An iconic Christmas image by Thomas Nast, considered by many to the be the inventor of the modern American image of Santa Clause.
An iconic Christmas print by Thomas Nast, considered by many to be the inventor of the modern American image of Santa Clause.

 

 

Happy Holidays!

 

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of Kung Fu Tea’s readers.  Thanks so much for your support and feedback over the last year.  I think that Santa left one or two things under the tree for me.  Hopefully he did the same for you.

We will be returning to our normal posting schedule after the first week of January, but I might have one or two short articles to go up before then, so check back often.  If, however, you find yourself looking for some long-reads over the holiday, consider checking out one of these classic posts:

 

December 2012: Ip Man and the Roots of Wing Chun’s “Multiple Attacker” Principle, Part 1.

December 2013: Are the Traditional Chinese Martial Arts Dying? “Kung Fu Tea” talks with “The Last Masters.”

December 2014: Secrecy: A Critical Ingredient in the Ongoing Evolution of the Traditional Martial Arts

December 2015: Doing Research (1): Fieldwork Methods in Martial Arts Studies by D. S. Farrer