Not so much an instructional book as an overview of Crane style Kung Fu including the main teachers and their sometimes misunderstandings.
Mar
24
2012
24
2012
Feb
29
2012
29
2012
The Eternal Ring of Wing Chun
Here is the first book in English on the practice of the Bamboo Ring particularly as it relates to Wing Chun and other southern forms of Kung Fu.
Feb
28
2012
28
2012
New Views: Joanna Zorya and Zhu BaoZhen Bagua
Here are a couple of site-local videos we just put up. These are previews of our different products. With all the styles we show this make take a while… Some of Joanna Zorya’s work and the bagua of Zhu BaoZhen. Hope you like them.
Feb
21
2012
21
2012
Randy Williams has landed
In our “spare time” we plan to put up a few videos of products especially to encourage people to view new styles and some traditional arts. We have just loaded a segment of the well-known instructor Randy Williams demonstrating adaptations of his beloved Wing Chun style to the ground. There will of course be some [...]
Feb
13
2012
13
2012
The Kung Fu Flail
The idea of the nunchaku may bring up images of a screaming Bruce Lee wannabe devastating a half dozen overweight gangsters in shirts so ugly they deserved the beating from the moment they walked on the screen.
Jan
31
2012
31
2012
Another Dragon Sighting…
..and this one has just landed. Our co-publishing venture with CS Tang has emerged, as Dragon Stretches Its Claws returns to our pages and the world stage, after a wait of more than 4 years (Today, searching for this book online, yielded prices of over $220! ). CS Tang and Plum Publications brings back this [...]
Dec
10
2011
10
2011
Nov
27
2011
27
2011
Al Novak Passes
Much respected, many practitioners treated Novak as a kind of Kung Fu gandfather.
Sep
24
2011
24
2011
Peaked Experiences
This is the hard part. You’ve peaked and you know it. There are lots of ways to relieve that internal pressure: lift weights, practice maniacally hard, take a slacker break, get yourself laid up with some bogus injury. Some of these will make you feel stronger or sleeker and others will bypass the problem because [...]
Sep
11
2011
11
2011
The Many Faces of Chin Na
Chin Na is not a style with a single face. Over centuries of necessity, it has actually developed many different profiles. Because there are only so many ways to bend joints wrong the differences in styles such as Japanese versus Chinese is actually less significant than the different ways in which Chin Na is used. Let’s look at these differences.
Jul
26
2011
26
2011
New Tong Bei page
We’ve been wanting to do this for a long time. We now have enough DVDs to represent the Tong Bei (Tong Bi) style. All right; all of you who called and wrote about this style, here is a beginning, with a lot more information coming in the near future. Not familiar with Tong Bei? We [...]
Jul
2
2011
2
2011
Chang Dong Sheng: Wrestler Extraordinary
Chang Dong Sheng (1905-1986 ) commanded great respect for his Shuai Jiao (Chinese Wrestling) in the 20th century.
Jun
5
2011
5
2011
Chu GuiTing: fighter and teacher
Not only did he become one of Yang’s top ten disciples but, later in life, he stood as Yang’s chosen fighter to take on challenges to the school.
Apr
30
2011
30
2011
Info: Xin Yi Liu He
Xin Yi Liu He is going from relative obscurity to becoming possibly the star of the Xing Yi world…
Mar
5
2011
5
2011
The Three Eights
It is not typical to see them this way, but you could make an argument that most “styles” in martial arts are just about space…
Feb
27
2011
27
2011
Sha Guo Zheng and Sha Style
Sha GuoZheng was born in Shantung province, China, in 1904. From his childhood he studied numerous styles of Kung Fu. Early on his acquired the technique of the Six Harmony Spear (Liu He Jiang) which he continued to refine his entire life. At sixteen he began Bagua Zhang with Wang CheChen. Wang had learned his [...]
Feb
17
2011
17
2011
Zhang Jian Ping: XY expert
Zhang Jian Ping was born in CangZhou, Hebi.
Jan
11
2011
11
2011
Every Style Has a Lesson …
When you are a child, you like to ask “comparative” questions. Who would win, Thor or the Incredible Hulk? Who is the faster draw, Wild Bill Hickok or Billy the Kid?
Nov
15
2010
15
2010
Oct
23
2010
23
2010
The Chinese LoHan of Kung Fu
To some they were robbers and outlaws…
Jun
3
2010
3
2010
Eight Immortals Boxing
8 Immortals style originated in that crucial period for martial arts at the end of the Ming and the beginning of the Qing dynasties (around 1644).
Apr
29
2010
29
2010
Lu Shan style
Lu Mountain: meeting of two religions With the Yangtze on its north, Mount Lu traverses Jiangxi Province. In ancient days it was known as Dahanyang, and sometimes Mount Kuang. The highest peak, Dahanyang, reaches to 1543 meters above sea level.
Apr
26
2010
26
2010
Lan Shou, the Barring Arm
Lan Shou Men (Blockade or Barring Hand style) is a Long Fist method. Some people say that the style was created in the Shaolin Temple…
Apr
18
2010
18
2010
Hung Gar Southern Fist
This style is said to be derived from the Southern Shaolin Temple through the personage of Jee Sin,
Apr
12
2010
12
2010
JinGang LiGong Style (Buddha Disciple)
Jin Gang is supposed to originate in the Song Dynasty over 1100 years ago.
Mar
24
2010
24
2010
All Things Chen Pan Ling
For those of you possibly researching or just interested in Chen Pan Ling
Feb
5
2010
5
2010
Kun Lun style (Kun Lun Pai)
The Kun Lun Moutain range is shrouded in mist and mystery…
Jan
25
2010
25
2010
Tan Tui – Spring Leg Boxing
Tan Tui’s history is long and unsubstantiated.
Jan
12
2010
12
2010
Mok Gar style Kung Fu
The Mok Gar (Mo Family) style is said to have originated with Monk Mo Ta Shi as an inheritance of the Southern Shaolin Fist…
Jan
8
2010
8
2010
Liu He Ba Fa or Water Boxing
Legendary story has it that a Taoist sage known as Chen Tuan (Chen Xi Yi) who developed Liu He Ba Fa, was a true “immortal” retiring for life…
