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 […]
Apr
23
2019
23
2019
Feb
12
2014
12
2014
Restocked: Tai Chi, Green Dragon, and Chuo Jiao
How’s that for a mix? We got a few more copies of some books that have been gone for a while…unfortunately, even when they come in we don’t always get the quantity we ordered, but here they are (click to go to pages):
Jan
7
2014
7
2014
Sun Lu Tang Writes
The study of WuJi in Xing Yi (excerpt from Xing Quan Xue: The Study of Form-Mind Boxing) p. 68 Sun Lu Tang is considered by many to be one of the primary sources for the basis and practice of the so-called Internal Boxing Arts such as Tai Chi Chuan, Xing Yi and Bagua Zhang. Besides […]
Feb
26
2013
26
2013
Excerpts from our Favorites
The Japanese challenger said, “I am going to use hard strength to take your arm in a lock and break it. Let’s see if you can use your soft energy to overcome that!”
Dec
16
2012
16
2012
Sun Style Shines
We see a definite rise in the number of Sun practitioners…
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 […]
Mar
18
2012
18
2012
Tim Cartmell’s Traditional Sun style Taijiquan
… Tim Cartmell has produced a series that delivers in accurate modern terminology the essence of the Sun style of Taijiquan.
Nov
9
2011
9
2011
On Joseph Crandall’s Work
It was certainly not a foregone conclusion, when we started this web site, that Bagua would be as popular as it has become. We thought it would happen. Adam Hsu thought it would happen.
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, […]
Dec
6
2009
6
2009
Restock: Sun Lu Tang’s Complete Writings
It’s back! Sun Lu Tang’s complete writings in Simplified Chinese! We are always happy when restock the Chinese language titles on Plum (they disappear from print so quickly), and this book, of course, is a cornerstone of martial literature. We actually represent Sun’s writings in Traditonal Chinese, Simplified Chinese and English…below are a few links: […]
