Plum has worked with CS Tang for a long while. And after meeting and spending time with him a few years ago, our admiration deepened when we found that his breadth of information was made that much better by the thoughtful depth he brought to his subjects.
His recent and new-to-Plum book, “The Mysterious Power of Xingyiquan: A Complete Guide to History, Weapons and Fighting Skills” is a perfect example of this. It is ambitious in scope, yet does not suffer from being a shallow survey; it includes Tang’s insights plus much source material to support its claim of being “complete.” Its language is clear, and its photos are many. We recommend it highly.
And, for a limited time, we’ve discounted it 20%, to encourage you to add it to your martial library (right next to his essential book on Yiquan).
In reading the description of this book,I saw what I’ve neglected to do as a lifelong martial arts fan and for how much I’ve learned from Mancuso Shifu (I believe you were my first teacher with”Kung Fu for young people”). Thank you very much for all that you do for the martial arts world and for fans like me.