Since the circle is such a crucial aspect of most Baguazhang styles, we don’t feel too bad coming around every once in a while to reexamine a book, video or, in this case, a CD, relating to Bagua. We also don’t mind admitting our mistakes and, in this case, we are slightly red-in-the-face for an […]
May
17
2025
17
2025
May
17
2025
17
2025
Pakua Journal Table of Contents
This is the Table of Contents of The Pakua Journal, originally issued as 38 paper issues, over 1000 pages, and now availabe in a single CD for $34.95. An incalculable resource for Bagua Zhang practitioners. If you would like to order, CLICK HERE. And if you are one of the few who do not own […]
Apr
23
2019
23
2019
Vince Black on Li Zi Ming’s Bagua Zhang
One of our favorite items at Plum is the Pa Kua Chang Journal CD, containing the entire 38-issue run of more than 1,000 pages. The original journal, published by Dan Miller, is a treasure for the martial and Bagua community. In many cases entire issues are devoted to a single topic, and contain interviews with […]
Sep
13
2016
13
2016
Pa Kua Fundamentals, Circling Back to Plum
One of the most popular series of books on our “want” list Is Park Bok Nam’s 2 volume set, Fundamentals of Pa Kua Chang. Both volumes have been out of print for several years. A while back, Plum reprinted the 2 disk set, and we are happy to announce that we now FINALLY have, back […]
Aug
6
2013
6
2013
Pakua Journal excerpt: Too Many Teachers?
It came out twenty years ago and is still a minor miracle in the publishing of Bagua material. I remeber being surprised and delighted that just down the road from where I lived someone, Dan Miller, was producing a journal devoted entirely to Bagua with great photos, in-depth information, little politics and excellent translations and […]
Oct
30
2012
30
2012
Fundamentals of Pa Kua (Bagua) Returns…
Now these have been unavailable for quite a time: like years!
Sep
2
2012
2
2012
Sun LuTang’s Xing Yi Quan Xue: Alive and Well
I don’t think that we will ever get tired of announcing the returns of important works to martial artists, like today’s Xing Yi Xuan Xue: The Study of Form-Mind Boxing, which is now in stock at Plum. When we first started Plum, a lot of our quest to ‘bring to light’ these works involved rummaging through […]
Aug
18
2012
18
2012
Sun LuTang Returns to Plum
Plum’s first mission statement included the words, “…to preserve and promote Traditional Chinese Martial Arts.” That was almost 20 years ago…
Nov
30
2011
30
2011
Xing Yi Nei Gong, Pt 2: This Time It’s Personal
See these images on the left? For about TWO YEARS, we have had to keep this want tag closely aligned with this important text, “Xing Yi Nei Gong: Xing Yi Health Maintenance and Internal Strength Development”, by Tim Cartmell and Dan Miller (of Pakua Journal fame) But no longer! The present publisher of the book […]
Jul
6
2010
6
2010
Xing Yi Quan Xue (Xing Yi Boxing Studies): Here today, gone…?
There are some titles that go in and out of print almost like the seasons. It’s here, it’s gone, it’s back again, no it’s out again. Xing Yi Quan Xue (Xing Yi Boxing Studies) by Sun Lu Tang, translated into english by Albert Liu, and edited and compiled by that great contributor to martial studies, […]