Traditional Chinese martial arts are one of the ten national essences, and Eight Pole Quan is one of the most important martial arts in martial arts. However, so far, the books that systematically introduce the Eight Pole Quan are limited, and they are basically practical teaching materials. Books on the philosophy of The Eight Pole Quan have not yet been found, the cultural connotation of traditional martial arts still needs to be excavated, and in the process of teaching and practice, the demand for culture by enthusiasts has become stronger and stronger.
To learn a skill well, you first need to understand the cultural theory behind it, especially traditional Chinese skills. For Bajiquan, if there is no theoretical foundation and the support of traditional cultural connotations, it is difficult to learn the essence. "Zhixing Wen Wushu - The Philosophy of Eight Pole Quan" is a work that systematically expounds the original appearance of the cultural philosophy of Eight Pole Quan and reveals its essence, principle and law, the language is concise and clear, the philosophy is easy to understand, and strives to let the majority of enthusiasts clearly understand the inner essence of Eight Pole Quan, so as to better learn and inherit.
The author, Li Shusen, born in Gongzhuling in 1964, is a senior financial consultant with his ancestral home in Jimo, Shandong. The author has studied Huo's Eight Pole Quan for more than 30 years with his brother Mr. Li Shudong, and has written many theoretical articles on Eight Pole Quan, including cultural connotations, artistic values, ideological concepts, functional influences, etc., which have been sought after by many disciples.
Li Shudong and the author are brothers, inherited from Huo Qingshan, have a great influence in the field of martial arts, and have served as the chairman of the Gongzhuling Wushu Association, the president of the Gongzhuling Eight Pole Quan Research Association, the vice chairman of the Siping Wushu Association, and the director of the standing editorial board of "Chinese Wushu Towards the Olympics". He has published many articles in the magazine "Martial Soul", integrating philosophical concepts into the teaching of eight poles, and is committed to forming a philosophical cultural system of eight poles. In February 2009, the book "Eight Pole Quan Tutorial" was published, which is a systematic and informative textbook with strong practicality. If you look at it from the perspective of teaching, it can be said that the completion of "Zhixing Wen Wushu - The Philosophy of Eight Pole Quan" also has Li Shudong's painstaking efforts.
"Zhixing Wen Wushu - The Philosophy of Eight Pole Quan" is to think about traditional martial arts from a cultural point of view, to spread the experience of studying eight pole quan for more than 30 years, and strive to make it bigger, so that more people can understand eight pole quan and understand traditional culture, so as to form cultural consciousness and establish cultural self-confidence.