Greetings,
The original cover of Gene’s book had a giant mushroom on the cover. Those limited editions were presented to his inner circle of friends, along with a few buttons to lick.
mickey
ps: Good Luck with the book, Gene!! Congratulations.
walrus style
i heard that gene is actually dead and that TC Media replaced him with some guy named William Shears.
Thanks guys
I actually do discuss the psychedelic side of Shaolin at length in my book. There’s more on that than in any previous book on Shaolin. 
And that makes it an important historical document. And it is truly a Magnum Opus…670 pages! Gene, you wrote the War and Peace of the Shaolin Temple.
All kidding aside, respect and congrats for getting that book together. I look forward to reading it. The modern history of Chinese martial arts is actually an area where little serious work has been done. And so I very much look forward to seeing your book.
take care,
Brian
Brian’s book
[QUOTE=brianlkennedy;1015574]And that makes it an important historical document. And it is truly a Magnum Opus…670 pages! Gene, you wrote the War and Peace of the Shaolin Temple.
All kidding aside, respect and congrats for getting that book together. I look forward to reading it. The modern history of Chinese martial arts is actually an area where little serious work has been done. And so I very much look forward to seeing your book.
take care,
Brian[/QUOTE]
Hello Brian;
Well said… all too true…
And hopefully, I will have your book in hand; and well and truly started on it - by the time I see Gene in his class… It’s gonna be a busy June …
The War and Peace of the Shaolin Temple
Shoot, now I want to re-title my book, Brian. :rolleyes:
Honestly, my intention was never to make it so long. My original intention was to compile my past research for my own benefit, so I wouldn’t have to leaf through back issues all the time. But that idea got away from me. :o There’s actually a large portion that was in the original concept that I decided not to pursue, as I could already see it was getting longer than I had intended.
Thanks again for your support, everyone!
[QUOTE=GeneChing;1015540]I actually do discuss the psychedelic side of Shaolin at length in my book.[/quote]ok… you hooked me - i am dying to read this now. 
There’s more on that than in any previous book on Shaolin.
that’s because most of us refused to dispense the knowledge thru-out the ages.
[QUOTE=GeneChing;1015603]Shoot, now I want to re-title my book, Brian. :rolleyes:
Honestly, my intention was never to make it so long. My original intention was to compile my past research for my own benefit, so I wouldn’t have to leaf through back issues all the time. But that idea got away from me. :o There’s actually a large portion that was in the original concept that I decided not to pursue, as I could already see it was getting longer than I had intended.
Thanks again for your support, everyone![/QUOTE]
I smell a volume two…
Now Gene, I have seen you ban others for doing the same thing. There is only one recourse for your actions; you must now ban yourself.
Congrats on the new book, I will be ordering mine as soon as I finish on this site.
My research on Shaolin is ongoing
I already have enough for another book, but I need to sell the first one first.
Beyond the aforementioned omitted portion (which would have added another 18 chapters to the book) none of the material in the 2010 May/June Shaolin Special (which is in the last ‘official’ week on the newsstand) made it into Shaolin Trips. In upcoming issue, I make a cursory mention of New Shaolin Temple in my publisher’s note, but that’s a story in development. I’m working on two more Shaolin pieces now for the next issue, one feature article and one short news piece (which may well explode into an ezine article).
But catch up with me first - buy Shaolin Trips book number one.
P.S. sha0lin1, you can promote here if it supports the forum and as this is a TC Media International publication it definitely helps pay the bills.
Just got my copy yesterday. Scanned through it and it looks really good. I’ll be reading it on the train on my way to training this weekend for sure
Just ordered mine - cant wait 
Ordered it cant wait. got message from MAM.com this morning that they are OUT and more are to be delivered today to be shipped ASAP. sucks for me on memorial day weekend,it was gonna be the read du jour but great for King Gene Ching!!
Yeah, I order the set just now and a couple of t-shirts for my wife and daughter.
King Gene…
[QUOTE=solo1;1016178]Ordered it cant wait. got message from MAM.com this morning that they are OUT and more are to be delivered today to be shipped ASAP. sucks for me on memorial day weekend,it was gonna be the read du jour but great for King Gene Ching!![/QUOTE]
Congrats on the sales Gene! Spamming the whole world must work real good…
I still prefer to wait a few weeks for my autographed copy…
When my lineage takes it into Roadshow 50 years from now, the value appraisal of a signed copy by the then world famous Gene will be in the hundreds…
Thanks for all the orders, everyone!
Our TN office handles MartialArtsMart.com fulfillment and they only received a small initial shipment via mail with the remainder following by truck, presumably today. So they are only out of stock for a very short time. They may be back in stock already.
I’m not sure I’m going to bring that many to TX next month as it weighs in at 669 pages and that gets heavy to carry pretty quickly. The book is basically a paper brick. So I might not have enough for everyone. I’m recommending that people who will see me in TX purchase their copy ahead of time and bring it to Legends of Kung Fu. I’ll bring my pen.
don’t forget
[QUOTE=GeneChing;1016315]Our TN office handles MartialArtsMart.com fulfillment and they only received a small initial shipment via mail with the remainder following by truck, presumably today. So they are only out of stock for a very short time. They may be back in stock already.
I’m not sure I’m going to bring that many to TX next month as it weighs in at 669 pages and that gets heavy to carry pretty quickly. The book is basically a paper brick. So I might not have enough for everyone. I’m recommending that people who will see me in TX purchase their copy ahead of time and bring it to Legends of Kung Fu. I’ll bring my pen.[/QUOTE]
Don’t forget - first come, first served…
A review…of sorts.
I’ve had a little bit of a problem getting my Shaolin Trips dvd to work. Specifically, when the menu screen comes-up, there is no cursor to select “play” with. I’ve managed to watch the dvd by hitting the “stop” button and then “play” at which point the dvd begins. Just an FYI.
That being said – the book itself has far exceeded expectations. Most books on Shaolin are simply a bunch of facts thrown on paper – and one is lucky to even have such facts in any form of consistent order. Additionally, must books are more about pictures than any type of scholarship. Gene, it seems, has taken the opposite approach (there are no pictures for starters), and thereby created something exceedingly unique. He’s managed to weave together not only a book on the history and facts pertaining to Shaolin – but also a very personal story. The book is surprisingly intimate – and because of this aspect – very hard to put down.
I’ve only read the first few chapters, and can tell that this book is one that I’m going to treasure for a very long time to come.
In other words…thanks Gene.
[QUOTE=kristcaldwell;1016686]I’ve had a little bit of a problem getting my Shaolin Trips dvd to work. Specifically, when the menu screen comes-up, there is no cursor to select “play” with. I’ve managed to watch the dvd by hitting the “stop” button and then “play” at which point the dvd begins. Just an FYI.
That being said – the book itself has far exceeded expectations. Most books on Shaolin are simply a bunch of facts thrown on paper – and one is lucky to even have such facts in any form of consistent order. Additionally, must books are more about pictures than any type of scholarship. Gene, it seems, has taken the opposite approach (there are no pictures for starters), and thereby created something exceedingly unique. He’s managed to weave together not only a book on the history and facts pertaining to Shaolin – but also a very personal story. The book is surprisingly intimate – and because of this aspect – very hard to put down.
I’ve only read the first few chapters, and can tell that this book is one that I’m going to treasure for a very long time to come.
In other words…thanks Gene.[/QUOTE]
RZA, smoking monks, learning that tinitus is not cured by ginko, finding out that Rosie Perez does kung fu…
This book has become my bible…
Weird about that DVD, Krist
My apologies about that. That’s the first I’ve heard of that problem. The DVD is basically video from Chapter 13, although I poached a little of the intro narrative in the DVD for the background of Shaolin in my book.
As for Rosie, I have this fond memory of Yanming getting her to eat a clove of raw garlic. And RZA, well, I couldn’t leave him out now, could I?
Thanks for the endorsements, Krist & iron_leg_dave.
My book will be available on Amazon by the end of the week. Thanks for your support so far everyone.