Chang Style Novice
12-26-2002, 02:33 PM
I paid under $3.00 today for a copy of "Pa-Kua: Chinese Boxing for Fitness and Self-Defense" by Robert W. Smith. The title page indicates that this edition was published and printed in Malaysia and appears to be a first paperback edition. The instructions and photos seem pretty clear (although in my skimming of the text, I've already noticed Smith says that "the gulf between what you have just learned and classical Pa-Kua is quite wide.")
Anybody know this book, and have an opinion on it's utility? I've never learned any Pa-Kua (or Bagua for that matter:D) so I'm not fooling myself that this little thing will make me a master, but I do hope that it's a decent place to start a little self-study.
I'll post this on the internal forum as well.
Anybody know this book, and have an opinion on it's utility? I've never learned any Pa-Kua (or Bagua for that matter:D) so I'm not fooling myself that this little thing will make me a master, but I do hope that it's a decent place to start a little self-study.
I'll post this on the internal forum as well.