Reviews – Bristol Shorinji Kempo

Book review: The Tao is Silent

“The Tao is Silent”, first published in 1977, is a rambling, whimsical collection of short essays on Taoism.

A young girl is desperate to prove herself and falls in with a bad crowd.

“It’s China, mom. Everybody knows kung fu.” – Dre Parker, Karate Kid (2010).

But in the West it can safely be said that barely anybody knows Kung Fu.

This film is as ridiculous as the title suggests. Highly recommended!

I’ve been attempting recently to understand more about the biology and physiology of why our martial arts moves work the way they do.

This collection of essays by female martial artists was published in the early 90s, and many of the themes which come up are still relevant today.

Sister Street Fighter tells the story of a woman who must fight a drug lord to rescue her brother.

This book, by Sylvain Galibert, is aimed mainly at grapplers, but contains concepts useful to those who prefer punching too.

Who am I? What is this place? Who is number one?

Zhi Ming is training at the Northern Shaolin Temple. One day, he discovers that the magistrate who killed his parents has come out of hiding…