Xue Sheng
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I was wondering about this for a while now, but how interested do you think people would be in a book or books on origins and histories of various styles of Chinese martial arts?
Not a "how to" or "training manual" but a book about researched history of certain styles and in some cases how they are related. I am aware that there are at least 3 men in China that are professors at 3 different universities that are doing this same research right now but as far as I know nothing has been translated into English.
The reason I ask is that I do an awful lot of research on this stuff….well… just cause, and I am wondering if it would be of any use or interest if I complied it into a book or 2. Or would this be for to specific an audience?
Also I am intrigued with some of the things I am finding out from Chinese translation that I get my wife to do (after much begging) from time to time. And these tend to have the mysticism removed and the facts left intact. Example the multiple origins of Taijiquan, no one is arguing for or against any origin or taking Taoist mysticism or qi magic they are honestly just trying to find the true origin.
If I were to do this it would not be for awhile because I need to learn to read Chinese and become a fluent speaker of it as well, which I am not right now. This last part is going to happen anyway, my wife deems it so and the possibility of me living there for a year is still a possibility.
Thanks
XS :asian:
Not a "how to" or "training manual" but a book about researched history of certain styles and in some cases how they are related. I am aware that there are at least 3 men in China that are professors at 3 different universities that are doing this same research right now but as far as I know nothing has been translated into English.
The reason I ask is that I do an awful lot of research on this stuff….well… just cause, and I am wondering if it would be of any use or interest if I complied it into a book or 2. Or would this be for to specific an audience?
Also I am intrigued with some of the things I am finding out from Chinese translation that I get my wife to do (after much begging) from time to time. And these tend to have the mysticism removed and the facts left intact. Example the multiple origins of Taijiquan, no one is arguing for or against any origin or taking Taoist mysticism or qi magic they are honestly just trying to find the true origin.
If I were to do this it would not be for awhile because I need to learn to read Chinese and become a fluent speaker of it as well, which I am not right now. This last part is going to happen anyway, my wife deems it so and the possibility of me living there for a year is still a possibility.
Thanks
XS :asian: