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New VCDs
Here they are: the NEWEST additions to our ever growing and popular VCD collection. As we first said, "Spend an hour with a master for under $10.00." We've got a great selection that's expanding every minute.               
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July 28: Chen Xiao Wang's Chen Tai Chi not only in VCD but English, too

July 20: new survey of Bagua styles

May 03 : Wu Shi Jun teaching Chen Tai Chi weapons and special form from Chen Fa Ke

April 18 : We now have a DVD edition of our very first Dim Mak series; from the ebullient presenter Xie Zhi Kai. This is a series where the addition of English, will be of major help especially in undestanding the finer details of point striking. Don't try it on your friend are they will end up looking like Xie's assistant...

March 30 : Wu style Tai Chi with Zhan Bo

February 26 : Choy Lai Fut DVDs and VCDs compared

February 22
: Southern Kung Fu  Southern Mantis

February 09 : SHAOLIN Chang Hu Xin Yi and Liu He Boxing...

New Books & Magazines: English
Think you've see all our Kung Fu books in English and Chinese? Think again. Get up to date info from our WEBLOG . And don't forget our discounted HURT BOOKS.
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August 26: A new translation of Mizong or Lost Track style by Jiang Rong Qiao

August 20 : Wushu dictionary with translations and biographies, styles, basics, and lots more

May 26 : Ren GuangYi's aijiquan Hand and Sword...

May 06: Marc Tedeschi's Ground Fighting and now The Art of Throwing discounted

May 05 : Jason Tsou's Chin Na seminar set (Book plus DVDs)

March 31 : The Straight Lead on the core of Jeet Kune Do

March 29 : Walking the I Ching: The Linear Bagua of Gao Yi Sheng

March 15 : Anatomy of Yang Family Tai Chi

March 03 : special commemorative editon for Sonny Tang in Wing Chun

February 08 : Bandying Exercises of Tai Chi Chuan

 

Restocked
Favorite books return: for more in-depth information see our WEBLOG

 

September 03-English/Chinese Books : Shaolin Mantis White Ape Presents to the Mother

September 01-DVD : Xing Yi Quan by Joanna Zorya

August 26-English Books : Tai Chi Hand and Sword by Ren Gung Yi

August 26-DVDs :
Effortless Combat Throws

Practical Chin Nah

August 22-Chinese Books: Lion Books "Special Edition" magazine on Wite Crane Boxing

August 20-Chinese Books : Lei Xiao Tian (student of Chen Pan Ling) on the Twelve Animals

August 20-DVDs : Tim Carmell's Xing Yi Nei Gong

August 19-Chinese Books : Tai Chi with Yang Chen Fu (younger)
          
Lee Ying Arng's Modified Tai Chi

August 18-Chinese Books : Gung Chi Fuk Fu Hungar Form
          
Yang Tai Chi with Yang Zhen Dou

August 11-English Books : Chen Tai Chi with Chen Xiao Wang and Feng Zhi Qiang
          
Yang Tai Chi with Yang Zhen Dou
        
August 03-English Books : Seven Star Mantis #2 and Beng Bu Tai Chi Mantis
          
Choy Lai Fut's Dragon Fan
             Complete Iron Palm

June 16-DVDs : All of our Southern Kung Fu page three including Jow Gar and Dragon Boxing

July 5-English Books : Back again! The very important Gung Gee Fook Fu by Buck Sam Kong
           
Also...Mark Chen's Excellent text on Old Frame Chen Family Taijiquan

July 1-Chinese Books : Jiang Rong Jiao's Famous Book on Xing Yi Za Shi

June 12-Chinese Books : •For the first time in over a year, Di Tang Ground Fighting: Book and VCD
                   •Wu Tu Nan's Taijiquan
                   •Also gone for more than a year, this colectible Huo Style Baji in traditional characters

June 10-Chinese Books : Tiger Boxing by Gao Xiang: simplified Chinese book with Tiger Boxing applications

May 29-English Books : Very popular classic: PaKua for Self Defense by Lee Ying Arng

May 13-Chinese Books : Wu Lin Magazine #29 with Du Yi Tze and Liu Yun Chiao

May 12-English Books : After a long wait: Annotations on Taijiquan's 9 Songs and 81 Postures... by Wu Meng Xia

May 11-English Books : The Science of Internal Strength, Zhang Nai Qi's book on Xing Yi theory
                 18 Arhat Methods of Shaolin
                 The Swimming Body Bagua of Wang Shu Jin
                 The Secret of Seven Star Mantis by Lee Kam Wing

May 07-DVDs : Joanna Zorya's DVD on Martial Rotation

April 02-Video Compact Disks (VCDs): Sun Lu Tang's TC sword by his daughter

 

New DVDs
Here are new DVDs with English subtitling.
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September 04 :NEW! Malaysian Masters of Kung Fu

September 01 : "Standing Grappling" and "Ground Proofing" by Tim Cartmell ...

August 27 : NEW! DVDs from One Hand Video (the first time)

July 30: Liuhebafa DVDs and VCDs compared for value

July 23: Our full one-hour interview on DVD with mantis master Paul Eng Learn how to get it FREE with purchase

July 18: Yan Zhen Fa shows his life's heritage of Shaolin forms

May 27 : Warming up, Stretching and Strengthening with Joanna Zorya

May 05 : Jason Tsou's Chin Na seminar set (Book plus DVDs)

April 18 : Our first Dim Mak series finally on DVD

April 09 : The Five Family Fist.

April 05 : rare Gu style Tajiquan

March 31 : Luo Jin Hua's newest: Xing Yi Mixed Fist , Bagua 7 Stars and Double Fish Swords, Tai Chi Paired Fist and 54 Sword.

March 17 : Combat Iron Palm

March 10 : Plum exclusive: 10 Road Tan Tui the Spring Leg Form

March 03 : mixed-styles martial fist set from Xing Yi teacher Zhang Xi Gui

February 28 : documentaries on Chinese Taoism and Islam in China

February 26 : Choy Lai Fut DVDs and VCDs compared

February 25
: Jin Gang Force style

February 15 : The Choy Lai Fut Dragon Spear and the Plum Flower Fist.

February 05 : 13 new DVD on ZiRan style.

February 04 : Instructor Liu Xiao Ling's Hebei Five Elements Boxing

January 21 : the last of the Wu Dang Boxing DVDs

January 16 : Eight Shadows Drunken Boxing with rare 1960's footage

January 13: Bagua Chi Kung from the Penetrating Forest style

January 11: Tai Chi Chi Kung by Jason Tsou

 

"Hurt" Books & Discounted
Slightly dinged books are bargain prices.
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May 06: Marc Tedeschi's Ground Fighting and now The Art of Throwing discounted

May 31: JKD's "The Straight Lead"

December: Tao Teh Ching with tranlation by Dr. John C. H. Wu
IT'S BACK! Five Ancestor Fist Kung Fu
Wing Chun Kung Fu by Dr. Joseph Smith
Nice little pocket edition of the I Ching
Paul Eng's Kung Fu Basics : save 45%

Audio
Here are new cassettes for you listening enjoyment.
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Audio version of the Tao Te Ching read by Al Huang, introduction by Yo-Yo Ma
New Translations
Here the newest efforts of translators bringing important texts into English and other Western languages.
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February 08 : Bandying Exercises of Tai Chi Chuan

The Turning Sword of BaGua translated two versions

The Science of Internal Martial Arts originally by Zhang Nai Qi, 1933

"9 Songs and 81 Postures" Tai Chi book by Wu Meng Xia

Dong Zhong Yi's book on Chinese Wrestling

The Method of Chinese Wrestling: Tong Zhong Yi's book translated by Tim Cartmell

New Chinese Books
What can we say? We wondered if anyone loved old Kung Fu texts in Chinese as much as we did and could possibly want to collect them. We took a chance and this has become one of the biggest areas on our site. More hard to find (sometimes near impossible) texts! Whether or not you read Chinese, check these great books out. Generations of Kung Fu artists have grown up with these volumes.
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Traditional Characters •••
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August 20 : rambling notes: essays on Chinese martial weapons

June 17 : A huge survey text from Professor Kang Ge Wu

May 28 : Chinese wrestling

May 13 : new "Mook" special edition on White Ape and Chang Family boxing

Chin Woo Kung Fu bookApril 24 : The long-awaited memorial record of the Chin Woo Association

March 14 : Cotton Fist    Zi Hsuan Staff by Wang Pei Sheng

March 08 : Wing Chun #2: Comet Sword, Shadow Hand and more

February 08 : Bandying Exercises of Tai Chi Chuan

January 25 : Kung Fu Boxing "Classic" with old illustrations

January 22 : Wang Pei Sheng's famous Wu Style Tai Chi Chuan

December 11 : Rare Xing Yi derived style

Simplified Characters •••
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March 20
: A new book on Xin Yi Liu He Applications

March 17 : "Departed Warriors": autobigography of seventy year Xing Yi career "

January 25 : Baji Boxing Cultural Notes

January 20 : Major book on Chen syle Pao Chui

Fujian Crane Boxing

This Wing Chun series in Chinese is really popular...

Our most up to date page with simplified characters is almost half sold out already. Here are a lot of books on FuJian boxing including Fish Style and others.

Lion Books •••
A famous book on Xing Yi, a great text on Tai Chi; Lion continues bringing out great reprints and notable new books from Taiwan! Lately there has been special emphasis on Karate's ancestor, Fukien white Crane.
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Lion Books 
Special Editions •••
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Rare Chinese Books on White Crane Style
Here is an exceptional reprint: a boxed set of six valuable White Crane books from as early as the Qing Dynasty. Not picture books, written in literary and idiomatic Chinese but what a special series. Researchers in Karate acknowledge the origins of their art lie, in part, in the White Crane (particularly the San Chin Kata). Embossed covers, boxed, beautifully printed ...
 
New Video Tapes
The newest of our video collection... Everything here is NTSC unless otherwise noted. Many are exclusive to PLUM or very hard to find.

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August 27 :Wu Wei Qigong with George Xu .

 


And from ONE HAND video:
Tai Chi Chin Na George Xu shows good applications from Lao Jia
Yu HuaLong Grandmaster of Cha and Muslim Xing Yi styles
Ching Wu
China's first academy of Kung Fu

Tai Chi Cannon Fist George Xu demonstrates a fine example of Cannon Fist
Weapons 20 different performances
Ye XiaoLong Expert at Yang Style Tai Chi
Chan Ssu Chin Great exercises for Reeling Silk