Please Help Me With Book Ideas :)

[Shuul Vis]

I have been studying kung fu for a while now and i realized i dont really have very many books on the subject. I have many many books on most of the other things that interest me in my life, but not kung fu. So my question is: Do you guys know of any really good books i could pick up? Im interested in wing chun, hsing i, and really any good book on kung fu regardless of style. So please give me some suggestions and tell me why you liked them.

[Ben Gash]

The Sword Polisher's Record by Adam Hsu is a really nice general kung fu book.
Chinese Fast Wrestling for Fighting from YMAA is a very good book too.
The Comlete Book of Wing Chun by Ritchie, Chu and someone else who's name escapes me :) from Tuttle is also excellent and very interesting.

[Water Dragon]

Shaolin Chin Na - Yang Jwing Ming
Effortless Combat Throws - Tim Cartmell
Brazilian JuJutsu, Theory and Technique - Renzo and Royler Gracie
Kodokan Judo - Jigaro Kano
Practical Pistol Manual - Bill Clede
Championship Boxing - Jack Dempsey

[Skummer]

Practical Chin Na by Zhao Da Yuan

[Fred Sanford]

I'm not too big into reading martial arts books but here's a couple that I liked.

Effortless Combat Throws - Tim Cartmell
Xing Yi Quan Xue- Sun Lu Tang

[GunnedDownAtrocity]

the one you got me for my birthday and power to the people. :)

[Ryan]

Not a Kung Fu book...but a conglamoration of topics, including throws, long stick, short stick, chinese accupressure, Daoism, etc. It's called "The Art of Shen-Ku" by Zeek.

[carly]

also:
The Fighter's Notebook
The Tao of Jeet Kune Do.

[Shuul Vis]

Thanks guys lets throw out some more :)

[chen zhen]

Chinese Boxing: Masters and methods by Robert W. Smith. great great read, and big inspiration when you feel lazy MA-wise;)

[No_Know]

Ahrats 18 Method(s) Shao Lin Kung Fu

I liked it because it indicated being versitle with individual techniques and has a two person set to run through see feel the usefullness connection of techniques. And the concept of their linkedness even though they are individual.

A small bit of text with historic or background info.

Doing the techniques made me more fit-ish. And felt good.

[Sho]

Choy Lay Fut Kung Fu (http://www.leekoonhungkungfu.com/supplies.html) by Lee Koon Hung

[African Tiger]

My God, a kung fu post!! :rolleyes:

Two of my favorites from Sifu Totten's reading list:

Kung Fu - History Philosophy and Technique
- David Chow and Richard Spangler

Deadly Karate Blows - The Medical Implications
-Brian Adams (not the singer!!!) This is a must read for any MA, as you need to know what you are capable of doing to another human being, and you need to learn when to use your deadliest techniques. Otherwise, you are no better than the criminals from which we must defend ourselves.

There's another book that I love but it's not on Sifu's list. I believe it's called Asian Fighting Styles, or The Encyclopedia of Asian..., something like that. Excellent history of Martial Arts, although they conspicuously leave out the fact that the first martial artists were the Egyptians :rolleyes: But I guess that's why they call it ASIAN FIGHTING STYLES!

There's also The Encyclopedia of Finishing Holds, by Gene LeBell. That's on my wish list for Christmas ;)

[African Tiger]

Hey Sho - a quick question.

One of the guys on your site is executing a strike, from a stance that I can best describe as Close Kneel, with one knee on the ground. What is the name of that stance? The link is here:

Odd Stance (http://www.leekoonhungkungfu.com/images/Rama1-big.jpg)

To me IMHO, it looks as if that is a difficult stance from which to make a transition to another stance (or even running). What can you tell me about this stance?

[David Jamieson]

books (http://www.davidjamieson.com/kunglek/KFbooks.htm) ...lot's of em.

One's I like.

Moi fa Northern sil lum #7 -kwong wing lam and ted mancuso

tid sen kuen, fu hok sheung ying kuen, gung gee fuk foo kuen - Lam sai wing (now available in english!)

siu nim tao, chum kiu, biu jie - Lam wing kit

sillum kungfu - leo fong

art of shaolin kungfu - wong kiew kit

sword polishers record - adam hsu

plus a few others...

cheers

[Ben Gash]

AT, the trick is that the weight isn't on the knee, it's over the right leg (indeed, I've always been taught not to actually put my knee on the ground)

[Leimeng]

~ Liang Zhen Pu Eight Diagram Palms by Li Ziming
~ Autumn Lighting by Dave Lowry
~ The Principles of Effortless Power by Peter Ralston
Then of course the military/strategic/philosophical books:
~ The Art of War by Sun Tzu
~ The Book of Five Rings by Musashi Miyamoto
~ The Bible (Lots of military strategy along with good philosophy)
~ The Three Strategies of Huang Shi GOng
~ The Thirty Six Stratagems by
~ On War by Carl Von Clausewitz (http://www.clausewitz.com/CWZHOME/On_War/ONWARTOC.html)
~ The Gallic Wars by Julius Caesar(http://classics.mit.edu/Caesar/gallic.html)
~ "On War" is a good complement and contrast with "The Art of War"
~ The Chinese books are much better in the original language than the translations. The same goes for Caesar's Gallic Wars. I dont read that much German, but I presume it is the same there.
~ There are others, but that is a good basic start. I hope that helps some more.

Peace,

Sin Loi

Yi Beng, Kan Xue

[Empty Fist]

Here you go:

Cheng Tzu's Thirteen Treatises on T'Ai Chi Ch'Uan
by Chen Man Ch'Ing

T'Ai Chi Classics (Shambhala Classics)
by Waysun Liao

Tai Chi Touchstones: Yang Family Secret Transmissions
by Doug Wile, Douglas Wile

There Are No Secrets: Professor Cheng Man-Ch'Ing and His Tai Chi Chuan
by Wolfe Lowenthal

Gateway to the Miraculous: Further Explorations in the Tao of Cheng Man-Ch'Ing
by Wolfe Lowenthal

Tai Chi: The Supreme Ultimate
by Lawrence Galante

Zen in the Martial Arts
by Joe Hyams, Joseph Cardillo

The Secret Power Within: Zen Solutions to Real Problems
by Chuck Norris

The Dao of Taijiquan : Way to Rejuvenation
by Tsung Hwa Jou,

The Complete Illustrated Guide to Tai Chi: The Practical Approach to the Ancient Chinese Movement for Health and Well-Being (The Complete Illustrated Guide Series)
by Angus Clark

The Art of Peace: Teachings of the Founder of Aikido (Shambhala Pocket Classics)
by Morihei Ueshiba

Tai Chi Chuan: 24 And 48 Postures With Martial Applications
by Shou-Yu Liang

The Complete Book of Tai Chi Chuan: A Comprehensive Guide to the Priciples and Practice
by Wong Kiew Kit

Push Hands: The Handbook for Noncompetitive Tai Chi Practice With a Partner
by Herman Kauz

Essence of Tai Chi Chuan: The Literary Tradition
by Benjamin Pang Jeng Lo

Tai Chi Sensing Hands
by Stuart Olson, Stuart Alve Olson

Chinese Boxing: Masters and Methods -- by Robert W. Smith

Pa Kua: Chinese Boxing for Fitness and Self-Defense
by Robert W. Smith

[MAreader]

Cheng Hsin Tui Shou(this is the second book in the Peter Ralston series after his Effortless Power book)

Chinese Boxing Synthesis available only at chineseboxing.com

Fukien Ground Boxing by Chu-Xian Cai, Mei Xue-Xiong

Chin Na in Ground Fighting by Alan Arsenault and Joseph Faulise

note that the last book(chin na groundfighting) hasn't been released, but will probably be shipped by the end of the week. It is from YMAA.com and I have a pre-order. It should have shipped last week but it will probably ship this week. I haven't read it but it looks good.