Your favorite Books (ving tsun, kung fu, life, zen etc...)

[mossman]

I have a bookshelf to fill. What are some good books you all would recommend that are about VingTsun, kungfu life, philosophy, life, zen, buddism, taoism, chinese culture...etc? Thanks

[couch]

I have a bookshelf to fill. What are some good books you all would recommend that are about VingTsun, kungfu life, philosophy, life, zen, buddism, taoism, chinese culture...etc? Thanks

Taoism:
Tao Te Ching - Translated by Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English
Tao of Pooh - Benjamin Hoff
Te of Piglet - Benjamin Hoff
Chuang Tzu - Translated by Martin Palmaer with Elizabeth Breuilly

Buddhism:
The Accidental Buddhist - Dinty W. Moore

Life:
The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
The Four Agreements - Don Miguel Ruiz

Aside about Aikido and Life:
The Spirit of Aikido - Ueshiba

Chinese Culture/Chinese Medicine:
The Web That Has No Weaver - Ted Kaptchuk

Kung-Fu:
The Complete Guide to Kung-Fu Fighting Styles - Jane Hallander

Peace,
Kenton Sefcik

[AmanuJRY]

I have a bookshelf to fill. What are some good books you all would recommend that are about VingTsun,

Complete Wing Chun-Ritchie/Chu


kungfu life,

Living the Martial Way-Morgan
The Book of Five Rings-Musashi



philosophy, life, zen, buddism, taoism,

Prometheus Rising-RAW
Quantum Psychology-RAW



chinese culture...etc? Thanks

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[wei wu wei]

[[I have a bookshelf to fill. What are some good books you all would recommend that are about VingTsun, kungfu life, philosophy, life, zen, buddism, taoism, chinese culture...etc? Thanks]]

On Wing Chun...

Look Beyond the Pointing Finger... David Peterson
Simple Thinking - Why Wing Chun Works Part 2... Alan Gibson

On Philosophy/Religion...

Tao of Muhammad Ali... Davis Miller
Chronicles of Tao... Deng Ming Dao
The Prince... Niccolo Machiavelli
Tao Teh Ching, Art of War, Book of 5 Rings (all published by Shambhala)

Comics :eek: :D
DK2... Frank Miller

enjoy!

[Hendrik]

I have a bookshelf to fill. What are some good books you all would recommend that are about VingTsun, kungfu life, philosophy, life, zen, buddism, taoism, chinese culture...etc? Thanks


VingTsun, kungfu life:
http://www.sonypictures.com/intl/cn/kungfuhustle/site/index_en.php





philosophy, life:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/0060763280/ref=dp_primary-product-display_0/102-1343406-4173718?%5Fencoding=UTF8&n=283155&s=books

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0312152272/ref=sib_dp_pt/102-1343406-4173718#reader-link


http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1561706280/ref=sib_dp_pt/102-1343406-4173718#reader-link






zen, buddism, taoism, chinese culture...etc? :

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078446/

http://home.beaumontenterprise.com/comix/10/

[PaulH]

I have gained good insights of the Chinese philosophy from this scholarly book. You'll find WC is heavily influenced by its outlook on the nature of change and chance.

http://www.pupress.princeton.edu/titles/5644.html

[Ultimatewingchun]

I have a bookshelf to fill. What are some good books you all would recommend that are about VingTsun, kungfu life, philosophy, life, zen, buddism, taoism, chinese culture...etc? Thanks


FAVORITE:

WING CHUN BOOK............ "My Life With Wing Chun" (William Cheung)

ZEN BOOK......................... "The Zen Way To The Martial Arts" (Taisen Deshimaru)

BUDDHISM BOOK................ "The Voice Of The Silence" (Helena Blavatsky)

TAOISM BOOK................... "Tao Te Ching" (Lao Tsu)

PHILOSOPHY...................... "The Kybalion - Hermetic Philosophy" (Three Initiates)

LIFE................................. "Mystic Christianity" (Yogi Ramacharaka)

[lawrenceofidaho]

"As a Man Thinketh" by James Allen

Short (<100pages) classic which is old enough to be in the public domain, and so now available online for free at a few different sites. (Try Google search.)

Can't recommend this book highly enough, and although it's title may sound Christian, it transcends any organized religion.

-Lawrence

[Kevin Bell]

Simple:

Why Wing Chun Works books 1, 2, 3 by Alan Gibson

Look Beyond The Pointing Finger, The Combat Philosophy Of Wong Shun Leung by David Peterson

[PaulH]

Okay, I'll 2nd Kevin's motion on David Peterson's valuable book on Wong Shun Leung. Many good insights on WC forms and training methods. I think it's out of print though. =)

[anerlich]

Prometheus Rising-RAW

Dang! Beat me to it.

Complete Wing Chun - Rene, Robert Chu and Y Wu

Zen and Japanese Culture - Daisetz T Suzuki

Strong on Defense - Sanford Strong

The Gift of Fear - Gavin de Becker

All of Geoff Thompson's books (esp. Watch my Back, Dead or Alive, The Fence, Fear - The Friend of Exceptional People)

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert M Pirsig

The Mighty Atom - the spiritual journey of Joseph L Greenstein (can't remember author's name, it reminds me I lent it to someone who never returned it :mad: )

Meetings with Remarkable Men, Beelzebub's Tales to his Grandson - G I Gurdjieff

The Road Less Travelled - M Scott Peck

The Fourth Way - Peter Ouspensky

Tao of JKD - Bruce Lee (the more recently published collections of his writings are great also)

Functional JKD series I & II - Matt Thornton (DVD's)

Undertow, Aenima, Lateralus - Tool (music to make you think)

BJJ Fundamentals - John Will

Advanced BJJ - the BJJ guard - John Will

BJJ Advanced Attacks and Escapes - John Will

Fight Logic - John Will

Power Yoga - Liz Lark (nice pictures too, fine looking gal)

Chuang Tzu - Inner Chapters

The 48 Laws of Power

The Prince - Machiavelli

Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson

Angry White Pyjamas - Robert Twigger (part serious, part funny about Aikido)

and the essential lifestyle primers:

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S Thompson (RIP)

How to be an Orgasm King - (just kidding)

[Vajramusti]

Gee! My bibliography would be too extensive to list. But a somewhat arbitrary very short list.
On Wing Chun- The books of Augustine Fong-- all out of print except the first volume.
The theory and principles book sold out almost as soon as it appeared. Paraphrases of it appears in strange places.

Chao and Weakland- the 3 volume- Secrets of Wing Chun Kung Fu. Chao was a private student of Ip Man.

On Taiji: Almost any major video of Chen Xiao Wang and his presentaions during his first Arizona visit. Or videos of Feng Zhi Quan

Douglas Wile: The Lost Taichi Classics.

On Boxing: The Joe Jacob and John Clayton(?) collection of major old boxing films.
Jose Torres -on Tyson
Gene Tunney's major book.

On Kalaripayat: Zarilli's The Body Has a Thousand Eyes.

On Stick and Knife; Pulin Behari Das- On Lathi and Dagger

On Yoga-
Patanjali's Yoga
Vethathiri-on Kundalini Yoga
Iyengar- Light on Yoga

On Ideas-(too big to even begin)
Lankavatara Sutra
Red Pine- Zen Teachings of the Bodhidharma
Dogen- Shobygenzo
Dhammapada
Plato's Symposium (Charming but wrong treatment of Eros)
The Sayings of Diogenes(the Cynic)
Selections from Epicurus
Collected works of Thos. Jefferson
The Letters of Seneca(late Stoic)
Northrop-The Meeting of East and West
Heisenberg's Physics and Philosophy.
Schrodinger'sCat
Margenau- Nature of Physical Reality
Freidman-Thoughts Without a Thinker

On relevant Chinese History-
Wakeman 2 volumes- The Great Enterprise;
The Ching conquest of China.

On General Asian MA-
Draeger and Smith-Asian Fighting Arts
Encyclopedia of Indian martial Arts
Latest Commentary on Mushashi(Shambala)
Sun Tzu-the Art of War

Tongue in Cheek_
"John Gilbey"-the Fighting Arts of the World
Vatsyansa's Kamasutra Revised. Banned before publication.
69 ways to find the centerline.

[Hendrik]

In the beginning -- a basic implementation, milestone, and core trascendental processes, of Siu Lien Tau

by Yellowpikachu. isbn4876543560988 :D

[Wilson]

A lot of good recommendations here. I'm going to use this list next time I'm buying books. One that I've read a couple times and HIGHLY recommend is

Living the Martial Way: A Manual for the Way a Modern Warrior Should Think
- by Forrest Morgan

Amazon Listing Here (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0942637763/104-2120244-4112743)

Check it out. It will really pump you up about training and about the martial arts mindset. Not as specific to Wing Chun, or Philosophy, or History.....just an overall great martial arts book.

I could list a bunch more, but if you haven't read this one yet, go get it.

[chris]

Daoism:

Thinking from the Han: Self, Truth, and Transcendence in Chinese and Western Culture
by David L. Hall, Roger T. Ames


A Daoist Theory of Chinese Thought: A Philosophical Interpretation
by Chad D. Hansen



Wing Chun:

Look Beyond the Pointing Finger: the Combat Philosophy of Wong Shun Leung.
by David Peterson

Yuen Kay-San Wing Chun Kuen History & Foundation
by Renee Ritchie

Life:
Dao De Jing : A Philosophical Translation by Roger T. Ames, David L. Hall