Product Details

• Actors: Dr. Jwing-Ming Yang, Master Shou-Yu Liang, senior students of Master Liang
• Directors: Dr. Jwing-Ming Yang
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: YMAA Publication Center
• VHS Release Date: January 1, 1999
• Run Time: 43 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 1886969302
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #68,365 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

Editorial Reviews

Inside Kung Fu magazine, 1999

Voted one of the people who " has made the greatest impact on martial arts in the past 100 years."

From the Actor

YMAA: Yang's Martial Arts Association was established in Boston, MA in 1982. With the intent of preserving traditional Chinese Gongfu (Kung Fu) and Qigong , Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming began training students in the rigors of Shaolin Long Fist and White Crane Gongfu as well as Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan. Dr. Yang also undertook his life-long dream of teaching and researching the Chinese arts and introducing them to the West through many books, videos and DVDs.

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YMAA Publication Center has been a publisher of high quality traditional martial arts and health books since 1983, and is a pioneer in the cultural exchange between the East and West. While the West has successfully developed the material sciences, the East is celebrated for its levels of spiritual cultivation. During this period of exchange, the building of bridges is critical for the successful integration of the achievements of both societies.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bauguazhang Deer Knives - a rare and subtle form, November 7, 2007

By	James G. Snyder "taiji dreamer" (Albuquerque, NM USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

First I would like to say that this is actually a first rate video of a very little known weapon, that is unique to somewhat rare and relatively poorly known (in the West at least) internal martial art. In the west Taijiquan is the fairly widely known sister art to Xingyiquan and Bauguazhang, these are all very subtle practices that are life long practices. While there are thousands of Taiji instructors in America, very few of them teach, or even know about the profound depths of this art. Fewer still have any idea of the intimate connections that these practices have to Taoist philosophy. Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming is one of the few in this final catagory, he is what the Japanese would call a living cultural treasure.
This tape would probably be most useful to someone who has studied Bauguazhang for several years and has acquired the fundamentals of circle walking and the palm changes. The weapons that the other reviewer mistook this tape to cover are commonly caller Tiger Hooks (silly shiny flails popular with wushu ninjas, now I express my prejudice!). Sun Moon Yin-Yang Mandarin Duck Axes is their Chinese name, which is why they are typically called Deer Horn Knives in America. If the other reviewer had recognized the word Baugua he would have realized that Tiger Hooks are not in the Baugua weapon set, which includes several strange items.
Personally I would recomend the previous tapes about Bauguazhang for someone new to this art since even finding good examples of these practice weapons in the U.S. is nearly impossible. You will know when you are ready to actually practice this form, plus you will recognize the names of everyone on this tape, with out reading this or any other review!

0 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This bites!, December 28, 2006

By	AngelRipper01 (texas) - See all my reviews

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I bought this video thinking it was on the hook swords. It's not! It's on these knives that look like two half moon blades welded together. Extremely boring stuff. I'd be too embarassed to re-sell it to someone else. Very bad investment.