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Aug
29
2017
Article, Ngo Cho, Pak Mei, Southern Kung FU, Tai Tzu By |  | August 29th, 2017

3 Southern Styles

Southern Kung Fu styles are under-represented in martial literature, as almost any Southern practitioner can tell you. So we make a special effort at Plum to seek out the best material we can offer.   Which is why an announcement of two new products and a long-waited restock is a bit of a celebration: A […]

Jan
27
2017
Books: Chinese, Books: English, Pak Mei, Southern Kung FU By |  | January 27th, 2017

The Hakka Testimonial

300 Years of Hakka Kung Fu is definitely a gift book for a martial collector/scholar. Last year Hong Kong, after having erected a statue of Bruce Lee, sponsored an exhibition of 300 years of Hakka Kung Fu. This was a good decision because the cluster of Kung Fu styles that make up the constellation of […]

Dec
10
2016
Article, Five Ancestors, Ngo Cho, Pak Mei, Southern Kung FU, White Crane By |  | December 10th, 2016

A Welcome Guest: The Hakka Fist

I have a friend, Tek Young Lin, who is a born storyteller. He can weave a tale with every nuance–the smell, the expressions, the details–all brought to life. He can twist a yarn about anything or nothing. In fact, he tells a wonderful Daoist story about collecting holes, and how his best friend almost tumbled […]