12Aug


*Tc812 Qi Style Yang Mei Sword

By Chen Sheng Fu 102 pages, drawings,A nice, medium-to-long sized, 63 move, straight sword set. Not a lot of background… read more

23Sep


*Tc723 Shaolin Authentic Tiger Boxing

Edited by Zhu Shao Ji 64 pages, For a long time we were able to offer a slim volume of… read more

07Apr


MARTIAL HISTORY: 1214 b.c.e.

from
THE SPRING AND AUTUMN of WUSHU
excerpted from Professor Kang Ge-Wu’s book of the same name
Time: 1214
… read more

03Nov


Sitting—The New Smoking?

I’m an unabashed fan of old movies, good and bad. The time period between 1930and 1960 holds a particular… read more

28Oct


An Interview with Hung Gar's Sifu Donald Hamby

Here is a wonderful interview conducted by Sifu Pavel Macek, with our friend, Hung Gar Sifu Donald Hamby. Sifu Hamby… read more

22Oct


Life is Too Short For Bad Kung Fu


Yes, it’s true! A new book in English by Adam Hsu.
If this were Hollywood, Sifu Adam… read more

17Oct


Drunken Boxing, Chicken Boxing, Duck Boxing, and so on

After our recent article on Drunken Boxing, a friend sent us a Q & A he had synchronistically seen… read more

15Oct


Three Fighting Stars: Xin Yi, Chang and Gong Li Quan

Xin Yi Liu He Boxing Chang’s Pugilistic Volume… read more

06Oct


The Eye of Robert Smith

Here is a short and direct excerpt from one of the forefathers of western martial arts writings. Robert Smith… read more

02Oct


Andrea Falk's Masterful Martial Arts Dictionary: UPDATED, Hardcovers have arrived!

10/2/19:
The Hardcover editions have arrived and they are big and beautiful.
Two good things: There… read more

28Sep


Tai Chi: Loss and Gain

It’s true. The older you get, the more people want to force feed you a philosophy of loss. Everything… read more

22Sep


A Transformative Art—Tom Bisio on Xing Yi

Teacher Tom Bisio’s newest book, Xing Yi Quan: Art of Inner Transformation,… read more

  • *Tc812 Qi Style Yang Mei Sword
    by Plumpub

    By Chen Sheng Fu 102 pages, drawings, A nice, medium-to-long sized, 63 move, straight sword set. Not a lot of background and one of the few items we have on Qi style Kung Fu. There is a considerably shorter set known as the Qi Men 13 sword which is better known and practiced by such… Read more: *Tc812 Qi Style Yang Mei Sword
  • *Tc723 Shaolin Authentic Tiger Boxing
    by Plumpub

    Edited by Zhu Shao Ji 64 pages, For a long time we were able to offer a slim volume of a young martial artist performing the Dragon Fist. This was in English/Chinese. Here is a companion volume, in Chinese only, of the Tiger Boxing form. The photos are a little dark but quite large with… Read more: *Tc723 Shaolin Authentic Tiger Boxing
  • MARTIAL HISTORY: 1214 b.c.e.
    by Plumpub

    from THE SPRING AND AUTUMN of WUSHU excerpted from Professor Kang Ge-Wu’s book of the same name Time: 1214 The Scene: The “LADY FOUR“ Yang Miao Zhen, a female folk Wu Yi (Martial Arts) specialist, led people to rebel against the Jin in Wei Lu of ShanDong. Yang, called “Lady Four”, was skilled in shooting… Read more: MARTIAL HISTORY: 1214 b.c.e.
  • Sitting—The New Smoking?
    by Plumpub

    I’m an unabashed fan of old movies, good and bad. The time period between 1930and 1960 holds a particular fascination for me. I enjoy watching the cultural norms as compared to the present day. Men wore wide brimmed hats, married couples slept in separate beds, and cigarette smoking was rampant. Chain-smoking appeared to be the… Read more: Sitting—The New Smoking?

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