Wan Lai Sheng Martial Arts Teaching Manual

Author: Wan Laisheng
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: Martial arts grandmaster, a generation of genius, Grandmaster Wan Laisheng (1903—1992), from Gedian, Ezhou, Hubei. In 1946, he settled in Fuzhou, becoming a renowned martial artist, combat master, and a master of the Natual Gate style, as well as a celebrated physician of the Wind Injury Department in southern China. In his lifetime, he excelled in "Literature, Martial Arts, Taoism, Morality, Medicine, and Philosophy." Master Wan's handwritten manuscripts span millions of words, including specialized works on martial arts, qigong, medicine, literature, philosophy, as well as essays, miscellaneous writings, proverbs, aphorisms, and memoirs. Through eighty years of practice and refinement, Grandmaster Wan's martial arts have formed a unique style. It draws on the essence of Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, medicine, and martial arts, blending Shaolin, Wudang internal and external styles, and northern and southern schools into one. It emphasizes leveraging strengths, avoiding weaknesses, refining the essence, and incorporating the "Soft, Hard, Light" three skills and the "Skillful, Wonderful, Transformative" three methods. A significant portion of this knowledge was once the secret legacy passed down by masters to their chosen disciples. However, in Grandmaster Wan's martial arts writings, especially in his later handwritten manuscripts, these secrets have been fully disclosed without reservation, accompanied by detailed explanations, personal demonstrations, and illustrated materials.