Publisher's Synopsis
Grandmaster Bow Sim Mark is one of the most influential martial artists of the 20th century and the mother of martial arts film star Donnie Yen. She was one of the first to provide standardized wushu instruction in the West and is credited with popularizing competition wushu outside of China.Over 40 years of teaching at her school Chinese Wushu Research Institute and also at Boston University, Harvard, MIT, Brandeis, Emerson College, among others, she has accumulated a wealth of information to her students and martial arts lovers. This is book 1 of the series that collects and republishes the rich materials she has provided over the years on Tai Chi, Wu Dang, Hsing-I (Xingyi), Pa Kua (Bagua), Leung-Yi (Liangyi) and many other forms.