# Your favorite Books (ving tsun, kung fu, life, zen etc...) **URL:** \ **Category:** Wing Chun\ **Created:** [March 10, 2005, 3:46am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/your-favorite-books-ving-tsun-kung-fu-life-zen-etc/31534 "2005-03-10T03:46:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mossman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@mossman](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/mossman)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 3:46am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/your-favorite-books-ving-tsun-kung-fu-life-zen-etc/31534/1 "2005-03-10T03:46:42Z")
I have a bookshelf to fill. What are some good books you all would recommend that are about VingTsun, kungfu life, philosophy, life, zen, buddism, taoism, chinese culture…etc? Thanks ---
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> [@mossman](#): > > I have a bookshelf to fill. What are some good books you all would recommend that are about VingTsun, kungfu life, philosophy, life, zen, buddism, taoism, chinese culture…etc? Thanks Taoism: Tao Te Ching - Translated by Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English Tao of Pooh - Benjamin Hoff Te of Piglet - Benjamin Hoff Chuang Tzu - Translated by Martin Palmaer with Elizabeth Breuilly Buddhism: The Accidental Buddhist - Dinty W. Moore Life: The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho The Four Agreements - Don Miguel Ruiz Aside about Aikido and Life: The Spirit of Aikido - Ueshiba Chinese Culture/Chinese Medicine: The Web That Has No Weaver - Ted Kaptchuk Kung-Fu: The Complete Guide to Kung-Fu Fighting Styles - Jane Hallander Peace, Kenton Sefcik ---
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> [@mossman](#): > > I have a bookshelf to fill. What are some good books you all would recommend that are about VingTsun, Complete Wing Chun-Ritchie/Chu > kungfu life, Living the Martial Way-Morgan The Book of Five Rings-Musashi > philosophy, life, zen, buddism, taoism, Prometheus Rising-RAW Quantum Psychology-RAW > chinese culture…etc? Thanks ?? ---
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[[I have a bookshelf to fill. What are some good books you all would recommend that are about VingTsun, kungfu life, philosophy, life, zen, buddism, taoism, chinese culture…etc? Thanks]] On Wing Chun… Look Beyond the Pointing Finger… David Peterson Simple Thinking - Why Wing Chun Works Part 2… Alan Gibson On Philosophy/Religion… Tao of Muhammad Ali… Davis Miller Chronicles of Tao… Deng Ming Dao The Prince… Niccolo Machiavelli Tao Teh Ching, Art of War, Book of 5 Rings (all published by Shambhala) Comics :eek: 😃 DK2… Frank Miller enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![Hendrik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/839c29/32.png) [@Hendrik](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/Hendrik)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 6:03pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/your-favorite-books-ving-tsun-kung-fu-life-zen-etc/31534/5 "2005-03-10T18:03:51Z")
> [@mossman](#): > > I have a bookshelf to fill. What are some good books you all would recommend that are about VingTsun, kungfu life, philosophy, life, zen, buddism, taoism, chinese culture…etc? Thanks VingTsun, kungfu life: [http://www.sonypictures.com/intl/cn/kungfuhustle/site/index\_en.php](http://www.sonypictures.com/intl/cn/kungfuhustle/site/index_en.php) philosophy, life: [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/0060763280/ref=dp\_primary-product-display\_0/102-1343406-4173718?\_encoding=UTF8&n=283155&s=books](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/0060763280/ref=dp_primary-product-display_0/102-1343406-4173718?%5Fencoding=UTF8&n=283155&s=books) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0312152272/ref=sib\_dp\_pt/102-1343406-4173718#reader-link](http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0312152272/ref=sib_dp_pt/102-1343406-4173718#reader-link) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1561706280/ref=sib\_dp\_pt/102-1343406-4173718#reader-link](http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1561706280/ref=sib_dp_pt/102-1343406-4173718#reader-link) zen, buddism, taoism, chinese culture…etc? : [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078446/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078446/) [http://home.beaumontenterprise.com/comix/10/](http://home.beaumontenterprise.com/comix/10/) ---
**Author:** ![PaulH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e495f1/32.png) [@PaulH](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/PaulH)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/your-favorite-books-ving-tsun-kung-fu-life-zen-etc/31534/6 "2005-03-10T18:24:17Z")
I have gained good insights of the Chinese philosophy from this scholarly book. You’ll find WC is heavily influenced by its outlook on the nature of change and chance. [http://www.pupress.princeton.edu/titles/5644.html](http://www.pupress.princeton.edu/titles/5644.html) ---
**Author:** ![Ultimatewingchun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Ultimatewingchun](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/Ultimatewingchun)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/your-favorite-books-ving-tsun-kung-fu-life-zen-etc/31534/7 "2005-03-10T18:51:16Z")
> [@mossman](#): > > I have a bookshelf to fill. What are some good books you all would recommend that are about VingTsun, kungfu life, philosophy, life, zen, buddism, taoism, chinese culture…etc? Thanks FAVORITE: WING CHUN BOOK… “My Life With Wing Chun” (William Cheung) ZEN BOOK… “The Zen Way To The Martial Arts” (Taisen Deshimaru) BUDDHISM BOOK… “The Voice Of The Silence” (Helena Blavatsky) TAOISM BOOK… “Tao Te Ching” (Lao Tsu) PHILOSOPHY… “The Kybalion - Hermetic Philosophy” (Three Initiates) LIFE… “Mystic Christianity” (Yogi Ramacharaka) ---
**Author:** ![lawrenceofidaho](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/lawrenceofidaho/32/478_2.png) [@lawrenceofidaho](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/lawrenceofidaho)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/your-favorite-books-ving-tsun-kung-fu-life-zen-etc/31534/8 "2005-03-10T19:26:27Z")
“As a Man Thinketh” by James Allen Short (\<100pages) classic which is old enough to be in the public domain, and so now available online for free at a few different sites. (Try Google search.) Can’t recommend this book highly enough, and although it’s title may sound Christian, it transcends any organized religion. -Lawrence ---
**Author:** ![Kevin\_Bell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d07c76/32.png) [@Kevin\_Bell](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/Kevin_Bell)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/your-favorite-books-ving-tsun-kung-fu-life-zen-etc/31534/9 "2005-03-10T20:09:05Z")
Simple: Why Wing Chun Works books 1, 2, 3 by Alan Gibson Look Beyond The Pointing Finger, The Combat Philosophy Of Wong Shun Leung by David Peterson ---
**Author:** ![PaulH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e495f1/32.png) [@PaulH](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/PaulH)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/your-favorite-books-ving-tsun-kung-fu-life-zen-etc/31534/10 "2005-03-10T22:12:55Z")
Okay, I’ll 2nd Kevin’s motion on David Peterson’s valuable book on Wong Shun Leung. Many good insights on WC forms and training methods. I think it’s out of print though. =) ---
**Author:** ![anerlich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@anerlich](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/anerlich)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/your-favorite-books-ving-tsun-kung-fu-life-zen-etc/31534/11 "2005-03-10T22:14:41Z")
> Prometheus Rising-RAW Dang! Beat me to it. Complete Wing Chun - Rene, Robert Chu and Y Wu Zen and Japanese Culture - Daisetz T Suzuki Strong on Defense - Sanford Strong The Gift of Fear - Gavin de Becker All of Geoff Thompson’s books (esp. Watch my Back, Dead or Alive, The Fence, Fear - The Friend of Exceptional People) Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert M Pirsig The Mighty Atom - the spiritual journey of Joseph L Greenstein (can’t remember author’s name, it reminds me I lent it to someone who never returned it :mad: ) Meetings with Remarkable Men, Beelzebub’s Tales to his Grandson - G I Gurdjieff The Road Less Travelled - M Scott Peck The Fourth Way - Peter Ouspensky Tao of JKD - Bruce Lee (the more recently published collections of his writings are great also) Functional JKD series I & II - Matt Thornton (DVD’s) Undertow, Aenima, Lateralus - Tool (music to make you think) BJJ Fundamentals - John Will Advanced BJJ - the BJJ guard - John Will BJJ Advanced Attacks and Escapes - John Will Fight Logic - John Will Power Yoga - Liz Lark (nice pictures too, fine looking gal) Chuang Tzu - Inner Chapters The 48 Laws of Power The Prince - Machiavelli Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson Angry White Pyjamas - Robert Twigger (part serious, part funny about Aikido) and the essential lifestyle primers: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S Thompson (RIP) How to be an Orgasm King - (just kidding) ---
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Gee! My bibliography would be too extensive to list. But a somewhat arbitrary very short list. On Wing Chun- The books of Augustine Fong-- all out of print except the first volume. The theory and principles book sold out almost as soon as it appeared. Paraphrases of it appears in strange places. Chao and Weakland- the 3 volume- Secrets of Wing Chun Kung Fu. Chao was a private student of Ip Man. On Taiji: Almost any major video of Chen Xiao Wang and his presentaions during his first Arizona visit. Or videos of Feng Zhi Quan Douglas Wile: The Lost Taichi Classics. On Boxing: The Joe Jacob and John Clayton(?) collection of major old boxing films. Jose Torres -on Tyson Gene Tunney’s major book. On Kalaripayat: Zarilli’s The Body Has a Thousand Eyes. On Stick and Knife; Pulin Behari Das- On Lathi and Dagger On Yoga- Patanjali’s Yoga Vethathiri-on Kundalini Yoga Iyengar- Light on Yoga On Ideas-(too big to even begin) Lankavatara Sutra Red Pine- Zen Teachings of the Bodhidharma Dogen- Shobygenzo Dhammapada Plato’s Symposium (Charming but wrong treatment of Eros) The Sayings of Diogenes(the Cynic) Selections from Epicurus Collected works of Thos. Jefferson The Letters of Seneca(late Stoic) Northrop-The Meeting of East and West Heisenberg’s Physics and Philosophy. Schrodinger’sCat Margenau- Nature of Physical Reality Freidman-Thoughts Without a Thinker On relevant Chinese History- Wakeman 2 volumes- The Great Enterprise; The Ching conquest of China. On General Asian MA- Draeger and Smith-Asian Fighting Arts Encyclopedia of Indian martial Arts Latest Commentary on Mushashi(Shambala) Sun Tzu-the Art of War Tongue in Cheek\_ “John Gilbey”-the Fighting Arts of the World Vatsyansa’s Kamasutra Revised. Banned before publication. 69 ways to find the centerline. ---
**Author:** ![Hendrik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/839c29/32.png) [@Hendrik](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/Hendrik)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 6:03am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/your-favorite-books-ving-tsun-kung-fu-life-zen-etc/31534/13 "2005-03-11T06:03:09Z")
In the beginning – a basic implementation, milestone, and core trascendental processes, of Siu Lien Tau by Yellowpikachu. isbn4876543560988 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/your-favorite-books-ving-tsun-kung-fu-life-zen-etc/31534/14 "2005-03-11T13:51:56Z")
A lot of good recommendations here. I’m going to use this list next time I’m buying books. One that I’ve read a couple times and HIGHLY recommend is Living the Martial Way: A Manual for the Way a Modern Warrior Should Think - by Forrest Morgan [Amazon Listing Here](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0942637763/104-2120244-4112743) Check it out. It will really pump you up about training and about the martial arts mindset. Not as specific to Wing Chun, or Philosophy, or History…just an overall great martial arts book. I could list a bunch more, but if you haven’t read this one yet, go get it. ---
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books Daoism: Thinking from the Han: Self, Truth, and Transcendence in Chinese and Western Culture by David L. Hall, Roger T. Ames A Daoist Theory of Chinese Thought: A Philosophical Interpretation by Chad D. Hansen Wing Chun: Look Beyond the Pointing Finger: the Combat Philosophy of Wong Shun Leung. by David Peterson Yuen Kay-San Wing Chun Kuen History & Foundation by Renee Ritchie Life: Dao De Jing : A Philosophical Translation by Roger T. Ames, David L. Hall