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Style Monkey Fist- TC 413 Collectible!by Su Yu Zhang Traditional Chinese Characters 41 Pages Softbound - illustrations $10.95 OK, well that went FAST! All gone... We don't find many of these older texts any more, so we are always delighted when we unearth a few! Wonderful old wood block style illustrations highlight this version of a short Monkey Boxing Form. You'd have to go some to learn it from this text but the presentation is delightful enough with handwritten Chinese and great illos. |
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 New! Iron Sand Palm Secrets- TC638By Yuan Chu Cai $14.95 Traditional Chinese Characters; 144 Pages Softbound illustrations and photos
In an academic setting these notes might be called “accumulated.” You could make a case for “stolen” too, but not really. Here we have a bunch of writings on the practice of Iron Palm. You have everyone from Mas Oyama to the obligatory photo of Gu Ru Zhang and his twelve bricks. Poor photography is an understatement but no worse than the individual books bound together here. Finger striking, palm striking, iron palm qigong, eagle catches, applications and more, gathered and with commentary. Not the kind of book you build your special library on— like iron arm bracelets— but a lot of different views for the money. |
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 Southern Shaolin Five Ancestors Boxing- TC160by Chen HuoYu Traditional Chinese Characters; 174 pages, hundreds of photographs $16.95 This amalgamated style called the Five Animals is a major player for the Southern Boxing species. This book gives an in-depth series of basics and forms. A bonus form is the well-known but rarely encountered signature weapon for the south: the Trident or Tiger Fork. The style’s relatively short forms seem to exhibit a theme so, for instance, Five Ancestors Double Claws begins with Claws and adds moves from here. Then applications are shown to break the form down. Five Ancestor Structure Five Ancestor Three Battle Fist Five Ancestor Double Claw Five Ancestor Striking Hand Five Ancestor Trident
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 Xing Yi Secluded Sword- A610Yan Zi Yang and Yan Ni Chai $12.95 Traditional Chinese Characters; 96 Pages Softbound - illustrations An interesting booklet. This from the Li Cun Yi branch of Xing Yi, through Yan Zi Yang. This 90-page instructional text has aout 100 good quality B/W photographs detailing the sword. There is also a short introduction reminding us of some key points to this premiere weapon. Poses are named in Chinese and there are a few sketches of just how the sword should move in the air. Modern photos, but the posing and shape are definitely traditional. |
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 Liu He Boxing Tan Tui Illustrated- TC537 Edited by Zhu Guo Fu 250 pages, old photographs $10.95, Traditional Chinese Characters. Liu He (Six Harmony) Boxing was a widely practiced style in the 19th century. Today it lives mostly through its connection with Wan Lai Sheng the "Bruce Lee" of his day. Similar to Xing Yi with which it shares a part of its full name (Liu He Xin Yi, Liuhe Xing Yi), this is a direct style emphasizing syncopation, angular attack and elbow control. This style shares more than a name with a branch of Praying Mantis known as Six Harmony Mantis (Liu He Tang Lang). This is a old text with lots of rough photographs. Short pants make the photos oddly anachronistic. Clear pictures, a highly readable Traditional Chinese fount, and authentic photos and movements. Especially good for the Tan Tui enthusiast (yes, there are some, like us for instance).
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Special Section: Here are a number of books on Shaolin Mantis including the Shaolin Mantis and the "Kan Jia" or "inside" school of Shaolin. The books are in both English and Chinese (The English is always the same. The Chinese characters may be traditional or simplified depending on our stock.) This dual language Chinese/English edition is beautifully designed. This series has an introductory calligraphic introduction by Yang Zhao Ting, the former president of the National Chinese WuShu Association. The writer of the series, Geng Jun, studied under Su Xi, Su Fa and Li Zhuan Yuan. There are general notes and demonstrations of the Shaolin stances for the entire series. There's also a nice short color section on students and Geng Jun's activities. The side-by-side Chinese and English make this a very useful text with clear instructions. |
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 Agile Boxing Illustrated - TC427 by (Fu) Xiu Shan 傅秀山 $9.95 Traditional Chinese Characters; 92 Pages Softbound, photographs. 1984 reprint, published by Hua Lian Chubanshe
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This is a great old set performed as a two man sword form. Each section is shown with a one photo per page format accompanied by explanation. We think that most any text by the prolific (for his time) Yuan Chu Tsai is worth a look and this one has particularly good photos for its era of course Yuan's ever present "deep horse" positions.
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style Buddha Boxing - TC420by Yuan Chu Cai $7.95 Traditional Chinese Characters; 92 Pages Softbound - illustration. This is a book from the early twentieth century author Yuan Chu Cai who produced a number of texts. This book, Buddha Fist, has also been available with the old photographs of Yuan himself. In this particular edition they have been substituted with line drawings which are obviously tracings from the photographs. The text is traditional Chinese handwritten. There is a section section with a tiny two person "eagle claw" exercise sequence. The text is probably complete but does not have Yuan original introductory comments. On the other hand the illustrations may make the movements easier to learn.
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8 Immortals Boxing - TC417by Zhang Yang Chin $8.25 Traditional Chinese Characters; 95 Pages Softbound - illustrations. We know a lot of people enjoy Drunken Fist, especially Drunken Eight Immortals. But, before you get too excited, click on the picture. You will note that this - actually rather well known - text has illustrations of a man in his shorts and black boots doing the set. If that's OK you have yourself a Southern Fist Drunken set with numerous ground rolls and a rather lengthy introduction in Chinese.
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Linked Fist Secrets - TC411by Ding Shao Sz $8.95 Traditional Chinese Characters; 77 Pages Softbound - illustrations.
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Gar's Iron Thread Fist - TC404by Lam Sai Wing $10.50 Traditional Chinese Characters; 140 Pages Softbound - illustrations. The illustrations in this series of books on Hung Gar Kung Fu are legendary in the world of martial arts (see the Tiger Crane TC 101). They may very well be some of the best ever done. This is the famous Iron Thread Boxing of this style. Lum Sai Wing here shows this Internal/External form with its emphasis on short and penetrating Fa Chin. Related to the Biu Ji set of Wing Chun? Possibly as is the Yin stance of the style. |
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