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class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Chee_Soo_performing_the_Lee_style_Tai_Chi_dance.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Chee_Soo_performing_the_Lee_style_Tai_Chi_dance.png/220px-Chee_Soo_performing_the_Lee_style_Tai_Chi_dance.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Chee_Soo_performing_the_Lee_style_Tai_Chi_dance.png/330px-Chee_Soo_performing_the_Lee_style_Tai_Chi_dance.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Chee_Soo_performing_the_Lee_style_Tai_Chi_dance.png/440px-Chee_Soo_performing_the_Lee_style_Tai_Chi_dance.png 2x" data-file-width="1486" data-file-height="1486" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Chee Soo performing the Lee-style tai chi dance</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">Clifford Soo<br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1919-06-04</span>)</span>4 June 1919<br /><a href="/wiki/Marylebone" title="Marylebone">Marylebone</a>, London, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap">29 August 1994<span style="display:none">(1994-08-29)</span> (aged 75)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Style</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lee-style_tai_chi" title="Lee-style tai chi">Lee-style tai chi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Author, soldier, herbalist, martial artist</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Chee Soo</b> (born <b>Clifford Soo</b>, also known as <b>Clifford Gibbs</b>, 4 June 1919 – 29 August 1994) was an author of books about the philosophy of <a href="/wiki/Taoism" title="Taoism">Taoism</a> and in particular <a href="/wiki/Lee-style_tai_chi" title="Lee-style tai chi">Lee-style tai chi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qigong" title="Qigong">qigong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ch%27ang_Ming" title="Ch'ang Ming">Ch'ang Ming</a>, <a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_Medicine" class="mw-redirect" title="Traditional Chinese Medicine">Traditional Chinese Medicine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Feng_Shou" title="Feng Shou">Feng Shou</a> 'Hand of the Wind' <a href="/wiki/Kung_fu" class="mw-redirect" title="Kung fu">kung fu</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chee_Soo&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_life">Early life</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chee_Soo&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born on 4 June 1919 in All Souls, <a href="/wiki/Marylebone" title="Marylebone">Marylebone</a>, London, Chee Soo was the son of Ah Chee Soo, a Chinese seaman and a pastry chef at the Westminster restaurant. His English mother was Beatrice Annie Alice Gibbs. They lived in Westminster. Although he enlisted in the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> under the name Clifford Gibbs, his mother's maiden name, in later life he took his father's name and was known as Chee Soo. In a 1977 <a href="/wiki/LBC" title="LBC">LBC</a> radio interview Chee Soo described meeting a Chinese Martial Arts teacher from <a href="/wiki/Shandong" title="Shandong">Shandong</a> called <a href="/wiki/Chan_Kam_Lee" title="Chan Kam Lee">Chan Kam Lee</a> in Hyde Park when he was fourteen years old. Chee Soo said he was invited to Chan Lee's class in the summer of 1934, and this was the beginning of his martial arts training. Chee Soo said that Chan Kam Lee adopted him as a nephew, and taught him the arts whenever his work and time permitted.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military_career">Military career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chee_Soo&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Military career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1937 Chee Soo joined the 2nd Battalion of the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="2nd Royal Tank Regiment">Royal Tank Regiment</a> part of the 7th Armoured division known as the <a href="/wiki/British_7th_Armoured_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="British 7th Armoured Division">Desert rats</a>. During the Second World War, he was promoted to Lance-Corporal and Corporal in 1941, then to "Acting Serjeant" in 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Military_Medal" title="Military Medal">Military Medal</a> after the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Beda_Fomm" title="Battle of Beda Fomm">Battle of Beda Fomm</a> in Libya in February 1941, part of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Compass" title="Operation Compass">Operation Compass</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After his regiment were transferred to Burma he was captured by the Japanese on 19 April 1942 during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Yenangyaung" title="Battle of Yenangyaung">Battle of Yenangyaung</a> and forced to work on the <a href="/wiki/Burma_Railway" title="Burma Railway">Death Railway</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Prisoner_of_war" title="Prisoner of war">POW</a> where he contracted Malaria, he was later classified as a war crimes witness: </p> <blockquote> <p>In 1939 the Second World War broke out, and Chee Soo did his share of fighting as a Tank Commander in the Second Battalion of the Royal Tank Corps, in France, in North Africa — where he won the Military Medal, and in Burma where, after a hectic battle, he was finally taken prisoner by the Japanese. He went through many periods of beatings, torture, starvation and very hard work as a member of a working party in the mountains between India and Burma. Finally, three years later, as the Japanese started to retreat from the advancing Allies, he managed to escape into the Shan Mountains of West Burma and made his way over very rugged terrain and through many jungles, till finally one month afterwards he was able to make contact with the Allies again. Three months after recuperation and treatment (for he then weighed only 84 lbs), he was flown back to England, where he was able to enjoy a long leave with his wife. After that, he was discharged from the forces and took a course in book-keeping, stock control, commercial history and sales promotion. Chee Soo claimed that he managed to make contact with Chan Lee again after the war was finished, and the class in Holborn was restarted. In 1950, Chee Soo formed his own class in Manor Road School, West Ham, East London.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> <p>The author <a href="/wiki/Rupert_Croft-Cooke" title="Rupert Croft-Cooke">Rupert Croft-Cooke</a> who was Chee's friend from 1938 provides us with some biographical details of this period in Chee Soo's life in his book 'The Dogs of Peace'. </p> <blockquote> <p>Clifford Gibbs had got his rather grand name from Dr Barnardo's Homes, for he had been reared in one of these, the son of a Chinese father and English mother, neither of whom he had ever seen. I had known him before the war and was as proud as he was of the Military Medal he had earned as a Corporal in the Royal Armoured Corps in North Africa. He had been sent to Burma and taken prisoner by the Japanese, and suffered unspeakable tortures and humiliations because of his race, separated as he was from his fellow British. He had survived and, inwardly as inscrutable as a Conrad character, a little like Wang in Victory, he had married a blonde English girl and had an exquisite baby daughter whose godfather I became at a Sunday afternoon service in an East End Anglican church. Clifford, who went about life methodically, was severely industrious and found the means of saving for his family even in those days of grudging wages. But he had a humorous cheerful side to his character and enlivened my flat during his weekly visits between office hours and his return to Durban Street, E.15. He was an expert wrestler and had earned the Judo black belt. Only from the depths of his character emerged sometimes the exotic or oriental; in speech and manner he was very much an Englishman, and it was strange to hear from his curved lips words that might have been used by any London ex-soldier. I am glad to have had his friendship throughout those years.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Teaching_the_Taoist_Arts">Teaching the Taoist Arts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chee_Soo&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Teaching the Taoist Arts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chee Soo said that after the death of his teacher Chan Kam Lee, he went on to become the President of the International Taoist Society and taught a variety of martial arts ranging from self-defence techniques to healing and spiritual disciplines based on Chinese Medicine, ch'i kung and meditation. </p><p>Chee Soo's daughter Lavinia Soo-Warr adds that Chee Soo began learning <a href="/wiki/Judo" title="Judo">Judo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kendo" title="Kendo">Kendo</a> in London after World War 2, and followed this up with training in <a href="/wiki/Aikido" title="Aikido">Aikido</a> with <a href="/wiki/Kenshiro_Abbe" title="Kenshiro Abbe">Kenshiro Abbe</a> after his arrival in London in 1955. This history states that Chee Soo "switched back to the Chinese arts", possibly influenced by his negative experiences as a Japanese prisoner-of-war during WW2. Lavinia states that Chee Soo began teaching a small group in Dunstable in "Ch'i Shu". This is probably the Aikido-influenced system which Chee Soo demonstrates and is called "Qi Shu" or "Chinese Aikido" in contemporary Movietone footage.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The history says that later "as the Chi'Shu and Kung Fu systems became more popular, he introduced [tai chi] and the Chang Ming Diet", which suggests that Chee Soo was not teaching tai chi up to this point. Lavinia's history says that Chee Soo changed his teachings fundamentally "at least three times" during his teaching career.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to Chee Soo, Chan Lee died in the winter of 1953–4 off the coast of China, near Canton, when the ship he was travelling in sank in a severe storm, and he was asked to take over the leadership of the association.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since then the association has grown in The British Isles, Australia, South Africa, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Mauritius and New Zealand. </p><p>Chee Soo taught 'The Eight Strands of the Brocade', comprising : </p> <ul><li>Ch'ang Ming — Taoist long life health diet therapy</li> <li>Ts'ao Yao — Taoist herbal therapy</li> <li>Anmo — Taoist massage</li> <li>Tao Yin – Taoist respiration therapy</li> <li>Tien Chen — Taoist Acupressure (Spot Pressing)</li> <li>Chen Tuan — Taoist diagnosis techniques</li> <li>Chili Nung — (The way of occlusion)</li></ul> <p>There are two associations which are affiliated to the Chinese Cultural Arts Association and the International Wu Shu Association.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Chinese Cultural Arts Association teach : </p> <ul><li>Tai chi — The Supreme Ultimate</li> <li>K'ai Men — (Taoist Yoga or the Taoist form of qigong)</li> <li>I Fu Shou — (Sticky Hands)</li> <li>Li Kung — (Taoist development of Li energy)</li> <li>Mo Kun — (Taoist Wand for Li energy control)</li> <li>Mo Hsiang — (Taoist Meditation)</li> <li>Tai chi Dance</li> <li>Tai chi Stick</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taijijian" title="Taijijian">Tai chi sword</a></li></ul> <p>The International Wu Shu Association teach: </p> <ul><li>Feng Shou — (‘Hand of the Wind' Kung fu, very soft, very gentle, and very fast, and suitable for women and men of all ages <sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>).</li> <li>Chi Shu — (A form of self defence with throws & breakfalls similar to <a href="/wiki/Aikido" title="Aikido">Aikido</a>, which Chee Soo studied after World War 2 )</li> <li>Tao Shu (Sword)</li> <li>Kan Shu (Stick/Spear)<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chee_avengers.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f7/Chee_avengers.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="287" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="287" /></a><figcaption>Chee Soo, Diana Rigg and Film Stunt arranger Ray Austin worked together on "The Avengers" cult TV series</figcaption></figure> <p>Chee Soo was also involved as a fight choreographer with the cult TV series <a href="/wiki/The_Avengers_(TV_series)" title="The Avengers (TV series)">The Avengers</a> during the 1960s as is evidenced by publicity photographs of him with <a href="/wiki/Ray_Austin_(director)" title="Ray Austin (director)">Ray Austin</a> (himself a Black Belt third dan Kung Fu Master and pupil of Soo's) and <a href="/wiki/Diana_Rigg" title="Diana Rigg">Diana Rigg</a> probably taken around 1967. He brought Kung Fu before a western audience years before Bruce Lee had even been heard of.<br /> The <a href="/wiki/Guinness_world_record" class="mw-redirect" title="Guinness world record">Guinness world record</a> site states that "In 1965, Dame Diana Rigg (UK) became the first western actress to perform kung fu on Television when the combat choreographers Ray Austin (UK) and Chee Soo (UK/China) worked elements of the martial art into her fight scenes on The Avengers. Certificate presentation was done on <a href="/wiki/The_New_Paul_O%27Grady_Show" class="mw-redirect" title="The New Paul O'Grady Show">The New Paul O'Grady Show</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 1970s he ran a Chinese Health and Herbal clinic in London.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to a British <a href="/wiki/Movietone_News" title="Movietone News">Movietone News</a> documentary filmed on 21 May 1970 at Guildford in Surrey – UK, Chee Soo had over 2000 students studying <a href="/wiki/Wushu_(term)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wushu (term)">Wu Shu</a> in Britain as part of the British Wu Shu Association, and was one of only three men outside of Beijing qualified to teach Wu Shu.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Chee Soo appeared in a <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> <a href="/wiki/Nationwide_(TV_programme)" title="Nationwide (TV programme)">Nationwide</a> TV interview on 21 September 1973 where he demonstrated Kung fu self-defence techniques and inner power live in the studio with presenter <a href="/wiki/Bob_Wellings" title="Bob Wellings">Bob Wellings</a>. Chee Soo talked about the history of Kung Fu and the difference between Northern and Southern kung fu styles in China and how it differs from Karate.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1975 Chee Soo was filmed by the BBC at his Feng shou kung fu class in Seymour Hall in London and subsequently appeared in a documentary broadcast for schools entitled <b>Scene:Looking for a fight</b>. His soft style kung fu self-defence class was contrasted with boxing and hard style kung fu.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1977 he was interviewed by <a href="/wiki/Brian_Hayes_(broadcaster)" title="Brian Hayes (broadcaster)">Brian Hayes</a> on <a href="/wiki/LBC" title="LBC">LBC</a> radio and talked about Lee-style tai chi, meeting his teacher Chan Kam Lee and <a href="/wiki/Reincarnation" title="Reincarnation">Reincarnation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Writings">Writings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chee_Soo&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Writings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to an interview with Marilyn Soo who is Chee Soo's widow, during the 1980s he moved to Coventry and spent his time writing and teaching courses in Lee-style tai chi and Feng Shou kung fu at the Alderman Callow School in Coventry (now called <a href="/wiki/The_Westwood_Academy" title="The Westwood Academy">The Westwood Academy</a>) and other locations around Britain, as well as visiting some of his students overseas in places like Australia and around Europe. Chee Soo was the author of five books published during his lifetime and one book published posthumously about Taoist philosophy.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He died in Ebbw Vale on 29 August 1994 as a result of an <a href="/wiki/Abdominal_aortic_aneurysm" title="Abdominal aortic aneurysm">abdominal aneurism</a> caused by <a href="/wiki/Deep_vein_thrombosis" title="Deep vein thrombosis">Deep vein thrombosis</a> probably aggravated by several <a href="/wiki/Deep_vein_thrombosis#Travelers" title="Deep vein thrombosis">long haul plane flights</a> during the previous two years.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Books">Books</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chee_Soo&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chee Soo's books were first published in hardback by Gordon and Cremonesi from 1976, then by Aquarian Press (Thorsons/HarperCollins) from 1983 who published reprints throughout the 1980s which topped the best sellers listings for several years. They have been translated into various languages including Portuguese (Brazilian), Polish, German, French (distributed in Canada, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Portugal), Indonesian, Spanish, and Italian and published throughout the world. His books are now published by Seahorse Books. </p> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFSoo2003" class="citation book cs1">Soo, Chee (2003). <i>The Chinese Art of T'ai Chi Ch'uan</i>. Seahorse Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9545244-0-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9545244-0-1"><bdi>978-0-9545244-0-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Chinese+Art+of+T%27ai+Chi+Ch%27uan&rft.pub=Seahorse+Books&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=978-0-9545244-0-1&rft.aulast=Soo&rft.aufirst=Chee&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChee+Soo" class="Z3988"></span> <dl><dd>First published by Gordon and Cremonesi in 1976 (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0860330370" title="Special:BookSources/0860330370">0860330370</a>). This book was republished by the Aquarian Press, Wellingborough, Northants in 1984 (Thorsons/HarperCollins), (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0850303877" title="Special:BookSources/0850303877">0850303877</a>) and the same edition with minor changes and a new cover is now published by Seahorse Books (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9545244-0-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9545244-0-1">978-0-9545244-0-1</a>). This book describes the Lee-style of tai chi which Chee Soo – by his own account – learned from Chan Lee who was the last member of the Lee family and who came to London to trade precious stones in the 1930s. There is a detailed history of the Lee-style and over 150 black and white photographs and descriptions detailing the Lee-style tai chi 'form' as well as explanations of Taoist philosophy and partner exercises such as I fou Shou or 'sticky hands'.</dd></dl></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSoo2006" class="citation book cs1">Soo, Chee (2006). <i>The Taoist Art of K'ai Men</i>. Seahorse Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9545244-1-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9545244-1-8"><bdi>978-0-9545244-1-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Taoist+Art+of+K%27ai+Men&rft.pub=Seahorse+Books&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-0-9545244-1-8&rft.aulast=Soo&rft.aufirst=Chee&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChee+Soo" class="Z3988"></span> <dl><dd>First published by Gordon and Cremonesi in 1977 under the title "The Chinese Art of K'ai Men" and then reprinted by Aquarian Press (Thorsons/HarperCollins) under the title "Taoist Yoga" in 1983, now published by Seahorse Books (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9545244-1-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9545244-1-8">978-0-9545244-1-8</a>) describes the Taoist Ch'i gung exercises and Breathing exercises taught by Chee Soo.</dd></dl></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSoo2006" class="citation book cs1">Soo, Chee (2006). <i>The Taoist Art of Feng Shou</i>. Seahorse Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9545244-2-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9545244-2-5"><bdi>978-0-9545244-2-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Taoist+Art+of+Feng+Shou&rft.pub=Seahorse+Books&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-0-9545244-2-5&rft.aulast=Soo&rft.aufirst=Chee&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChee+Soo" class="Z3988"></span> <dl><dd>First published by Aquarian Press (Thorsons/HarperCollins) in 1983 (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0850303605" title="Special:BookSources/0850303605">0850303605</a>) now published by Seahorse Books (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9545244-2-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9545244-2-5">978-0-9545244-2-5</a>) describes in Chee Soo's own words the Lee-style of Feng Shou or "Hand of the Wind" kung fu or wu shu self-defence training as taught by Chee Soo.</dd></dl></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSoo2008" class="citation book cs1">Soo, Chee (2008). <i>The Tao of Long Life</i>. Seahorse Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9545244-3-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9545244-3-2"><bdi>978-0-9545244-3-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Tao+of+Long+Life&rft.pub=Seahorse+Books&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-0-9545244-3-2&rft.aulast=Soo&rft.aufirst=Chee&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChee+Soo" class="Z3988"></span> <dl><dd>First published by Gordon and Cremonesi in 1979 (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0860330680" title="Special:BookSources/0860330680">0860330680</a>) later published by Aquarian Press (Thorsons/HarperCollins). This book describes the natural foods diet and some Chinese Medicine techniques Chee Soo taught in his health and massage classes and has now been re-printed by Seahorse Books (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9545244-3-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9545244-3-2">978-0-9545244-3-2</a>).</dd></dl></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSoo2011" class="citation book cs1">Soo, Chee (2011). <i>The Taoist Ways of Healing</i>. Seahorse Books). <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9545244-4-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9545244-4-9"><bdi>978-0-9545244-4-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Taoist+Ways+of+Healing&rft.pub=Seahorse+Books%29&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-0-9545244-4-9&rft.aulast=Soo&rft.aufirst=Chee&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChee+Soo" class="Z3988"></span> <dl><dd>First published by Aquarian Press (Thorsons/HarperCollins) in 1986 (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/085030475X" title="Special:BookSources/085030475X">085030475X</a>) This book describes Taoist Healing methods including massage, acupressure and diagnostic techniques of Chinese Medicine, now published by Seahorse Books (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9545244-4-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9545244-4-9">978-0-9545244-4-9</a>)</dd></dl></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSoo2006" class="citation book cs1">Soo, Chee (2006). <i>The Tao of My Thoughts</i>. Seahorse Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9545244-5-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9545244-5-6"><bdi>978-0-9545244-5-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Tao+of+My+Thoughts&rft.pub=Seahorse+Books&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-0-9545244-5-6&rft.aulast=Soo&rft.aufirst=Chee&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChee+Soo" class="Z3988"></span> <dl><dd>First published by Seahorse Books in 2006 (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9545244-5-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9545244-5-6">978-0-9545244-5-6</a>) - is a diary of Chee Soo's thoughts regarding Taoist philosophy written down over eight years from 1976 to 1984, it is a guide for those interested in pursuing the study of Taoist philosophy in their daily lives.</dd></dl></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chee_Soo&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chee Soo wrote six books about the Lee Style Taoist Arts </p> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSoo2003" class="citation book cs1">Soo, Chee (2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.seahorsebooks.co.uk/the-chinese-art-of-tai-chi-chuan/"><i>The Chinese Art of T'ai Chi Ch'uan</i></a>. Seahorse Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9545-244-03" title="Special:BookSources/0-9545-244-03"><bdi>0-9545-244-03</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Chinese+Art+of+T%27ai+Chi+Ch%27uan&rft.pub=Seahorse+Books&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=0-9545-244-03&rft.aulast=Soo&rft.aufirst=Chee&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.seahorsebooks.co.uk%2Fthe-chinese-art-of-tai-chi-chuan%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChee+Soo" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSoo2006" class="citation book cs1">Soo, Chee (2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.seahorsebooks.co.uk/the-taoist-art-of-kai-men/"><i>The Taoist Art of K'ai Men</i></a>. Seahorse Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9545-244-11" title="Special:BookSources/0-9545-244-11"><bdi>0-9545-244-11</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Taoist+Art+of+K%27ai+Men&rft.pub=Seahorse+Books&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=0-9545-244-11&rft.aulast=Soo&rft.aufirst=Chee&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.seahorsebooks.co.uk%2Fthe-taoist-art-of-kai-men%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChee+Soo" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSoo2006" class="citation book cs1">Soo, Chee (2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.seahorsebooks.co.uk/the-taoist-art-of-feng-shou/"><i>The Taoist Art of Feng Shou</i></a>. Seahorse Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9545-244-2X" title="Special:BookSources/0-9545-244-2X"><bdi>0-9545-244-2X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Taoist+Art+of+Feng+Shou&rft.pub=Seahorse+Books&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=0-9545-244-2X&rft.aulast=Soo&rft.aufirst=Chee&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.seahorsebooks.co.uk%2Fthe-taoist-art-of-feng-shou%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChee+Soo" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSoo2006" class="citation book cs1">Soo, Chee (2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.seahorsebooks.co.uk/the-tao-of-my-thoughts/"><i>The Tao of My Thoughts</i></a>. Seahorse Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9545-244-54" title="Special:BookSources/0-9545-244-54"><bdi>0-9545-244-54</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Tao+of+My+Thoughts&rft.pub=Seahorse+Books&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=0-9545-244-54&rft.aulast=Soo&rft.aufirst=Chee&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.seahorsebooks.co.uk%2Fthe-tao-of-my-thoughts%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChee+Soo" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSoo2008" class="citation book cs1">Soo, Chee (2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.seahorsebooks.co.uk/the-tao-of-long-life/"><i>The Tao of Long Life</i></a>. Seahorse Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9545-244-32" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9545-244-32"><bdi>978-0-9545-244-32</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Tao+of+Long+Life&rft.pub=Seahorse+Books&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-0-9545-244-32&rft.aulast=Soo&rft.aufirst=Chee&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.seahorsebooks.co.uk%2Fthe-tao-of-long-life%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChee+Soo" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSoo2011" class="citation book cs1">Soo, Chee (2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.seahorsebooks.co.uk/taoist-ways-of-healing/"><i>The Taoist Ways of Healing</i></a>. Seahorse Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780954524449" title="Special:BookSources/9780954524449"><bdi>9780954524449</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Taoist+Ways+of+Healing&rft.pub=Seahorse+Books&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=9780954524449&rft.aulast=Soo&rft.aufirst=Chee&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.seahorsebooks.co.uk%2Ftaoist-ways-of-healing%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChee+Soo" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chee_Soo&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All quotes are reproduced with the permission of the copyright holder. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bufvc.ac.uk/tvandradio/lbc/index.php/segment/0010200177004">"Clifford Chee talks to Brian Hayes · British Universities Film & Video Council"</a>. <i>Bufvc.ac.uk</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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