A stylized rendition of a Japanese Tengu. These mountain demons were sometimes imagined as great teachers of martial wisdom. ***While typing up the ongoing roundtable discussion between Prof. Paul Bowman and myself on the state of martial studies, it occurred... Continue Reading →
****The first leg of my road trip is now complete. I will not be back in my office for a couple of weeks but at this point I do have intermittent internet access. One of the things that I found... Continue Reading →
Video games are an important force in modern popular culture. I remember talking to new students when I was teaching introductory Wing Chun classes for my Sifu back in Salt Lake. I would often ask students what got them interested... Continue Reading →
This is the second section of our two part discussion of Chinese Archery (2000, Hong Kong University Press) by Stephen Selby. In part one we examined the first half of his book which covered the earliest written records of... Continue Reading →
The Book Club is a semi-regular feature here at Kung Fu Tea in which we read and discuss a major work in the field of Chinese martial studies. The basic idea is to replicate the sort of discussion that you... Continue Reading →
Introduction July 20th is the 40th anniversary of the death of Bruce Lee. Prof. Paul Bowman, an expert on both his life and cultural influence, has been kind enough to sit down with us to discuss Lee's continuing significance. ... Continue Reading →
Introduction Hing Chao has been getting a lot of good press lately. If you keep up with Chinese martial studies and are at all interested in the southern hand combat traditions, you have probably heard his name. He was the... Continue Reading →
Kung Fu and Religion: The Emergence of the Modern Debate. For most of the 20th century western academics paid little attention to the Chinese martial arts. Popular culture did not elicit much interest from scholars who were more engaged with... Continue Reading →
Introduction: One Post, Two Research Programs. The current post hopes to make a contribution to two ongoing projects here at Kung Fu Tea. The first of these research programs has already led to a number of posts, while the second... Continue Reading →
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