How do you review and reccommend a CMA book

[SPJ]

everyone has different interests in what to look for in a CMA book.

I mostly looked for theory and some history.

I used to like to collect names of postures and pictures of postures in a book.

now that vcd, DVD's and video info on the net abound.

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what do you look for in a book?

if someone asks you what do you think about a certain book?

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:D

[SPJ]

media review in CMA mag and journals.

I told friends that maybe look for media review first before buying them.

:)

[SPJ]

amazon search inside book.

google book search

are good resources, too.

:)

[diego]

everyone has different interests in what to look for in a CMA book.

I mostly looked for theory and some history.

I used to like to collect names of postures and pictures of postures in a book.

now that vcd, DVD's and video info on the net abound.

--

what do you look for in a book?

if someone asks you what do you think about a certain book?

--

:Dunless it's style specific, i recommend any martial art book to someone interested in CMA simply cuz i feel it's best to get as many ideas on a subject as possible...if it's style specific it has to have lot's of history and theory, pictures are useless when they can just give you a youtube link to the technique:)

I will read anything related to martial arts!.

[SPJ]

Journal of Asian Martial Arts

they have a media review section in the quarterly journal.

they review or peer review quite extensive MA books/dvd published in English.

these also serve as reference source of citation/quotation in the articles/papers for the journal.

this would be a good source to look.

they did an excellent review on one of my book published in 2003.

it was very difficult book to review.

the review will appear at feb 2008 issue.

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:D:);)

[SPJ]

when I was in Taiwan,

I used to brief thru the books before I buy them.

actually I was following quite a few teachers at the time.

however, due to the publishing cost,

a lot of good teachers did not write or publish books.

these were the 60's and 70's.

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:eek::mad:

[RD'S Alias - 1A]

I like books with detailed info in them so if I desired I could work a form, as well as the footwork, strategy and applications out of the book itself and not need to see a video.

I have yet to find one that detailed though, so I think if I want one I will have to write it myself.

[diego]

when I was in Taiwan,

I used to brief thru the books before I buy them.

actually I was following quite a few teachers at the time.

however, due to the publishing cost,

a lot of good teachers did not write or publish books.

these were the 60's and 70's.

--

:eek::mad:

you got tons of digital footage of fake martial artists on the net...i got like an hour of my tesachers teacher from the 70's on 8mm footage from the 80's and it's grainy as heck...I'm lucky, Vancouver has a huge chinatown so we have lots of cma...the vancouver public library has so many martial art books:)

[Lucas]

I enjoy all aspects of books.

history, culture, philosophy, technique, application, theory, etc.

It depends on what I may be in the mood for, or what I have been most actively involved in.

I recommend

The Unfettered Mind ~ VERY good, for any martial artist.

[SPJ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k-vOdWIBB8&feature=related

this is what old boxing books or quan pu look like.

we came a long way as far as media and records of CMA.

:)

[SPJ]

I was searching the web for discount book websites

and I found this.

http://www.hotbooksale.com/store/productView.aspx?idProduct=121359&ec=1&ProdID=65&utm_source=shopping_yahoo&utm_medium=cpc

I was like wow.

most people would go to amazon or barnes & noble or the biggest internet book stores on the planet.


:eek::D;)