwan
How the arts were taught in Qing era Taiwan
Bronze man manual
Militias and martial arts
Hsilo and the 7 Sets
Sung Chiang Battle Arrays
Japanese era
The Righteous Thief
Post WW2 and the KMT
Politics and martial arts
Important modern figures
Foreigners to Taiwan

Mr. Liu Kang Yi: Keeping the Traditions Alive
Boxing Manuals in Translation: Problems and Perils

And then it goes on to part 2 which is the books/authors section.
take care,
Brian L. Kennedy