Nice to see all the interest in Hop Gar. I have a short section in my latest book.. Focusing Emptiness...which isn’t technically a gong Fu book this time around, about White Crane and Hop Gar in San...
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Nice to see all the interest in Hop Gar. I have a short section in my latest book.. Focusing Emptiness...which isn’t technically a gong Fu book this time around, about White Crane and Hop Gar in San...
Hi Guys,
I have just published my 5th book, and decided this time around I would distribute it myself (mostly because I did not want to give up control over content or artwork). Strictly speaking,...
Thanks For the vote of support, Billy. I hope your practice is going well and that it helps to turn your attention inward, toward you. Someone once said - when you are you, Kung-fu is Kung-fu. All...
Well...I have a number of pieces I originally wrote for the book, but which did not make it into the final copy because the book took a significant turn in a different direction. I was thinking I...
I was just thinking that I should probably say something about "What Ever Happened to Michael Staples," since that was the original question for this thread: And it's a great way for me to point you...
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Thanks back, Jimbo. Back then there weren't many books about kung-fu. Most of what was out there was shaolin, in one form or another. Robert Smith had a book out on Hsing Yi and...
Hi guys,
I ran across this thread by mistake, but saw my name in the title. I am alive and kicking (though not as high anymore). Indeed, I wrote the first book on White Crane, the first book on...