Coaching Wushu with new scans (Sept 2009)

Andrea Falk's 1989 text on coaching wushu, Chinese martial arts as a performance sport. Dated but still relevant information on training and coaching. October 2009 new scans from original photos that were finally found in a box.

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Publication Date: Oct 30, 2009
Language: English
Category: Sports
Copyright: All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
Contributors: By (author): Andrea Falk

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Format: PDF

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wushu coaching wushu chinese martial arts andrea falk

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About Andrea Falk

Andrea Falk has trained the Chinese martial arts since 1972. She won a scholarship to study in Beijing, and spent three years at the Beijing Institute of Physical Culture, from 1980 to 1983. Since returning to Canada in 1984, she has taught the traditional Chinese martial arts. She teaches across Canada and in the UK. She had translated a few works for her students, but in 2000 decide to translate and publish, to bring more books from the Chinese into English. So far, she has translated Li Tianji's The Skill of xingyiquan, Jiang Rongqiao's Baguazhang, Yan Dehua's Bagua Applications, and Di Guoyong on Xingyiquan. She has also written Falk's Dictionary of Chinese Martial Arts and A Shadow on Fallen Blossoms: The 36 and 48 Traditional Verses of Baguazhang, and Beijing Bittersweet, a memoir. She is currently working on and Shadowboxing in Shanghai, a memoir plus Chen form.

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