Description
Author: Hing Chao
Publisher: Springer
Published: 04/12/2023
Pages: 361
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.75lbs
Size: 9.29h x 6.22w x 0.94d
ISBN13: 9789811683206
ISBN10: 9811683204
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Library & Information Science | General
About the Author
Hing Chao is the founder and Executive Director of Institute of Martial Studies, Executive Director of International Guoshu Association, and Trustee of Hong Kong Maritime Museum. He is also the founder of Hong Kong Martial Arts Living Archive, the largest 3D martial arts archive in the world, and has curated and produced several pioneering exhibitions including "300 Years of Hakka Kung Fu: Digital Vision of Its Legacy and Future" (Hong Kong: 2016, Melbourne: 2017), and "Kung Fu Motion" (Lausanne: 2018).
Lianzhen Ma is a professor at the Sports Science School of South China Normal University, and is the deputy director for Postgraduate Education in Traditional Physical Activities and Culture Major, and for the Exercise & Training Department. He is a well-known martial artist and the 3rd generation inheritor of Ma's Tongbei Martial Studies. At the same time, he is the deputy director of Shaolin Changong Committee of Mt. Song Shaolin Temple, president of International Guoshu Association, president of Gansu Province Ma's Tongbei Wuxue Association, chief editor of Wuxue, and the headmaster of Jiangong Academy.
Loretta Kim is assistant professor and director of the China Studies programme at the School of Modern Languages and Cultures, University of Hong Kong. She is a historian of late imperial and modern China. Her primary research areas include the comparative history of borderlands and frontiers, Sino-Russian cultural relations, and Chinese ethnic minority languages and literatures. She is the author of Ethnic Chrysalis: China's Orochen People and the Legacy of Qing Borderland Administration (Harvard Asia Center, 2019).