num_pages: 208
description: The Sword Polisher's Record , originally a monthly column that appeared for more than a decade in three magazines, including Kungfu magazine and Black Belt magazine, brought a sense of authenticity to the kung fu, which had long been overly-commercialized and filled with misconceptions.Highlighted with over 60 illustrations, The Sword Polisher's The Way of Kung-Fu , is an anthology of the monthly column, is organized into eight inter-connected sections, each examining a different aspect of kung-fu including its foundations, theories, important concepts and principles related to kung-fu styles and forms, usage, and training, and discussions on the future of kung-fu and it's place in our lives.
language: English
title: The Sword Polisher's Record: The Way of Kung-Fu
publisher: Tuttle Publishing