The dissertation titled „Singen und Kämpfen: Die Kunst des Klassischen Gesangs und die Kunst des waffenlosen Vollkontakt-Nahkampfstils Wing Tsun Kuen, ein Vergleich ihrer Körpertechniken im Hinblick auf ihre Analogien und eine gemeinsame holistisch-generische Tiefenstruktur“ (translated as „Singing and Fighting: The Art of Classical Singing and the Art of Unarmed Full-Contact Martial Art Wing Tsun Kuen, a Comparison of Their Body Techniques with Regard to Their Analogies and a Common Holistic-Generic Deep Structure“) was authored by York Reynolds and submitted to the University of Hamburg in 2007.
This work presents a comparative analysis of classical singing and the martial art Wing Tsun Kuen, focusing on their body techniques. It explores the analogies between these disciplines and proposes a shared holistic-generic deep structure underlying both practices. The dissertation includes film clips in .avi format to illustrate the discussed concepts.
For more details, you can access the dissertation here: https://ediss.sub.uni-hamburg.de/handle/ediss/1899.