For over fifty years Willem Reeders’ legend spread, detailing his Dutch-Chinese royal bloodlines, experience as a Japanese POW, work as a covert operative, role as a teacher of Bruce Lee, and more. Above all, people sought him out as a martial arts savant, fluent in open-hand techniques and weaponry. This book presents the historical setting of Reeders’ life and discusses his combat theory and practice. The text moves beyond unverified myths by presenting recent research findings based on documents such as birth, passport and military records. The book includes original documents as well as photographs.
Kuntao Prodigy: Willem A. Reeders and His Elusive Martial System
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- Life in Dutch-Indonesia: Strangers Knocking, Chasing the Magic, Life Expectancy, Dutch Colonial Period, Search for a National Identity
- One Thing Leads to Another: Family with Royal Lines, Royal Martial Arts, Reeders’ Military Service, Leaving Indonesia, Reeders’ Martial Art Repertoire
- An Alternate Reality: Paternal Lineage, Maternal Lineage, The Missing Link, War’s End and New Beginnings, Prisoner of War Documents, Passport Documents
- A Hybrid Conception of a Man and His Art: Reeders’ Hybrid Fighting System, The Font of Martial Knowledge, Personal Theory of Self-Defense, Essential Skills, Floor Patterns and Esoteric Diagram, Technical Repertoire
- A Memoir of Kuntao Studies: Martial Essence – Pepperman and Sykes, Five Quarters for a Dollar – Richard Lopez
- Photographic Record
- Appendix: Coming to Terms
- References & Index
6”x9” paperback, 111 pages, 76 illustrations
