I have just finished reading this great guide to Master Cheng Man Ching’s Tai Chi. The title is a bit of a mouth full but he has published several books on Tai Chi so you need to know you are purchasing the correct one. The book was written by Chang Man Ching himself. It has […]
Three Second Fighter
The Sniper Option By Geoff Thompson This is an excellent book on real, raw and realistic self defence. Geoff Thompson has written many books on self defence. He is also a BAFTA winning writer, filmmaker, teacher and martial artist. His book 3 Second Fighter was published in 1997. This book is a must read for […]
Simply ….Wing Chun Kung Fu
Simply Wing Chun Kung Fu by Sifu Shaun Rawcliffe. Available at Amazon in paperback and Kindle for around £10. Click on the above link to go straight to Amazon. I bought this book about three years ago in Waterstones. Waterstones don’t have many Kung Fu books on their shelves so you think to yourself “this […]
Taekwon-Do Encyclopedia by General Choi Hong Hi
The above book is now available from Amazon as an Ebook. Click on the link above to go straight to Amazon. It is the condensed Encyclopedia of Taekwon-do. I purchased a copy of this book in 1995 at a Grandmaster Gen Choi Hong Hi Instructors Training session in Reading, UK. Back in 1995 it cost […]
Tai Chi Chuan – My Lineage
Continuing on from my previous blog on my first experience of learning Tai Chi in 2003: Within the last couple of years I have been refreshing my knowledge and practice. The internet is a great aid in research. I attended Sid’s classes for several years and asked myself where his Tai Chi originated from? For […]
Wing Chun Kung Fu
In 2017, after focusing on competitive cycling for a few years, I decided it was time for change. I’d read about Wing Chun Kung Fu back in the 1990s in Combat magazine. There were articles continually mostly focussing around Ip Man, Bruce Lee and his legacy. So I decided to take up a new martial […]