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Title: Mostly myths...
Review: I didn't like this book, because the subtitle: ORIGINS - PHILOSOPHY - PRACTICE is very misleading. I read a lot about the origins of kung-fu, even in chinese. But I'm sure the origins are NOT a blending of the first episode of the series kung fu (with D. Carradine) and the movie "The 36 chambers of the shaolin monastery"! So I was very dissapointed when I read this book. It's mostly myths and fairy tales Lewis regurgitates, he gives no sources and never tells anything about the philosophy of martial arts. So if you surf the web and collect material, you could probably write the same book. But it's O.K. for a rainy afternoon and some good laughs, if you find something familiar, like the dim mak, known from the movie bloodsport....
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