Secrets of Cheng’s Taiji
By Koh Ah Tee and Nigel Sutton The whole of Taiji can be reduced to one word, song (alert relaxation). That is the essence, the root, everything. Relaxation…
Category: CMA – Chinese Martial Arts
Hakka Kung-Fu Close Quarters Boxing
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] By Tyler R. Rea Effective self-defense skills are as essential now as in times past. For…
Essentials of Hakka Power Training
Have you ever wondered at the close range, explosive power of Hakka kung-fu? Styles like Bak Mei, Lung Ying, Unicorn, Jook Lum, Chu Gar and others are…
New Book: Kong Han Ngo Cho
In the 1980s I read articles in Inside Kung-Fu on Five Ancestor Fist by Alex Co.To me this art was dynamic, its principles deep, and its…
Practice Tai Chi for Soft, Healthy Arteries
I love it when scientific studies prove the medical benefits of ancient mind-body methods extolled for their health-giving powers for thousands of years. China is a…
Duncan Leung: Wing Chun’s Dark Genius
Thanks to the international hit Ip Man movies, millions know of the handsome street-fighter Leung, whose brawling brought fame to wing-chun and, in the second movie’s…
Addressing Wing Chun’s Problems
Wing Chun is a martial art with the reputation of being a highly-effective form of self-defense. Also, it claims to be a scientific approach to combat, using…
Mastering Wing Chun’s Power Structure
Structural mapping, conscious and subconscious development, plus positional referencing, many arts and cultures have used this format in various ways—such as in the wide-spread use of…
Tai Chi Sword and the Cop
While watching TV programs and reading articles about the death of civilians at the hands of the police in different cities in the US, I often…
Ngo Cho Kun in Socio-Cultural Perspective
“Without ‘letters,’ the effort to spread the martial arts across the nation is bound to fail.” −Cai Yangwu, a slogan of the Jingwu (Pure Martial) Association.…