Books by Neil Ripski

The Ba Xian or Eight Immortals are famous throughout Taoist legend and Chinese mythology. Each of the immortals is important in the Ma style of Drunken fist as archetypal templates for the practitioner.In this book, each of the eight are revealed not as legendary figures but as useful tools for the Drunken practitioner to improve their understanding of the style and reach its highest level. Not only learning the movements of the art but the internal change represented by each.

Gu Yu Cheung's Heavy Hands is possibly one of the best kept secret Iron Palm methods in Chinese Martial Arts. Master Gu was an incredibly famous Northern Shaolin Master who travelled to the South to teach, answering many challenges and never losing. He is documented in the most famous iron palm photograph today - Sifu Gu himself slapping through thirteen bricks without spacers, resting on the earth. Made available for the first time, Sifu Neil Ripski shares his knowledge of this powerful qigong technique.

This compilation is meant to bind together in one place some of the things I have written over the past few years while trying to help students through tough spots in their training. Some of the articles are meant to bring to the forefront knowledge of traditions passed down through the arts I have studied that are in real danger of becoming lost entirely. Others are bits of advice some have found to be useful in their training and questioning. There is also a discussion into some of the more misunderstood aspects of training like Internal Alchemy, Qigong, Drunken Style and Nei Gong.