Pak Mei Kung Fu (white Eyebrow) H. B. Un Published by Paul H. Crompton Ltd., London, 1974 Goner: Martial Arts Self-Defence, Combat Sports Used/ Hardcover [First Edition/ First Printing] Pak Mei Kung Fu is one of the most aggressive and explosive Chinese martial arts. Pak Mei (also known as Bak Mei and in Mandarin Bai Mei) is a Kung Fu system created by a Taoist monk of the same name. The date generally given for the formation of the style is 1647, just after the creation of the Qing Dynasty (1644). Bak Mei is said to have sported white hair on his brow but it may be, as was common in China, that the name refers to a distinctive white head band. Pak Mei (White Eyebrow) remains a fairly underexposed style of kung fu. Pak Mei Kung Fu (white Eyebrow), was the first English-language book on the style. You get a brief history of Pak Mei and its Great Grandmaster Cheung Lai Chun (who instructed this book's author, H.B. Un), one form and a few self-defense applications. The history is fascinating, the applications are basic but mostly practical, and the form is impossible to learn from the book. Some of the individual movements are worth studying because they demonstrate how Pak Mei synthesizes "hard" techniques from other Southern Chinese styles like Hung Gar and Phoenix Eye with "soft" techniques which resemble the internal styles, but the transition between movements is not conveyed at all in the photographs Item Description Rare and hard-to-find first edition and first print in fine condition. A well preserved vintage copy with original dust jacket and with white and black illustrations. Published by Paul H. Crompton Ltd., London, 1974. Very Good Condition. Hardcover edition with illustrated dust jacket. Black cloths boards with gilt design and lettering on the front board and to spine. 81pp. Condition The book in clean and very good condition, light wear and tear to the corners of the dust jacket. No writing, inscription or turned down pages. Rare first edition and first print. A well preserved vintage copy with original dust jacket; overall, tight, firm and strong binding, bright and clean pages and with white and black photographs. (Please see pictures)