A Trip To Shaolin “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the Earth all one’s lifetime.” Mark Twain I’ve been [Read More]
Obi-Wan who? Unless you’ve been living this past fifty years you probably heard of a little franchise called Star Wars. It’s a space opera with space wizards, elements of western, pulp and samurai films. I’d recommend watching it before reading this article. Jokes aside I’m pretty sure most of us [Read More]
Early Influence and Poor Eyesight As a kid, growing up watching the TV show “Kung Fu”, I was entranced by the character of blind Master Po (portrayed by Keye Luke). All the other kids worshipped Caine and wanted to emulate him. Not me. Master Po was my guy. He got [Read More]
Title: Showdown in Oakland: The story Behind the Wong Jack Man – Bruce Lee Fight Author: Rick Wing Publisher: Amazon Publish Date: 2014 Pages: 329 Cover Price: $9.95 ASIN: B00AR0KE1I Everyone who has done some martial arts knows Bruce Lee. Tons of people started training martial arts because [Read More]
Any able-bodied person with a functioning brain is capable of mastering their art if they stick with it. This is because your brain can store almost limitless information and memories. According to research, “the human brain consists of about 86 billion neurons. Each neuron forms connections to other neurons, which [Read More]
Introduction I’ve always been fascinated with Xingyi Quan, ever since I saw my sifu teach it a long time ago. Fast forward several years, my sigung (my sifu’s sifu) was giving one of his end of the year seminars. That time he taught Xingyi Quan’s Five Element Liking Form. Of [Read More]
How to Watch: Netflix (US/CA), also in some theaters Starring: Ron Yuan, Mathew Page, Alain Uy, Mykel Shannon Jenkins Director: Quoc Bao Tran Writer: Quoc Bao Tran Runtime: 1 hour 48 minutes Rating: PG-13 Release Date: August 2020 at Fantasia Film Festival Style: Martial Arts, Comedy, Drama More information on [Read More]
Introduction Traditional martial arts enthusiasts from most backgrounds and arts have at the very least a superficial interest in weapons. Either as a combat tool, a way to develop empty hand body mechanics or as a cultural heritage. Being a Chinese martial arts geek myself I’ve already written one article [Read More]
Introduction Everyone, even non martial artists, has probably heard mention of Tai Chi at sometime, but what is it really? Most people think it’s some sort of yoga or slow gymnastics. A lot of older aged citizens in China and countries with strong presence of Chinese immigrants practice Tai Chi [Read More]
Title: Shaolin Kung Fu: The Original Training Techniques of the Shaolin Lohan Masters Author: Donn F. Draeger, P’ng Chye Khim, Alexander Bennet (Foreward) Publisher: Tuttle Publishing Publish Date: 3/31/2020 Format: Paperback Pages: 168 Cover Price: $15.99 Content The style of Shaolin Kung Fu can mean many, many different things nowadays. [Read More]
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