Title: Fun for his disciples
Product review: This book is one part basic wushu manual, and one part self help book, never really succeeding at either.If you love Yan Ming, ofcourse you'll love this book. It features great pictures and all of his buzz words and daily exclaimations (i.e. "train harder!" and "more chi").To perform the techniques as he does takes relentless hours of practice, so the 28 days mantra is deceptive at best.The history of the shaolin temple is standard fair and falls behind the current wave of scholarship on the subject.A book best considered entertainment rather than an actual text book on the martial arts.Two stars because the photography is so good.
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