Books published by Scholastic Singapore

pedestrian stories (1-3) began as a singular project consisting of the generation of a short story with images produced in/as a durational performance. The project has now developed into a series come to be called, pedestrian stories. Technically, the project involves mostly writing, within constraints. The constraints of which lend itself towards the performative in that a story is to be produced, outside the confines of the artist's domain, within twenty-four hours in which time, the immediate environment and surroundings, the internet, the artist's image archive, and images taken in-situ may become possible players, characters and/or participants in the final production of the piece. Given the twenty-four hour time frame, as a structural apparatus, the series will seek to complete itself in twenty-four stories. For now, there are three and they are here to be read.

The Chinese Straight Sword, or Jian, is perhaps the weapon that represents Chinese swordsmanship the most. Rarely seen nowadays in Chinese martial arts is the practice of a 2-handed Long Straight Sword. In this book, I've translated the Straight Sword chapter in ¿¿¿ (Wu Bei Zhi), a 400 years old Chinese military manual, as well as offer my own interpretation. I hope my work will help you in practicing this art, as well as preserve and promote it for further generations to appreciate. Jack Chen