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Anothert manual: Guide to Martial Arts Training. Several manuals in one: grapping 擒拿, pressure points 點穴, Taijiquan 太極拳, Blossom Fist 花拳, and a form of Hung Gar (or one of its substyles) called 四平大鎮拳.
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Interestingly, there's lots of Chinese medicine prescriptions within these manuals, as pictured below. Chinese medicine is closely linked with martial arts and martial arts manuals. Training supplements as well as ointments and concoctions for recovering from injury. Image
These are precise presctiptions. You could walk into a Chinese herbal medicine shop and get this filled today.
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