by Tambuli Media | Dec 15, 2020 | Chinese Martial Arts, Wing Chun, Hendrik Santo, Dr. Mark Wiley
the late the late Interview by Mark V. Wiley Hendrik Santo is a researcher of Wing Chun Kuen, Qigong, and Buddhism. He has studied Wing Chun since 1973, is a student of the 4th generation 1850s Wing Chun successor late Master Choe Hung Choy, and also is a student of...
by Tambuli Media | Dec 8, 2020 | Tai Chi, Nigel Sutton
by Nigel Sutton Zhou Mu Tu lives in southern Malaysia and his martial arts experience consists of training in Taijiquan and Karate. His practice of the former has been colored by his black belt karate skills insofar as the reason he first took up Karate was to make up...
by Tambuli Media | Jun 7, 2019 | Chinese Martial Arts, Ngo Cho Kun, Taizu (Tai Cho)
by Zhou Kun Ming As Quanzhou Taizuquan [aka Emperor Fist or Grand Ancestor Boxing] underwent development and refinement it experienced hardship along the way (what with Quanzhou’s political climate of that time); but as a result of this came a positive outcome for it...
by Tambuli Media | Nov 15, 2018 | Chinese Martial Arts, Hakka
By Norman Chin NOTE: The following article was excerpted from the 2017 New York Kwong Sai Jook Lum Gee Tong Long Pai Headquarters 60 Anniversary publication. The Southern Praying Mantis System has a history of over 200 years and is credited to Som Dart. He was a monk...
by Tambuli Media | Sep 25, 2018 | Chinese Martial Arts, Ngo Cho Kun, Taizu (Tai Cho)
by Mark V. Wiley It gives me great honor to present this Tambuli Media English translation of Master Zhou Kun Min’s excellent Chinese-language cannon on Taizuquan, otherwise spelled Tai Cho Kun and known as either “Grand Ancestor Boxing” or “Emperor Fist” kung-fu. To...
by Tambuli Media | May 28, 2018 | Chinese Martial Arts, Japanese & Okinawan Martial Arts, Goju-ryu Karate, Karate, Russ Smith
In my experience training, studying, and teaching Okinawan Goju-ryu karate, I’ve encountered a significant number of students and teachers who have shared many of my same concerns over the teaching model(s) often used to present the content of this tradition. It is...