NOTE: Please be aware that we only have one or two copies of some of these. Many aren't even in print any more. Even if it is listed here it may already be out of stock (we'll try to keep it updated but they may go fast).

Tong Bei 24 Strikes - SC 425
by Guo Ru Xiang (student of Jiang Zhi Jiang)
US $ 11.50, Simplified Chinese Characters Only
265 Pages, Softbound, Photographs.

This book uses good photographs to explore the techniques of that comprehensive system, Tong Bei or "Through the Back" boxing which has been of particular interest since the early days of the twentieth century. Tong Bei is a traditional styles which has gone through a "rejuvenation". As it stands now it has absorbed the techniques and flavor of such diverse arts as PiGua, Long Fist and others. It has a flavorful and variable nature and one minute will look loose and large like Pigua and the next will demonstrate the snap and clarity of some thing like Mantis or Wing Chun. The 24 Strikes of the title is Tong Bei's very application oriented approach to a form where, as in the very beginning of form creation, they aren't so much finished compositions as assemblies of significant movements. Tong Bei tends to hand forms that looks like exercise routines.

Tai Chi Mei Hua Praying Mantis #2 - SC 423
by Zhang Bing Dou
$11.95 Simplified Chinese Characters Only

300 Pages, Softbound. Photographs and Illustrations.
This is a series on a branch of the Mantis Boxing generally underrepresented in the written word. Here is the style known as Tai Chi Mei Hua or sometimes just Mei Hua Mantis. This SECOND volume contains forms breakdown on Mei Hua Road; Eight Elbows; Ba Bu Linked Legs and the Ba Bu sword. Click to see Zhang's VCDS.

Tai Chi Mei Hua Praying Mantis #1 - SC 422
by Zhang Bing Dou
$11.95 Simplified Chinese Characters Only

355 Pages, Softbound. Photographs and Illustrations.
This is a series on a branch of the Mantis Boxing generally underrepresented in the written word. Here is the style known as Tai Chi Mei Hua or sometimes just Mei Hua Mantis. This FIRST volume concentrates on a longish version of Zhai Yao which, as Mantis players will tell you, offers a complete "template" for the system. Click to see Zhang's VCDS.

CHIN NAH & COUNTER CHIN NAH- SC 409
CHINNAFANCHINNA
$12.50 Simplified Chinese Characters Only

Softbound. Photographs.
.This is a very clear text on not only the art of Chin Nah but also of "Fan Chin Na" or counter-locking. In many years of teaching we have noticed that everyone who learns a locking movement wants, almost immediately, to learn its counter. Well, it doesn't work that way but the art of locking and counter locking is, indeed, an important study in the boxing arts.

SECRETS OF WU DANG SHORT WEAPON SKILL - SC 408
WUDANG MIZHUAN TUANBING JUEJI
by You Ming-Sheng and Zhao Rong
$12.50 Simplified Chinese Characters Only

301 Pages, Softbound. Photographed.
Lots of photos in this book about Wu Dang short weapons. Dressed in the traditional attire of a Taoist monk, the demonstrator shows a nice set with a short stick, about heart high. Besides the demonstration are interspersed applications against an armed attacker who uses another stick and, occasionally, a SHOVEL! Other sets include a Wu Dang "Snake shaped" straight sword, whisk and "Night Traveler" Saber.

MU LAN FAN - SC 405
with Xu Shu Zhen and Zhang Wei Wei
$6.95 Simplified Chinese Characters Only

195 Pages, Softbound. Illustrated.
A simple but well laid out book on the graceful MuLan fan form. Photographs with detailed explanations. Excellent foot pattern positions boxes. Overall quite learnable. Note this set is performed with a skirted fan; that is, one with a cloth overhang, but any fan will accommodate.

MU LAN FIST COMPULSORY ROUTINES - SC 403
MULAN QUAN GUIDING TAOLU
by various
$12.50 Simplified Chinese Characters Only

270 Pages, Softbound. Illustrated.
Three of the official compulsory routines of the MuLan style compiled in one volume. Nicely illustrated and containing MuLan Fist, Fan and Straight Sword. Includes textural notes on the style.