Boklao, a rogue fighter, and Wingchun, a small town girl-but together they must face the Imperial Army, the Heaven & Earth Rebellion, the Bandits of the Eight Immortals, and a ruthless killer from the very edge of the world, all in a desperate quest to discover the truth behind their own pasts-a truth that threatens the lives of everyone around them-and to unravel the mystery of the Fist of the Elders-the secret martial art that caused the utter destruction of the Shaolin Temple itself. Destiny and consequence collide in the first novel from acclaimed martial arts author Rene Ritchie. Legends of Wingchun: Embers of the Shaolin brings the classic folk-story behind the fighting system of Bruce Lee to stunning new life in the grandest tradition of the Chinese hero epic (wuxia).

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Title: Legends of Wingchun: Embers of the Shaolin
Publisher: Remnant-Hunter Media
Publication Date: 2006
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0973880406
ISBN 13: 9780973880403
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good

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Boklao, a rogue fighter, and Wingchun, a small town girl-but together they must face the Imperial Army, the Heaven & Earth Rebellion, the Bandits of the Eight Immortals, and a ruthless killer from the very edge of the world, all in a desperate quest to discover the truth behind their own pasts-a truth that threatens the lives of everyone around them-and to unravel the mystery of the Fist of the Elders-the secret martial art that caused the utter destruction of the Shaolin Temple itself... Destiny and consequence collide in the first novel from acclaimed martial arts author Ren� Ritchie. Legends of Wingchun: Embers of the Shaolin brings the classic folk-story behind the fighting system of Bruce Lee to stunning new life in the grandest tradition of the Chinese hero epic (wuxia).

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Rene Ritchie is author of the novel Legends of Wingchun: Embers of the Shaolin, the non-fiction books Yuen Kay-San Wing Chun Kuen and Complete Wing Chun (with Robert Chu and Y. Wu), and numerous articles for Inside Kung-Fu, Martial Arts Legends, Martial Arts Masters, and Martial Arts Illustrated, and is founder of the Internet WingChunKuen.com website. Trained in Canada, the U.S., Hong Kong, and China, he lives and works in Montreal.

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