As the book
explains, the philosophical basis for all Asian martial arts was originally
the Sunzi Bing-fa, known in English as Sun Tzu's The Art of
War. If you practice or even teach any of the martial arts, this book is
will give you a unique and valuable insight to the true founding spirit of
your training.
Originally, martial arts practice was designed to train the mind, body,
and spirit. However, the intellectual basis of martial arts practice was lost
because its source, the Bing-fa, was suppressed by China's rulers and
intentionally replaced with the spiritual teachings of first Taoism and later
Buddhism. The book start with the complete history of martial arts in China,
showing how the whole concept of martial training began with Sun Tzu's work
and how and why the practice of martial arts was disconnected from the
teaching of strategy.
The body of the book contains our complete, award-winning translation of The Art of War
on the left-hand pages. On the facing pages we explain each stanza in terms of
the practice of martial arts, the way the original martial artists would have
read it.
Gift Hardcover, 192 pages, 6x9
If you are teaching the martial
arts, the knowledge in this book will add a new, powerful dimension to your programs
that will benefit your students in every aspect of their lives!
