Recommended Reading:
Shifu Ferreira has compiled this list of literature. It is surely incomplete, but is a good representation of traditional and authentic books on Kung Fu.
These are books on the subject of Bei Shao Lin Chuan, our specific style:
Northern Shaolin Style Shaolin Number 5 - Martial Skill
by Rick L. Wing
Northern Siu Lum #7 Moi Fah The Plum Flower Fist
by Kwong Wing Lam & Ted Mancuso
Ultimate Iron Palm
by Wing Lam and Chet Brown
The Secrets of Northern Shaolin Kung-Fu
by Lai Hung and Brian Klingborg
Combat Shaolin
by Gary Tang, Al Loui & Brian Klingborg
Northern Shao Lin Twelve Tan Tui Boxing Series
by Chan Kin Man
Beginning Kung Fu
by Kam Yuen
Advanced Three Sectional Staff
by Eric Lee
Three Sectional Staff
by Kam Yuen
The Essence of the Northern Fists
by Douglas H. Y. Hsieh
These are general books that will give you more knowledge of Kung Fu in general, or northern styles more specifically:
Chinese Martial Arts Training Manuals - A Historical Survey
by Brian Kennedy and Elizabeth Guo
Kung Fu Basics
by Paul Eng
Shao Lin Long Fist
by Yang Jwing-ming
Essentials of Chinese Wushu
by Wu Bin
Ten Routine Spring Leg
by Ma Zhenbang
Wushu Among Chinese Moslems
by China Sports
The Spring and Autumn of Chinese Martial Arts - 5000 years
by Kang Gen Wu
The Sword Polisher's Record: The Way of Kung-Fu
by Adam Hsu
Ancient Chinese Weapons: A Martial Artist's Guide
by Yang Jwing-ming
Northen Shaolin Sword
by Yang Jwing-ming and Jeffrey Bolt
Analysis of Shaolin Chin Na
by Yang Jwing-ming
Comprehensive Chin Na
by Yang Jwing-ming
Shaolin Secret Formulas for the Treatment of External Injury
by De Qian
Chinese Single Broadsword
by Xie Zhikui
Chinese Fast Wrestling for Fighting : The Art of San Shou Kuai Jiao Throws, Takedowns, & Ground-Fighting
by Shou-Yu Liang, Tai D. Ngo
Principles, Analysis, and Application of Effortless Combat Throws
by Tim Cartmell
Don't forget the classics!:
Journey to the West
by Wu Cheng'en
Outlaws of the Marsh
by Shi Nai'an & Luo Guanzhong
Three Kingdoms: A Historical Novel
by Luo Guanzhong
The Art of War
by Sun Tzu
Art of War for Martial Artists
by Paul Brennan
Three Strategies of Huang Shi Gong
by Wang Xuanming
36 Stratagems:
by Koh Kok Kiang and Liu Yi
Six Strategies for War: Jiang Tai Gong
by Wang Xuanming
Articles and Research
Mr. Stanley Henning::
Mr. Stanley E. Henning served as a China policy officer assigned to Headquarters, US Pacific Command from 1999-2004. From 1996-99, he was a member of the faculty at the Asia-Pacific Center For Security Studies. He taught English language and literature at Yunnan Normal University from 1995-96. Prior to this, he served 28 years in the U.S. Army in a wide variety of assignments that included overseas tours in Taiwan, Vietnam, Korea, Japan, and Hong Kong. He was an Army Foreign Area Officer, is fluent in Mandarin Chinese, and has written articles on Chinese defense strategy, language, and history. He is also an independent scholar recognized both in and outside China for his writings on Chinese martial arts history. He holds a Masters degree in Overseas Operations from the University of Hawaii, through an East-West Center grant, and a Bachelor in History from The Virginia Military Institute.
Conference on Asian Popular Culture, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Apr 16-18, 1998, Paper presented, published in Journal of Asian Martial Arts, Vol. 8, No. 3, 1999.
International Forum on Taijiquan, 2003, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, Dec 26-28, talked on International Development of Taijiquan
Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia, 2 Volumes, Thomas A. Green, Editor, ABC CLIO: Santa Barbara, 2001 (Member, Editorial Board, and Chinese martial arts Contributor).《世界武术百科全书》编委与投稿者
Martial Arts in the Modern World, T.A. Green and J.R. Svinth, Editors, Praeger, 2003. “The Martial Arts in Chinese Physical Culture, 1865-1965”, pp. 13-35. 《近代世界裏的武術》『中國體育文化裏的武術 , 1865-1965』
China Review International:
*Douglas Wile’s Lost T’ai Chi Classics From the Late Ch’ing Dynasty, Vol. 4, No. 2, Fall
1997 『评《晚清遗失的太极经典》』
*National Physical Culture and Sports Commission Martial Arts Research Institute’s
Chinese Martial Arts History, Vol. 5, No. 2, Fall 1998 『评国家体委《中国武术史》』
“Academia Encounters the Chinese Martial Arts”, Vol. 6, No. 2, Fall 1999,
http://muse.jhu.edu/demo/china_review_international/v006/6.2henning.pdf
Ma Mingda’s Discourses on the Sword: Collected Manuscripts, Vol. 11, No. 1, Spring 2004.
『評 馬明達《說劍叢稿》』
Journal of Asian Martial Arts:
*"Chinese Boxing: The Internal Versus External Schools In the Light of History and
Theory", Vol. 6, No. 3, 1997 『中国拳术 - 从历史与理论的观点看内外两家』
*"Observations on A Visit to the Shaolin Monastery", Vol. 7, No. 1, 1998 『游少林寺的回忆』
*"Southern Fists and Northern Legs: The Geography of Chinese Boxing", Vol. 7, No. 3, 1998 『南拳北腿 - 中国拳术的地理』
"Xi Yuntai’s Chinese Martial Arts History", Vol. 8, No. 1, 1999
“Chinese Boxing’s Ironic Odyssey”, Vol. 8, No. 3, 1999
“Traditional Korean Martial Arts”, Vol. 9, No. 1, 2000
"Cheng Dali’s Chinese Martial Arts: History and Culture", Vol. 9, No. 2, 2000
"Douglas Wile’s T’ai Chi’s Ancestors: The Making of an Internal Martial Art", Vol.10, No. 1, 2001
“What’s in a Name? The Etymology of Chinese Boxing”, Vol. 10, No. 4, 2001
"Barbara Davis’ The Taijiquan Classics", Vol. 13, No. 3, 2004
“New Light on the King Jinnaluo Legend and Shaolin Staff Fighting”, Vol. 13, No. 4, 2004
"Order of Shaolin Ch’an’s The Shaolin Grandmaster’s Text: History, Philosophy, and Gung Fu of Shaolin Ch’an", Vol. 14, No. 1, 2005
“Insights from the Home of Xingyiquan“, Vol. 14, No. 3, 2005
Taijiquan Journal:
“The Origin of the Name Taijiquan’”, Vol 2, No. 1, Winter 2001
“The Sounds of Practice: Taijiquan’s Kiai”, Vol. 2, No. 2, Spring 2001
“What’s the Military got to do With Taijiquan?”, Vol. 3, No. 2, Spring 2002
“Report From China”, Vol. 5, No. 1, Winter 2004
The Chen Style Taijiquan Journal:
- "Ignorance, Legend, and Taijiquan", Vol. 2, No. 3, 1994, http://www.nardis.com/~twchan/henning.html
- "An Introduction to T’ai Chi Ch’uan (1971)", Vol. 3, No. 1
- "General Qi Jiguang’s Approach to Martial Arts Training", Vol. 3, No. 2, 1995 http://seinenkai.com/articles/henning/qijiguang.pdf
- "On Politically Correct Treatment of the Myths in the Chinese Martial Arts" , Vol. 3, No. 2, 1995 http://seinenkai.com/articles/henning/politicallycorrect.pdf
- "Author of Lost Ming Boxing Treatise Identified" Vol. 4, No. 6, 1996 http://seinenkai.com/articles/henning/lostmingboxing.pdf
- "Martial Arts Myths of Shaolin Monastery Part I: The Giant with the Flaming Staff," Vol. 5, No.1, 1999, http://seinenkai.com/articles/henning/mythsofshaolin.pdf
Military Affairs (now Journal of Military History):
"The Chinese Martial Arts in Historical Perspective", December 1981
http://www.shindotrust.com/directory_essays/shinseido_essays/bodhidharma_myth.htm
*Chinese language summaries available for asterisked entries/可供中文摘要
All of the above mentioned books are good reading material and you might learn a little more about the style you study through them. Unfortunately, there is no definitive book written on Bei Shao Lin, so until then, have fun reading these great works! |
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