by Byron Jacobs, Mu Shin Martial Culture LTD (1 January 2023) Dragon Body, Tiger Spirit encapsulates a careful presentation, translation and extensive commentary of the classical texts of Xingyi Quan. These texts aimed to document and preserve the principles and techniques at the very heart of this traditional Chinese martial art. Dragon Body, Tiger Spirit […]
by Leon Hunt, Wallflower Press (17 September 2003) From the balletic intensity of Bruce Lee to the gravity-defying swordplay of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, the Chinese martial arts film has captured audiences’ imaginations around the world while absorbing influences ranging from Beijing opera to computer games. Its global impact can be seen in the Hollywood crossover of […]
by by Miyamoto Musashi (Author), Maisy Hatchard (Translator), Amber Books Ltd (7 April 2020) Strategy is the craft of a warrior – Miyamoto Musashi. Written around 1645, Miyamoto Musashi’s Five Rings is a classic Japanese work on mastery in swordsmanship, leadership and conflict. Musashi was a swordsman, philosopher and strategist, and today his work remains of influence not only in the realm […]
Hidden Strength, Natural Movement, and Timing By: Robert Chuckrow, PhD YMAA Publication Center, 2 May 2023 The Tai Chi Concepts and Experiments book clarifies and makes accessible critical aspects of the art that only a small number of high-level practitioners currently understand and manifest. Numerous step-by-step experiments are provided for readers to experience and perfect these critical tai […]
by Russ L. Smith with Forewords by Patrick McCarthy, Marcus Davila and Fred LohseMartial Forest LLC (9 December 2022) Principle-Driven Skill Development dives deep to describe how to ensure traditional martial artists can avoid the limitations of memory-focused training by utilizing traditional principles, coupled with purpose-driven teaching methods. Readdressing common ideas in martial arts, the author helps outline a method […]
by Lou Reed & Laurie Anderson, Faber & Faber, 16 March 2023 Discover legendary musician Lou Reed’s philosophies, photographs, and personal experiences inspired by his passion for Tai Chi, compiled and edited by his wife Laurie Anderson. Many of us will remember the late Lou Reed as an iconic rock musician and lead singer of […]
edited by John Little, Curtis Wong, McGraw Hill; 1st edition (October 11, 1999) Practiced by millions of people around the world, the ancient and gentle Chinese martial art of Tai Chi offers the perfect balance of mind and body, strength and flexibility, grace and agility. Its smooth, fluid movements demand precision and control while offering exercisers of […]
by Luke White, REAKTION BOOKS; 1st edition (13 June 2022) In the spring and summer of 1973, a wave of martial arts movies from Hong Kong ― epitomized by Bruce Lee’s Enter the Dragon ― smashed box-office records for foreign-language films in America, and ignited a ‘kung fu craze’ that swept the world. Fighting without Fighting explores this dramatic […]
by Andrea Falk | March 2022 | Via TGL Books Epub Edition: Foreign Exchange Student in Wushu at the Beijing Physical Culture Institute during the 1980s Beijing Bittersweet is a memoir of the 1980s at the Beijing Physical Culture Institute. The author, Andrea Falk, was a government sponsored student in wushu from 1980 to 1983, graduating as […]
by Michael A. DeMarco M.A. | September 2021 | Via Media Publishing (September 27, 2021) Abstract The themes in this book—drawn from Chinese history, culture, and martial arts experience—are entwined in a fictional narrative to animate events envisaged to have occurred during the mid-eighteenth century. From the outset, a thin veil separates fact from fiction. Our story […]
