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  1. 07-25-2011, 07:11 PM #1
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    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
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    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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    I meant they were published in 1930s.

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    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.



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    tauist sounds like a great marketing idea.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GeneChing View Post
    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.



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    Access to info like this makes the forum worthwhile

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    I'll hold you to that.

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    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.
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