First English-language Kung Fu books

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07-25-2011, 07:11 PM
TopCrusader

First English-language Kung Fu books

For those interested, here is a short list I compiled of the earliest English-language books on Chinese Martial Arts. If you know of more, please contribute!

"Fighting Arts of the Orient: Elemental Karate and Kung Fu" by Kein H. Lee (James Y. Lee) - 1958
"Chinese Karate Kung Fu: Original Sil Lum System" by T.Y. Wong & K.H. Lee -1961
"Tai Chi Chuan: Body and Mind in Harmony" by Sophia Delaza -1961
"Modern Kung Fu Karate: Iron & Poison Hand Training" by K.H. Lee -1962
"Chinese Kung Fu: Original Sil Lum System" (Book 2) by T.Y. Wong -1962
"Chinese Gung Fu: Philosophical Art of Self Defense" by Bruce Lee -1963
"Tai Chi for Health" by Edward Maisel -1963
"Secrets of Chinese Karate" by Ed Parker -1963
"Secrets of Shaolin Temple Boxing" by Robert Smith -1964
07-26-2011, 08:34 AM
SPJ

cool lists

I have some chinese books from 1930s

I think there are some german or english translations/editions of them.

but

I do not have them.

my brothers scanned some of them into PDF file (chinese)

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07-26-2011, 09:08 AM
SPJ

I meant they were published in 1930s.

:)
07-27-2011, 09:41 AM
GeneChing

The '60s? The '30s? Shucks, I can beat that.

Kung-Fu, or Tauist Medical Gymnastics by John Dudgeon, 1895. It was an essay actually, published in a larger work, but rather significant and the first stop for most serious researchers.

:cool:

See Shaolin Yi Jin Jing 易筋經 : Fake or not Fake? for more.
07-27-2011, 09:49 AM
bawang

tauist sounds like a great marketing idea.
07-27-2011, 10:19 AM
lkfmdc

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeneChing

Kung-Fu, or Tauist Medical Gymnastics by John Dudgeon, 1895. It was an essay actually, published in a larger work, but rather significant and the first stop for most serious researchers.

:cool:

See Shaolin Yi Jin Jing 易筋經 : Fake or not Fake? for more.

Access to info like this makes the forum worthwhile

Thank you Gene

(no naked photoshops for a month)
07-27-2011, 10:37 AM
GeneChing

I'll hold you to that.

Quote:

Originally Posted by lkfmdc

no naked photoshops for a month

Let's see, that would be until August 27, 2011. Forum friends, please be vigilant that lkfmdc honors his word. ;)

Dudgeon's essay is key. It's the first English translation of yijinjing. Worthy of note is that he titles it 'Tauist,' not Buddhist, and as the Shaolin scholars here know, Dudgeon was spot on with that assessment.