What do you think of Philip Starr?

[Joab]

What is your opinion of Philip Starr? Are his books worth the price, do you think he knows of what he writes, is he a good teacher? All opinions appreciated.

 

[Flying Crane]

You could ask him directly, he is a member and does post here.

 

[Tez3]

http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/member.php?u=9031

 

[exile]

I think it's fair to say that PS is very highly thought of on MT by those who've had some contact with his work...

 

[clfsean]

You could ask him directly, he is a member and does post here.

I was gonna say the same thing

 

[crushing]

I have only read Mr. Starr's The Making of a Butterfly and I really enjoyed it and recommend it to MA and non-MA. When I loan it out I have to beg to get it back!

 

[DavidCC]

What is your opinion of Philip Starr? Are his books worth the price, do you think he knows of what he writes, is he a good teacher? All opinions appreciated.

I've met Sifu Starr a few times, and participated in a couple of public seminar sessions he's led - both based on his book Martial Mechanics.

The book is very well done, it focuses on how-to do basics - stances punches etc. but even better it also goes into some of the "whys" from not only the internal training system he teaches but also the bio mechanical reasons behind why they train it that way. So it is a good introduction to that kind of study of your MA even if you don't do kung-fu.

I've been on the receiving end of one of his senior student's punches (very unpleasant internally), seen him break river rocks etc, and he taugthme some qigong. He's very good, physically and "theoretically" and that is a very good reflection on Sifu Starr.

And he's very nice
And his books are not expensive! So when you ask "worth the price" well, their value is high and price is low, so double the value.