Look!! A whole new series of Bagua DVDs from Tom Bisio! Good explanations, oodles of applications, and Bagua usage that looks suspiciously like Bagua. We think you are going to like these…
Aug
21
2010
21
2010
Aug
18
2010
18
2010
Martial Qigong with George Xu
As Shaw once remarked about George Gissing, “He is conducting his education in public.” This is somewhat true of George Xu, but in this case it is a bonus. As he evolves as a martial artist, he brings forward new ideas and some inspired insights. Here’s a small seminar on “Martial Qigong”; the moves are [...]
Aug
15
2010
15
2010
Ma Hong “month”
If it seems like “Ma Hong Month” at Plum…
Aug
7
2010
7
2010
Pak Mei Kung Fu
A lot of people are interested in Southern style but there’s never enough written about them…
Aug
3
2010
3
2010
Sifu Ma Hong LIVE at Plum!
Last week we announced our excitement over the SIX Ma Hong DVDs that we had reviewed, and were expecting. Well, the wait is over! They are ALL here and ready for sale.
We are not big ‘gushers’ here at Plum, but this series is pretty exciting. There is a certain intimacy in these DVDs, that makes [...]
Aug
2
2010
2
2010
Tai Chi from an Iron Palm Master
Gu Ru Zhang is the famous master of the Iron Palm
Jul
29
2010
29
2010
At last, Blossoms…
We are proud and happy to announce …
Jul
24
2010
24
2010
Sifu Ma Hong In Your Living Room
We have just reviewed an entire DVD series by Sifu Ma Hong…
Jul
3
2010
3
2010
Jun
28
2010
28
2010
Product: Gong style Bagua Qigong
Bill Hsi (Xi Jia Jun), a long time martial practitioner from Taiwan, has just issued this little treasure. It is a work showing the famous Liu Yun Chiao demonstrating the Bagua Qigong of the Gong Bao Tian style. Beside introductory notes there is a straightforward breakdown of the sections with full page photography. A Qigong [...]
Jun
24
2010
24
2010
Straight to the Circle
OK! We at Plum admit to a less-than-secret love affair with Ba Gua Zhang. So we are always thrilled when we can add new and worthy material on the subject to our ever-expanding collection, and particularly when it comes from one of our favorite author teams: Gao Ji Wu and Tom Bisio. That’s right! Their [...]
Jun
22
2010
22
2010
Product: Jing Wu Assocation
Now here’s along overdue piece of the puzzle…
Jun
19
2010
19
2010
Product: First Chinese Jiujitsu book
It’s just like enjoying people, sometimes the most fun is to meet the truly eccentric…
Jun
2
2010
2
2010
Product: Wu Dang Nine Palace Arts
There are many martial styles in the WuDang Taoist category.
May
31
2010
31
2010
Product: Knights of Xing Yi Boxing
This big book, filled with old pictures, is the newest and most complete text on certain phases and aspects of Xing Yi culture.
May
17
2010
17
2010
Product: Shaolin To Go
Not every martial book can be a winner.
May
12
2010
12
2010
Product: Secrets of Drunken Style Vol 2
Neil Ripski returns with the second volume of his Eight Shadows Drunken Kung Fu style. This goes much deeper into his background and shows the more difficult Second Road of the Drunken Fist. More on energies and history including applications.
See the DVD of this form…
May
11
2010
11
2010
Product: The Hung Gar Butterfly
Hung Gar has some very interesting lesser known forms …
May
9
2010
9
2010
Product: Ambush, Explode, Split etc.
Here we present, for the first time, a new set
May
6
2010
6
2010
Apr
24
2010
24
2010
Product: WuDang Sword
We’re pleased to see the increased interest in fencing with the Chinese sword.
Apr
10
2010
10
2010
Product: Wing Chun and The Director’s Cut
Randy Williams may be one of the most prolific DVD producers in martial arts. He also shows some really innovative ideas. We added the last, we believe, of his original Wing Chun series with two DVDs where he and his students play real-time Sitcky Hands on screen and chime in with comments, funny, critical and [...]
Apr
5
2010
5
2010
Product: George Xu does Chen Tai Chi
This is a set of DVDs from the China’s Living Treasures series of George Xu performing his own beautiful and unique version of
Apr
4
2010
4
2010
Product: Cheng Bagua DVDs
We’ve wanted this one to convert to DVD from VCD for a long time…
Mar
29
2010
29
2010
Update Bagua
There is beginning to be a respectable amount of coverage on the growing popularity of
Mar
23
2010
23
2010
Product: New Hurts
Here are four new English language texts…
Mar
16
2010
16
2010
Product: Yingmen Quan
Even if you are pretty knowledgeable about Chinese martial arts you may not be that familiar with Yingmen Quan…
Mar
15
2010
15
2010
Product: Bagua and War
Author Tom Bisio has compiled and surveyed much material about the relationship of Bagua philosophy and the nature of strategy.
Mar
15
2010
15
2010
Product: Another Dummy?
While checking through our stock for a reader request we realized …
Mar
13
2010
13
2010
Product: Notes On Liu Yun Chiao
There seems to be a growing and deepening interest in the legacy left by…