Tan Tui: Gateway to Kung Fu (Book and DVD)

This package, book and DVD, on the subject matter of the famous Tan Tui Ten Road Spring Leg Form is subtitled "Gateway to Kung Fu." This is meant to catch your attention. Throughout Kung Fu history no other form has single-handedly supported this claim to a greater degree than Tan Tui. In the world of Long Fist, Tan Tui has proved an excellent training form. The reason for this is found in this text.

Not only is the information about Tan Tui interesting, the accompanying pages do what few other martial instructional books do: they give a thorough rendition of many important principles guiding authentic Chinese martial practice. In fact, the only problem in the book is that the information in the introduction is so rich and comes at you so fast it should be broken up into smaller sub-headings. Otherwise you might very well skip important concepts and not even notice them.

This package contains: spiral-bound instructional booklet
DVD demonstrating the form, exercises, breathing and more
different methods to practice the same form,
combat applications that are not necessarily visible at first glance
general theories about Long Fist
qi and jin training
variations on the form

We at Plum have found that, over all, this mix-bulk of information on the written page and the DVD acting as the repeatable reference- is just about perfect.

A book like this is refreshing and of importance because it clearly elucidates broader Kung Fu principles than a simple instruction book. The Tan Tui is a very clear form that was created with these major ideas in mind. This approach to Long Fist training also has the benefit of saving you hours, weeks and months of aimless practice when you should be building a firm foundation for your Kung Fu career.