本书是有关“苌氏太极枪”集枪史、理论、实践和教学于一体的、一部完整的挖整著作，又是一本完整的教科书。全书文风朴实无华，时有作者的情感流露。相信此书会受到全国武术爱好者和中外学术界热烈的欢迎和关注。同时企盼更多的有识之士，特别是那些与苌氏枪法及苌氏其他武艺脉络有真才实学传承关系的武林精英，文武并重，加入这意义重大的抢救行动。本书作者将其抢救和研究的成果毫无保留地和盘托出。他将自己的经历及枪法始末，于史、于理、于技都作了简明扼要的概述；尽其所能，对流行的枪法作了分析比较和综述；对苌氏枪法的优势和太极性质作出有力的论证；对枪法术语和要领作了通俗易懂的解释；对枪论难点作了白话翻译；对内功修炼经典作了摘录；对枪法歌诀作了深入浅出的破译；对手眼身法步，对单练与攻防对练及对练组合都作了彻底的交代。他对每一步教学步骤都配以照片图示，其中，我们也看到了老年胡复生先生的勃勃英姿。更令人感到欣慰的是，于老师利用十来年时间将此枪法传授给一批学生，做到后继有人。
This book is about “Chang’s Tai Chi Gun”, which integrates gun history, theory, practice and teaching. It is also a complete textbook. The style of the book is simple and unadorned, and the author’s feelings are sometimes revealed. It is believed that this book will be warmly welcomed and concerned by martial arts enthusiasts and academic circles at home and abroad. At the same time, we hope that more people of insight, especially those Wulin elites who have real talent and practical learning inheritance relationship with Chang’s spear technique and other martial arts veins, will pay equal attention to both civil and martial arts and join in this significant rescue action. The author of this book has revealed his rescue and research results without reservation. He gave a brief summary of his experience and the beginning and end of the shooting technique in history, theory and technology; To the best of their ability, the popular gun techniques are analyzed, compared and summarized; Make a strong demonstration of the advantages of Chang’s gunshot and the nature of Tai Chi; The terms and essentials of shooting are explained easily; Translate the difficult points of gun theory in vernacular; Extracted the classic of internal skill cultivation; He deciphered the formula of gunplay in simple terms; The opponent’s eye and body moves have been thoroughly explained in terms of single practice, offensive and defensive practice and combination. He illustrated each teaching step with photos, among which we also saw the vigorous and heroic attitude of the elderly Mr. Hu Fusheng. What is more gratifying is that Mr. Yu has spent more than ten years teaching this shooting technique to a group of students, so that there will be successors.

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