Blackbelt Satori: O-Sensei (Part 1)

By Herb Borkland This romance between martial arts and enlightenment is a global cliché. Philosophic boxers wander through the world’s imagination. Kung-fu cinema stars flying Zen…

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…

Strike Lessons from O-Sensei

Aikido founder Ueshiba Morihei, affectionately called O-Sensei (Great Teacher) by students, warned, “In your training, do not be in a hurry, for it takes a minimum…

How to Overcome ‘Text Neck’ [video]

The vision is common: People walking down the street, sitting in their cars, even across tables from each other… staring at their phones, reading and texting,…

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…

1st World FMA Family Unity Seminar

JUNE 4 & 5, 2016 Montgomery Township Community Center 1030 Horsham Road Montgomeryville, PA 18936 Rec Center Phone: (267) 649-7200 Join the Mataw Guro Academy with the support…

Ukemi and Atemi: Receiving and Striking

People begin training in the martial arts for many reasons. Sometimes they are just looking for exercise, while others seek some sort of spiritual direction that…

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…