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TRANSLATORS’ NOTE

As relatively junior students of Wing Chun Kung Fu Master Lo Man Kam (out of a family of 3,000 brothers and sisters that includes Taiwan movie star Brigitte Lin, Hong Kong pop-singer Samuel Tai, and the Sultan of Brunei), we were honored that Sifu Lo asked us to translate Police Kung Fu. As we enthusiastically dove into the job at hand, it soon became apparent that we would have to answer a lot of questions, and fill in a few gaps due to the context of the manual.

First published in 1993 under the title of “The Martial Arts of the Police,” this book was intended for internal distribution within the Taiwan police academies. As such, the material, from the people named within to the very writing style, begins with the basic premise that the reader is a new police recruit who grew up within the Taiwan education system. It assumes that you understand certain linguistic usages, know who specific people are, and will be directly taught by a skilled instructor. However, these assumptions may not necessarily apply to you, the reader.