Wing Chun In-Depth

Munawar Ali Karim is an author, historian, and combatives instructor with over three decades of martial arts experience. Munawar lived in the Japanese countryside for several years studying Shorinji Kempo, and the way of ninjutsu, samurai and sufi masters. Later, he took up the study of Shaolin Kung Fu; Brazilian Jiu Jitsu; and Wing Chun. In his writing, coaching and personal practice he seeks to realise the maxim of Musashi Miyamoto: "Pen and Sword in Accord". Munawar Karim resides in Reading, Berkshire, England.
Loukas Kastrounis is a third-generation descendant of Grand Master Yip Man through Bruce Lee teacher Wong Shun Leung, and second-generation Kali instructor through Guru Dan Inosanto. For over three decades he has been teaching complete beginners and experienced martial artists of different styles, law enforcement officers, security firms and the military at home and overseas. His work has been featured in the British and international press and he is a Combat Magazine Hall of Famer. Sifu Loukas Kastrounis resides in Workingham, Berkshire, England.

Preface
Wing Chun?Skills for Combat, Strategies for Life
Introduction
Part One
The Lineage
Through the Tempests of History
China At the Time of Grandmaster Yip Man's Birth (1900's)
Alive And Well
Bringing Wing Chun Out of Myth and Into History
Growing And Continuing
Two Legendary Students of Grandmaster Yip Man
In The Present and On to The Future
From Sifu Wong Shun Leung to Sifu Loukas Kastrounis
Part Two
The System
What's The Big Idea?
A Concise Overview of Wing Chun
Siu Nim Tau
The First Form, The Last Form
Chi Sau
The Heart and Soul of Wing Chun
Part Three
Up Close
Master Class 1

• Training to Fight Without Fighting

Master Class 2

• Avoiding the Mexican Stand-Off

Master Class 3

• ?No Technique as Technique?

Beyond Fighting
What Wing Chun Can Teach Us About Life
Afterword
Closing Thoughts on Wing Chun
About the Authors