Welcome to the Reading Room
Reading is vital to developing one’s character, refining the capabilities of the mind to the fullest, & broadening one’s grasp culture as a whole. There are a number of options here for you to expand your knowledge & skills, as well as recommendations for you to consider. Enjoy!
- Uncle’s Recommended Internet Content – Check out the websites & podcasts of these talented people. Don’t look away!
- Recommended & Required Reading on Uncle’s Bookshelf – Here are some of the books that have shaped your Kung Fu Uncle’s views on subjects from Philosophy to Martial Arts, Meditation to Strategy. If anything I say intrigues (or confuses) you, then this is the place to find answers.
- Books from Your Kung Fu Uncle – Your Uncle was sick for an entire decade. There were entire years that I spent bedridden, unable to do much of anything. But it was not a total loss: here are the fruits of my time confined to a sick-bed.
- An Introduction to The Basics of Battle: 三十六計/ San Shi Liu Ji – The Thirty six Stratagems – There are certain fields of study that are absolutely required when you pursue the Way of Martial Arts. Strategy is one of those fields. Get a feel for some of the basic concepts with Uncle’s translation of the complete original text of this primer, also know as The Secret Art of War.
Lessons Learned in the World of Martial Arts 