Police Kung Fu: The Personal Combat Handbook of the Taiwan National Police Paperback – November 1, 2001

This book is very interesting but not very unique which isn't a bad thing it's just that it's style is similar to other self defence techniques in systems like krav maga and goshinjutsu. It appears to be based of wing chun but it looks very similar to jujutsu or krav maga so while it was a very interesting read to read about the skills that the police in taiwan are trained in I didn't really learn anything new from it.But very good if you do wing chun as it can possibly show you how to use it with weapon defences and restraint and control. Very good book on realistic combat though particularly as it details weapon defences.

The book covers some traditional basic self defense moves and things to consider in different environments like adapting the move to work from behind on a stairway. A group worked together to present the information.

This book is very well translated and lays out the various techniques clearly (with a couple of exceptions). Students of Kung Fu, Kenpo, Ninjitsu, and similar styles will find much familiar material here, with some twists. Provides a good range of weapons defenses, from blades to handguns, and is quite comprehensive for its size.

The book shows an interesting mixture of Wing Chun, Aikido & Judo techniques that can be applied in a self-defense setting.It gives the reader or those who train in the above styles, some insight on possible direct & practical application of those styles. Or at least examples of how they can be applied more practically. Aside from that, the book is a quick read but filled with plenty of step by step photos.It would have been nicer if they showed some more knife defense scenarios with the attacker holding onto the defender at knife point, cornered, or up against the wall. The same goes for the Unarmed Combat section: they could have included more defense situations vs various unarmed attacks (ie: kicks, bear hugs, tackles, multiple attackers, etc.). Despite the lacking bits, all in all it's still a good read.

Whatever this is, what it is NOT is the official training of any Taiwan Police. If you want to write a book about your martial art, and/or how you see your martial art applied, that is of course fine. But a false claim is a false claim. The Taiwan Police College has always been under the direction of Chang Dungsheng's Shuai Jiao students, beginning with Master Jeng, Hsing-Ping. Today, Master Chang's grandson runs the Shuai Jiao. Today, there is also instruction in Judo and some other methods, but I have never seen any record of the author of this book nor of Wing Chun at the Police College. Why must people lie to promote a book?

I imagine that the author presumes a certain level of prior martial arts and/or law enforcement experience by readers of this interesting book. While it is well written it's only 123 pages, barely scratching the surface of the subject. His perspectives about combat and the nature thereof are quite valid, focusing on proactive movement, fluidity, martial power, and solid tactical execution. The individual applications, on the other hand, are a bit narrow considering the wide range of potential encounters and scenarios one might stumble upon in the field. Contents include how to train for hand-to-hand combat, techniques for fighting unarmed perpetrators as well as against those armed with a knife, gun, club, or bat, and police baton applications designed to work against individual suspects as well as for crowd control.The principles are generally good, yet a few of the assumptions are suspect. For example, officers are taught to predict the type of attack a suspect will launch with a knife based on the type of blade used. The challenge with that approach is that most perpetrators are untrained individuals operating outside their normal mental state. In other words, an enraged, deranged, or otherwise unstable individual will act in unpredictable ways. Consequently focusing on the type of knife used is more often than not a waste of time, particularly when the knife-wielder is unlikely to know how to use it "properly" in the first place. And, anyone who has ever been assaulted by a knife knows that there is not much time for thinking anyway. The author does state to prepare for the unexpected because the bad guys rarely follow a script, but disassociation between these two concepts is a good example of a shortcoming in the text (which could easily be a result of the translation rather than a flaw in the original document).There is a lot of good stuff in here about dealing with armed and unarmed assailants. Keep in mind that no book, no matter how well written, can ever be a substitute for competent hands-on training. Having said that, however, this really is an interesting tome.Lawrence KaneAuthor of Surviving Armed Assaults, The Way of Kata, and Martial Arts Instruction

If you are in Law Enforcement and practice martial arts, in particular Wing Chun, I would definitely recommend this book; there are not many in the market. However, the contents in the book was not what I expected (not in a good way). It gives some defensive counter moves for attacks against a knife, stick, bat, etc. The photographed instructions are decent but the book needs more meat. The book is not expensive but I would have less complaints if it was half its price ($6).

Quelques applications du système Ip Man par Lo Man Kam

This book give me extra training i needed, it give me step by step moves that are so simply explained great buy

This is a martial art jumble, best not bought - unless like me you are fascinated by the history, geography and different versions of wing chun. I was expecting to see a re-organisation of wing chun along a dimension of harm so as to distinguish police wing chun it from its battlefield -or at least lethal- nature. Unfortunately the author says police officers do not have the time to learn wing chun and so he has relied upon other parts of the Asian arts. Oddly, this from a book that says it is wing chun. The book proceeded in this confused manner. Of obscure interest is that its author says he was taught by Yip Man to whom he is distantly related.Putting aside my wing chun disappointment I took the book on its merits. Unfortunately, I believe many of its prescribed techniques seem to imagine an attacker who is weak, old , slow and stupid.As is true of so many martial art books, the photography etc are inadequate.

A useful book to complement any martial art for variety in techniques.