We are tempted to blame the Year of the Fire Horse for our long sabbatical from posting, which took off and has never stopped running. And we have so many new titles! Everytime we sit down to review and catalogue them, something comes up and defeats our intention. For example: the building which has been […]
May
6
2026
6
2026
Sep
24
2021
24
2021
Paul Koh’s Butterfly Knives Flash!
Another great book just landed from Paul Koh: Southern Shaolin Tiger Claw Double (Butterfly) Knives. This beautifully presented text, with full-color, full-page photos, includes History and Origins, Fundamentals, Techniques, Maneuvers, a full routine developed for him by Master Tak Wah Eng, and a beautifully told story of a young man’s encounter with the knives. As […]
Dec
9
2020
9
2020
Jul
8
2019
8
2019
Nov
26
2014
26
2014
Chop Chop
At Plum, we never give up on books, even if we are told they have gone out of print. And sometimes we are rewarded by the return of a classic; in this case, it’s Yin Yu Zhang’s slim volume on the famous Chopper Knife. We now, once again, have a few copies available. Click image […]
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
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.
Apr
25
2011
25
2011
Unusual Weapons: Door God’s Sword: The Jian
The Jian and the straight sword resemble each other in appearance, but the Jian has no blade, and its body is segmented.