Jingwu
The School that Transformed Kung Fu
Written by Brian Kennedy and Elizabeth Guo
Price: $17.95
Blue Snake Books
In 1909, because of their ties with the failed Boxer Rebellion and the rise of modern weaponry, Chinese martial arts were in serious danger of extinction. The Jingwu Association was formed to keep these ancient arts alive. Jingwu: The School That Transformed Kung Fu tells the story of this seminal institution...
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The Major Methods of Wudang Sword
Written by Huang Yuan Xiou, Commentaries by Master Chang Wu Na, Translated by Dr. Lu Mei-hui
Price: $16.95
Blue Snake Books
Originally published in Chinese in 1930, The Major Methods of Wudang Sword has become a contemporary classic in the field of traditional Chinese martial arts. Written by Huang Yuan Xiou, the disciple of Li Jing-Lin—China’s most celebrated sword practitioner—this edition now introduces English readers to the fascinating world of traditional Chinese...
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Fu Zhen Song's Dragon Bagua Zhang
Written by Lin Chao Zhen, Edited by Wei Ran Lin and Rick Wing
Price: $17.95
Blue Snake Books
The Dragon Bagua Zhang system of third-generation master Fu Zhen Song was one of the most powerful martial arts styles to emerge from 1920s China. Fu Zhen Song had a reputation as a skilled fighter and uncompromising teacher, and his Dragon Bagua style was renowned for its extensive catalog of whirling...
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The Complete Guide to Northern Praying Mantis Kung Fu
Written by Stuart Alve Olson
Price: $17.95
Blue Snake Books
Developed by Wang Lang over 300 years ago, Praying Mantis Kung Fu is the only martial art based on the fighting skills of an insect. This fascinating system utilizes swift, methodical movements for defense and offense, and is well respected as an art that helps practitioners develop great strength and perseverance...
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The 64 Hands of Bagua Zhang
Fighting Techniques of Liu Dekuan
Written by Gao Jiwu and Nigel Sutton
Price: $16.95
Blue Snake Books
The art of Bagua Zhang is best known for its circular forms, yet linear fighting techniques have been incorporated into Bagua practice by many renowned masters. Liu Dekuan, a student of Dong Haichuan (the founder of Bagua Zhang), was one such master, devising a set of 64 techniques performed in straight...
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The Wing Chun Compendium, Volume Two
Written by Wayne Belonoha
Price: $39.95
Blue Snake Books
Wing Chun, also called Ving Tsun, is a popular system of kung fu designed centuries ago by a Buddhist nun and Shaolin master. Together, the two volumes of The Wing Chun Compendium offer a complete guide to the discipline, from theory and philosophy to drills and forms. In this volume, author...
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Bagua Linked Palms
Written by Wang Shujin, Translated by Kent Howard and Chen Hsiao-Yen
Price: $15.95
Blue Snake Books
Master Wang Shujin (1904—1981) was one of the world’s foremost exponents of Chinese internal martial arts, with legendary expertise in the disciplines of Bagua Zhang, Taiji Quan, and Xingyi Quan. This book offers a lucid translation of Master Wang’s seminal work on Bagua Zhang and includes expanded instruction by co-translator and...
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The Classical Three-Section Staff
Written by Rick Wing
Price: $18.95
Blue Snake Books
The San Jie Gun, or three-section staff, is a traditional Chinese weapon consisting of three short wooden or metal rods linked by chain. Versatile and difficult, it can be flexible or rigid, long or short, and an instrument of finesse or brutality. To wield it requires athletic prowess, courage, and tenacity...
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The Xingyi Quan of the Chinese Army
Huang Bo Nien's Xingyi Fist and Weapon Instruction
Written by Dennis Rovere
Price: $16.95
Blue Snake Books
Huang Bo Nien’s Xingyi Fist and Weapon Instruction was the first manual to systematically adapt a traditional Chinese martial art for modern military training. When it was first published in Chinese in 1928, it was heralded as an exciting new approach to martial arts; today, it remains an important work for...
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Liu Bin's Zhuang Gong Bagua Zhang
Foundation Practices, Volume One
Written by Zhang Jie, Contribution by Richard Shapiro
Price: $22.95
Blue Snake Books
One of the three major orthodox internal styles of Chinese martial arts (along with Xing Yi Quan and Tai Ji Quan), Bagua Zhang (or Ba Gua Zhang) is also one of the most ancient and revered. The first volume in a series of two on the form, Liu Bin’s Zhuang...
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Walking the I Ching
The Linear Ba Gua of Gao Yi Sheng
Written by Allen Pittman
Price: $17.95
Blue Snake Books
Ba gua is one of the internal styles of the Chinese martial arts, a "circular" walking technique that helps train the mind and body to recognize and accept change. Characterized by its spinning movements and extremely evasive footwork, ba gua is often used as a means to protect others, much like...
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Flashing Steel, 2nd edition
Mastering Eishin-Ryu Swordsmanship
Written by Leonard Pellman and Masayuki Shimabukuro
Price: $22.95
Blue Snake Books
Flashing Steel, the best-selling and highly acclaimed book on iaijutsu (alternatively called iaido), is as much about bringing life into focus as it is about techniques of swordsmanship. Iaijutsu was the martial art of the samurai of feudal Japan who remain the most enduring of warrior icons, equally popular in the...
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Chinese Martial Arts Training Manuals
A Historical Survey
Edited by Brian Kennedy and Elizabeth Guo
Price: $21.95
Blue Snake Books
Secret training manuals, magic swords, and flying kung fu masters—these are staples of Chinese martial arts movies and novels, but only secret manuals have a basis in reality. Chinese martial arts masters of the past did indeed write such works, along with manuals for the general public. This collection introduces Western...
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Nei Jia Quan, 2nd edition
Internal Martial Arts
Written by Jess O'Brien
Price: $21.95
Blue Snake Books
In this illuminating book, prominent masters offer an informed, inside view of the Chinese internal martial arts known collectively as “nei jia quan”–those practices that emphasize awareness of the spirit, mind, qi (breath, or energy flow), and the use of relaxed leverage rather than brute force. Drawing from enduring traditions practiced...
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The Power of Internal Martial Arts and Chi
Combat and Energy Secrets of Ba Gua, Tai Chi and Hsing-I
Written by Bruce Frantzis
Price: $27.95
Blue Snake Books
Originally published in 1998, this book has become a martial arts classic. It provides detailed descriptions of the three main internal martial arts—tai chi (taiji), hsing-i (xingyi) and ba gua (pakua)—and their sub-styles, as well as how they differ from each other and from such external arts as karate, tae kwon...
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Chin Na Fa
Traditional Chinese Submission Grappling Techniques
Written by Jinsheng Liu and Jiang Zhao, Translated by Tim Cartmell
Price: $16.95
Blue Snake Books
First published in 1936, this work represents primary source material of ancient combat techniques designed in a time of occupation and war, when the threat of lethal hand-to-hand combat was an ever-present reality for soldiers, those involved in law enforcement, and very often for the ordinary citizen. This is the seminal...
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The Whirling Circles of Ba Gua Zhang
The Art and Legends of the Eight Trigram Palm
Written by Frank Allen and Tina Chunna Zhang
Price: $21.95
Blue Snake Books
This is the most complete book on the art of Ba Gua Zhang ever presented in English. It tells the story of the history and legends of the art and its most famous masters as well as presenting the basic training, forms, fighting and weapons of Ba Gua Zhang. The text...
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Rumi Maki Fighting Arts
Martial Techniques of the Peruvian Inca
Written by Juan Ramon Flores and Alex Bushman Vega
Price: $17.95
Blue Snake Books
An unprecedented voyage into the world of Peru’s indigenous warrior culture, Rumi Maki offers a fascinating look at this exotic martial art as preserved by a practicing master. The book begins win an in-depth look at the history of the sacred Incan fighting arts, dispelling many of the myths surrounding them...
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Arnis Self-Defense
Stick, Blade, and Empty-Hand Combat Techniques of the Philippines
Written by Jose Paman
Price: $19.95
Blue Snake Books
The book features a twofold, interrelated focus. First, it looks at the unique Filipino culture; how it was greatly influenced by Spanish colonization, the oppression it suffered under foreign rule, and how the native yearning for freedom led to the development of the martial art of arnis. The book then presents...
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Warrior Arts and Weapons of Ancient Hawaii
Written by Sid Campbell
Price: $39.95
Blue Snake Books
Until recently, the cultural lore of the ancient warriors of Hawaii was considered lost. This absorbing history documents the complex customs and military traditions of the ancient koa warriors, and the deadly tools they used in battles among the rival chieftains and kings. The warriors employed a wide array of deceptively...
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Pa-Kua
Chinese Boxing for Fitness and Self-Defense
Written by Robert Smith
Price: $14.95
Blue Snake Books
Originally published in 1967, Pa-Kua was the West’s first look into the esoteric Chinese martial arts. It has been a valued and sought after text ever since. It was put out of print in the 1970’s, but since that time interest in the martial arts have continued to skyrocket. Pa-Kua gives...
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Combat Techniques of Taiji, Xingyi, and Bagua
Principles and Practices of Internal Martial Arts
Written by Lu Shengli, Translated by Zhang Yun
Price: $22.95
Blue Snake Books
The combat techniques of Tai Ji, Ba Gua, and Xing Yi were forbidden during China's Cultural Revolution, but the teachings of grandmaster Wang Pei Shing have survived. This comprehensive guide, written by one of his students, selects core movements from each practice and gives the student powerful tools to recognize the...
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The Wing Chun Compendium, Volume One
Written by Wayne Belonoha
Price: $43.95
Blue Snake Books
The Wing Chun Compendium explains the theory of wing chun from a technical, lifestyle, and philosophical perspective. Written by Wayne Belonoha—a certified Ving Tsun Instructor and National Certified Coach, 7th Level, Master Degree—the compendium offers hundreds of tips and techniques specifically designed to help readers advance to the next stage. The...
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The Method of Chinese Wrestling
Written by Tong Zhongyi, Translated by Tim Cartmell
Price: $17.95
Blue Snake Books
One of the art's earliest and most complete training manuals, The Method of Chinese Wrestling explores all aspects of this ancient fighting system, including solo training, training with equipment, constructing training apparatus, application of techniques, and the rules of competition. Throwing, gripping, and falling techniques are revealed in minute detail, and...
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Judo in the U.S.
A Century of Dedication
Written by Michael Brousse and David Matsumoto
Price: $25.00
North Atlantic Books
Commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the United States Judo Federation, this volume traces the more than 100-year history of judo practice in America. The authors begin with a comprehensive survey of Japan's classical disciplines, which sets the foundation for understanding what judo is and what it means to the people who...
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