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nightair
10-14-2001, 09:26 PM
Lately I have been interested in old kung-fu ledends and stories of great kung-fu feats.I also like to read up of history of the styles and masters. Does anyone know of any good books or movies (not crouching tiger hidden dragon)lol
Thanks! :D

DOH!!
Budokan
10-14-2001, 09:36 PM
Check out "Asian Fighting Arts" by Smith and Draeger.

K. Mark Hoover
KC Elbows
10-14-2001, 10:07 PM
Chinese Boxing: Masters and Methods is also a good read. Also by Smith. Not all the guys are world famous, but its great to get a feel for what the martial community is like, and to get a view of martial artists as somewhat regular people.
nightair
10-15-2001, 09:07 PM
Thanks you guys I'll have to check those out! Yeah I feel that it might help me become better in the arts if I get a better understanding of where they came from and the old legends of masters and stuff. :)

DOH!!
KC Elbows
10-15-2001, 10:17 PM
Don't isolate your studies to legends of masters. Check out the true stories of practitioners to get a realistic view of kung fu. Most of them don't reveal a wondrous and mysterious secret world, but instead speak volumes for the benefits gained from a disciplined and well-guided study of kung fu, or, for that matter, any course of study.
origenx
10-15-2001, 10:26 PM
Didn't Robert Smith confess that that book "Asian Fighting Arts" was at least partly made up as a fictional "joke?"
KC Elbows
10-15-2001, 10:50 PM
Was that "Asian Fighting Arts"? I've read the quote(I think in an Asian Journal of Martial Arts interview done recently). I think he credited Draeger with the idea for the "joke".
Mojo
10-15-2001, 11:03 PM
origenex
I think your refering to 'Secret Fighting Arts of the World' written by Smith under the name John F. Gilbey
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0804816085.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg
KC Elbows
10-15-2001, 11:15 PM
That's it!
Wongsifu
10-16-2001, 12:06 AM
isnt that the book that has the secret art of eating chilli peppers and burping in peoples faces to knock them out ...
or something to that extent
??

I wongsifu shall strike fear into the hearts of trolls and mma guys who **** me off on these forums oh and in real life.
Mojo
10-16-2001, 12:17 AM
Its got lots of crazy stories. The Parisian Halitosis Attack was one of them.
My favorite is where the author is in an Icelandic train station and see a man punch an iron stancion and leave the impression of his fist in it. :eek:
nightair
10-16-2001, 09:30 PM
did you know eating chile peppers can actually build up your pain tolerance.

DOH!!
Mojo
10-16-2001, 09:36 PM
You mean when it comes out ??