I figured I would throw this out here for those that would be interested. This book has been a huge help to me both in physical health as well as mental/spiritual stability through some rough times in my life.
Reading through the past posts I have seen various posts of people asking about Shaolin Gung fu. For me the most informative book I have found is the “Shaolin Grandmasters’ Text” written by “Order of Shaolin Ch’an”
The book its self has been written by the Shaolin monks that left China to escape the persecution and killing of monks by the Government there. The book gives detailed explanations on the History, Philosophy and the physical forms of Gung fu.
In the book they have overviews of the styles; Crane (black and white), Tiger, Snake, Northern Praying Mantis, Dragon, White Eyebrow, Wing Chun and Southern Praying Mantis. All of which have detailed explanations of the stances, kicks and punches including photos to aid in the learning of some one teaching there self.
Also the book goes over meditation, detachment and Ch’I focusing exercises.
All in all its been a great book that I keep as a reference manual ad would recommend to anyone willing to listen.
