XYLH was a virtually hidden style for many years and now it is being preserved and practiced by an unusual group: namely people who know what they’ve got.
Apr
30
2012
30
2012
Apr
10
2012
10
2012
Product Alert
It’s not our fault! A few customers have reported that their copies of DVD #12073 (Gao Style Bagua Subtle Skills #1) ends too soon. Actually, all the information is on the DVD, but past about 44 minutes it is not accessible. Our duplicator tested our Master copy and found no problems with it, credits this [...]
Apr
2
2012
2
2012
DVD 25034/5 Xu shows family style Chen Tai Chi
Indoor or advanced teaching refers to private instruction directly from the master, which includes the entire system inclusive of all the subtleties and nuances of the form….
Mar
25
2012
25
2012
Demonstration by Master Liou Wan Fu
A demonstration by the man (72 years old) who taught George Xu the Dragon Bagua and the Double Sabers…
Mar
18
2012
18
2012
Tim Cartmell’s Traditional Sun style Taijiquan
… Tim Cartmell has produced a series that delivers in accurate modern terminology the essence of the Sun style of Taijiquan.
Mar
12
2012
12
2012
The Search for Jin
Fa Jin or Issuing Energy is a crucial part of Chinese Martial Arts. But what is Fa Jin, really, and —as far as combat goes— does it actually work?
Mar
8
2012
8
2012
Feb
27
2012
27
2012
Sha style Taijiquan: A Man’s Martial Heritage
We have indirectly added a number of Sha style products over the years, especially with the items we present created by Luo Jin Hua. Now we present some of the “official” style created by the famous Sha GuoZheng. Student of many famous masters, Sha left an inheritance of sophisticated and well blended arts. With his [...]
Feb
18
2012
18
2012
The Other Thunder Style?
While staying at the TaiJi Hotel in Wen County (no joke) we were honored to see the three top teachers in China of the last formal version of Chen style entitled “Thunder Style” or Hu Lei Jia. Like most people, we thought this the exclusive attribute of the Chen family styles. But there is a [...]
Feb
10
2012
10
2012
Terry Dunn Tai Chi at Plum
Even though the majority of Tai Chi instruction on Plum is oriented toward the martial, these DVDs are a welcome inclusion in our catalogue
Jan
27
2012
27
2012
George Xu’s Master Workout
Geroge is good enough to be a creative marial artist and is an idea machine for multiple approaches to the subtlties of practice…
Jan
9
2012
9
2012
Explosive Punching and You
This DVD offering is from our “other” site, the one attached to our school in Santa Cruz, California. Our school, the Academy of Martial and Internal Arts, offers self defense training. The teacher for this is John Ottenberg, the instructor on the Beyond Technique series. We like to offer his series at Plum because it [...]
Dec
24
2011
24
2011
Yang Ban Hou style Tai Chi
The second son of Yang Lu Chan was named Ban Hou. He developed the Yang style to a high degree of fighting skill, so much so that not many people actually wanted to study from him. This is possibly a reason that it is only in the last few years that his style has started [...]
Nov
25
2011
25
2011
Small 9 Heaven Form from Yang style
As people in the Tai Chi world know, there are many legends and opinions about where the essence of the world-famous Yang style lays.
Nov
8
2011
8
2011
One Last Chu Gui Ting DVD
Here is the last of Yang De ChengDe’s representation of the style of his teacher—Chu Gui Ting
Nov
7
2011
7
2011
A Sip of Drunkard’s Boxing
Here is a new offering, the third level of a very unusual marriage of two styles Snake and Drunken Boxing.
Oct
14
2011
14
2011
We Thought We Had It All: Sun Zhi Jun
We were very excited recently to post the new Bagua Zhang DVDs of top-notch Cheng stylist Sun Zhi Jun. Here were six great DVDs on Bagua and weapons. Then two more arrived and we post them here with no unnecessary comment.
Oct
8
2011
8
2011
Useful Tai Chi Chuan
Generally, the words “Internal Damage” are not considered a good thing. But several years ago, when Shifu Glenn Hairston released his DVD with that name, we celebrated his martial and correct approach to Tai Chi Chuan: a concentration on the usage of this effective martial art. Now we have more to applaud: his new three [...]
Sep
27
2011
27
2011
Folksy Kung Fu
I’m not even sure which style this comes from, Shun maybe. It doesn’t matter. Kung Fu like this preceded styles as such. Here we have an old instructor, Liu ShuiJie, who is a little bit infirm at 76, stumbles here and there, loves to yell when he takes his students down. In other words village [...]
Sep
13
2011
13
2011
Tong Bei but Shaolin Style
You can’t help, when you are watching the Shaolin version of Tong Bei, thinking that this might be what Tong Bei was like when it was just developed…
Sep
6
2011
6
2011
Wudang TaiYi
Mr. Xiao An Fa has probably the most recognizeable teacher in China…
Aug
23
2011
23
2011
Chui GuiTing: the Kind Fighter
…he was a powerful fighter with a compassionate heart..
Aug
16
2011
16
2011
Cha, The Muslim Style
Everything in this small series is pretty much self explanatory as long as you have the limberness of a ballet dancer.
Aug
7
2011
7
2011
The Return of Sun Zhi Jun
Imagine our delight when we located Sun Zhi Jun’s entire new series on Bagua in the DVD format.
Jul
17
2011
17
2011
Xing Yi from a Well Rounded Teacher
…we’ll just suggest that if you have any interest in this art you check out the newest offerings on this subject…
Jun
16
2011
16
2011
The Great Achievement continues
Perhaps we are getting old and soft but the newer crop of Yi Quan (Da Cheng Chuan) practitioners definitely seem better able to explicate and demonstrate what they and their style is about.
May
26
2011
26
2011
Wing Chun Cantonese style
It is particularly true of cuisine that some dishes lose their taste when are not served in the original language. Who would want to eat pasta with the names translated into Norwegian?
May
3
2011
3
2011
Kang #2 Here, Bagua Power
Here is the SECOND DVD in our exclusive Plum Series…
Apr
21
2011
21
2011
Folk Boxing
There is a returning interest, partly we hope from our own cajoling, in original, traditional Chinese martial arts.
Apr
4
2011
4
2011
The Return of Kang
Several years ago, we took tremendous pride in being the first (and only) representatives to offer …
