Preface I iii
Preface II v
The Gate of Nine Dragons: An Anonymous Story 1
INTRODUCTION The Kung Fu Code: Gate of Nine Dragons 10
PART I: SEARCHING FOR KUNG FU
Remembering Master Pi 20
My First Lesson of Zen 25
My First Lesson of Yin and Yang 31
Viennese Ball or Vietnamese Brawl? 38
We Need Kung Fu Diplomacy to Re-Start China-USA Relations 41
Lessons of Tai Chi and Praying Mantis 44
Secrets Revealed at a Manchurian Summer Palace 48
Bodhidharma, Zen and the Martial Arts 53
Pilgrimage to Shaolin 57
Kung Fu Movies and Street Fight Training With KC Wong 63
Huo Yuanjia and My First Lesson in “Ren” (忍) 68
Bruce Lee and the Huo Yuanjia Legend 72
Returning to the USA 75
The Search Begins 77
Karate Kid 81
Kenneth Funakoshi 84
Karate Lawyer 90
Searching for Kung Fu 94
I Want to Walk Again, Then Punch and Kick 96
Karate Girl 104
Zheng Qing Guan (Martial Arts Studio of Righteousness and Clarity) 109
Internal Qi—From Hard to Soft and Soft to Hard 111
Karate’s Roots in Shaolin 114
Shaolin Five Animal Forms and the Art of Qi 120
Zhang Family Kung Fu 128
Gate of Three Purities 131
The Art of Cultivating Qi 135
Part II: THE GATE OF NINE DRAGONS
Level I EARTH“地”
The First Dragon Gate: PERSEVERANCE 忍 144
Returning to Shaolin 146
Spirit of Ren (忍) Perseverance 150
Understanding Ren (忍) Perseverance 155
Ninjitsu—Ultimate Ren 157
Visualization and the Martial Arts 160
Shaolin as Origin of Ninjitsu 163
The Second Dragon Gate: LOYALTY 忠 166
Outlaws of the Marsh 168
Earning Respect 170
Returning Home 172
Becoming a Disciple 173
Entering the Gate 175
The Legend of White Eyebrow 177
Loyalty Sometimes Means Fighting the Impossible 182
The Third Dragon Gate: BALANCE 平 185
Finding Bodhidharma Balance at Shaolin 187
Cultivating Balance, Finding Your Roots 189
The Five Elements and Hsing Yi Quan (形意拳) 193
Yue Fei: Legendary Founder of the Hsing Yi Quan Lineage 196
Hsing Yi Quan Legends in Old Beijing 198
Chinese Medicine and Five Elements 201
Level II HUMANITY“人”
The Fourth Dragon Gate: CHANGE 易 206
The Fuxi’s Bagua 208
The Baguazhang Emerges from I-Ching 210
The Dong Haichuan Legand 212
Baguazhang in Honolulu 214
Learning Baguazhang in Beijing 217
Understanding the Nature of Change 221
The Fifth Dragon Gate: CENTERING 中 223
Finding the Sifu 225
The Legend of Wing Chun 228
Evolution of Wing Chun 231
Wing Chun Goes from Foshan to Hong Kong Then Global 234
The Centerline Approach 238
Being Centered and the Middle Way 239
The Sixth Dragon Gate: HARMONY 和 242
Going from Hard to Soft 244
Go Slow to Go Fast 247
Chen Family Clan and Tai Chi 249
Tai Chi Comes to Beijing, Goes Global 254
Yin-Yang Harmony 257
Level III HEAVEN“天”
The Seventh Dragon Gate: FLOW 無 261
Temple of White Clouds 262
The Gate Nobody Enters 264
Flow—Be Like Water 266
Jeet Kune Do—The Way of the Intercepting Fist 268
Becoming Formless 270
Being in the Mindset of Flow 274
The Eighth Dragon Gate: EMPTINESS 空 277
The Black Stele Tablet 279
Going from Form, to Formless, to Empty 282
Emptying the Mind 284
The Tao of Qi 286
Qigong—The Power of Breathing 288
Transformation When Breath Becomes Qi 289
Bodhidharma—Patriarch of the Martial Arts 292
Bodhidharma’s Last Lesson at Shaolin—Be Empty 294
The Ninth Dragon Gate: NON-VIOLENCE 武 296
Wushu Means Non-Violence 298
Supreme Martial Arts—Win Without Fighting 301
Amidst the Mists of Shaolin 303
Conclusion: The Kung Fu Code 307
結論:功夫密碼 221