Any Recommendations for a Good Shaolin Demo Tape?

[Universal Stance]

I just enjoy watching documentaries and demonstrations about Shaolin and the monks.

I was looking at 'Shaolin Kungfu 2000' at Martial Arts Mart.

Any recommendations? Thanks. It doesn't matter if it's wushu or traditional, though I would prefer the latter.

Note: I'm not interested in how-to's or particular forms; just demos and docs.

"**** it's cold out here to be practicing."

[charliec]

Shi Guolin's "Fundamental Fist Forms" tape is great. It's got pretty much all of the famous forms from Shaolin and a bit of history at the beginning.

For those entering the
realm of Wu with a mind
on Ch'an, the silent
smile awaits them. -
Ch'au-Lu

www.thousandbuddha.org

[Universal Stance]

I was looking at that one too. I may pick it up on my way to kungfu class. :)

"**** it's cold out here to be practicing."

[phoenix-eye]

Shaolin Art of War - (sold as a Jet Li tape) has some pretty smart QiGong tricks on it but its a bit cheesy. Its worth a look just for the guy pulling the garden roller - if you've seen it you'll know what I mean. Aiiiieeee!

"We had a thing to settle so I did him"
Tamai, 43, was quoted by Police as saying.

[XiaoLong]

shaolin.nl has got a new documentary on VCD. It is great! :)

[GeneChing]

One of the earlier documentaries - sort of like those picture books, plus you get to see a young Jet Li...

http://store.yahoo.com/martialartsmart/pr-tzjl09.html

Gene Ching
Asst. Publisher
Kungfu Qigong Magazine & www.KUNGFUmagazine.com

[phoenix-eye]

I think we're talking about the same video Gene.

Does the one you refer to have monk Hai Teng (spelling??) doing the one-finger handstand?

Some pretty cool stuff on the video.

"We had a thing to settle so I did him"
Tamai, 43, was quoted by Police as saying.

[GeneChing]

No, actually the Hai Teng one is this one -

http://store.yahoo.com/martialartsmart/pr-tzjl01.html

It's the same Jet Li footage pretty much though, just with different other stuff. Also worth checking out is this one -

http://store.yahoo.com/martialartsmart/pr-tzjl03.html

If memory serves, that has the same Jet stuff too (that Jet stuff got around, but it's pretty cool to see him at age 18...) This last one does a little at shaolin and a lot at other places. The "army" style footage is really good.

Gene Ching
Asst. Publisher
Kungfu Qigong Magazine & www.KUNGFUmagazine.com

[phoenix-eye]

Thanks Gene I'll maybe check these out.

"We had a thing to settle so I did him"
Tamai, 43, was quoted by Police as saying.

[GeneChing]

This is part of our new 12 video Shaolin instructional series all shot at Shaolin. This particular title has several bonus tracks - lots of different traditional form demos.

http://store.yahoo.com/martialartsma...shaoltonz.html

Also good for collections of forms demos are the following

http://store.yahoo.com/martialartsmart/pr-gs101.html
http://store.yahoo.com/martialartsmart/pr-gs102.html
http://store.yahoo.com/martialartsmart/pr-gs103.html

Did I make you spend all you money yet? ;)

Gene Ching
Asst. Publisher
Kungfu Qigong Magazine & www.KUNGFUmagazine.com

[GeneChing]

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