The Western Bubishi

The Western Bubishi is an advanced exploration into the application of Traditional Chinese Medicine to the fighting arts. The Extraordinary Vessels are examined with extreme detail, which rivals many Traditional Chinese Medicine textbooks. Their functions and interactions with the twelve Main Meridians are covered and provide an easy to understand description. Each of the eight Extraordinary Vessels are examined point-by-point and various methods to attack them are presented from a martial perspective. The thirty-six Vital Points that were listed in the historic martial document - The Bubishi - are examined in great detail and provides the western student with a much clearer picture of the combative importance of that document. The Primary Energetic Target of the body is provided with detailed analysis. The subject of Body Alarm Reaction (BAR) is covered with solid research and provides the western martial artists a better understanding of this phenomenon. BAR is then examined from an eastern perspective, and combined with Extraordinary Vessel interactions to illustrate how to utilize the knowledge in a combative sense. This book is the first in a series that will unlock the true combative methods of eastern-based fighting disciplines. 8.5X11 inches. 186 pages. Indexed. 38 Tables. 48 Photographs. 20 Diagrams.