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Articles and References

Fight To Live — Sam Silva

Insight Into Jimmy H. Woo — Sam Silva

25 Years with San Soo’s Jimmy H. Woo — From Inside Kung Fu Magazine

The Free Fighting Style of Kung-Fu San Soo — From Inside Kung Fu Magazine

The Best of Both Worlds — Kyle Olsen in Inside Kung Fu Magazine

Chan Siu Hung — Chan Yiu Chi, translated by Howard Choy (Chan Siu Hung's Choy Li Fut History)

Chan Siu Hung's Hung Sing Lineage (Look in Table 2, Hero's Victory Lineage, under Chan Koon Pak)

Excellent Study of the Five Families — Jon Surritt

The Holy Land of Martial Arts — Benny Meng and Richard Loewenhagen

The Riddle of the Southern Shaolin — Wen Yu Chen (Translated by Chris Toepker)

Do Secret Societies Give Kung Fu a Bad Rep? — Benny Meng and Richard Loewenhagen

Internal Vs. External: What Sets Them Apart? — Tim Cartmel

From Combat to Sport: Origins and Development of the Martial Arts — Tim Cartmel

A Brief History of the Chinese Martial Arts — Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming

Wu De - Living up to the Standards of Kung-Fu — Mark Cheng, L.Ac., (from Black Belt Magazine)




Books and Essential Reading

The Secret Art of The Fighting Monks — Ron Gatewood

Predator Training: The Inner Beast of San Soo — Greg Jones

Sudden Violence: The Art of San Soo — Greg Jones

Dynamic Strength — Harry Wong (Studied San Soo under Jimmy H. Woo)

Reality Fighting For the 21st Century — Kung Fu San Soo Technique DVD by Dave Hopkins George Kosty

Chinese Martial Arts Training Manuals: A Historical Survey — Brian Kennedy, Elizabeth Guo

The Shaolin Grandmasters' Text: History, Philosophy, and Gung Fu of Shaolin Ch'an — Shaolin Monks (unknown)

The Method of Chinese Wrestling — Tong Zhongyi, translated by Tim Cartmel

Principles, Analysis, and Application of Effortless Combat Throws — Tim Cartmel

Xing Yi Nei Gong: Xing Yi Health Maintenance and Internal Strength Development — Dan Miller and Tim Cartmel

Analysis of Shaolin Chin Na, 2nd Edition : Instructors Manual for all Martial Styles — Jwing-Ming Yang

Art of Shaolin Kung Fu: The Secrets of Kung Fu for Self-Defense Health and Enlightenment — Wong Kiew Kit

Effective Techniques for Unarmed Combat — Mizhou, M.D. Hui

Ultimate Flexibility: A Complete Guide to Stretching for Martial Arts — Sang H. Kim

A Short History of Chinese Philosophy — Yu-lan Fung

The Cambridge Illustrated History of China — Kwang-ching Liu, Patricia Buckley Ebrey

Political Frontiers, Ethnic Boundaries and Human Geographies in Chinese History — Don J. Wyatt, Nicola Di Cosmo

Medieval Chinese Warfare, 300-900 — Davig A. Graff

Becoming Chinese American, A History of Communities and Institutions — Him Mark Lai

The Chinese in America : A Narrative History — Iris Chang

At America's Gates : Chinese Immigration during the Exclusion Era, 1882-1943 — Erika Lee

The Anti-Chinese Movement in California — Elmer Clarence Sandmeyer

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom: Rebellion and the Blasphemy of Empire — Thomas H. Reilly

The Opium War Through Chinese Eyes — Arthur Waley

One Man's Bible — The First Chinese Nobel Laureat, Gao Xinjiang

Bitter Winds : A Memoir of My Years in China's Gulag — Harry Wu

Bitter Melon: Inside America's Last Rural Chinese Town — Jeff Gillenkirk, James Motlow

The Art of War — Sun-Tzu

The Tao Te Ching — Lao Tzu







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