Sajad Ganjzadeh of Iran, left, is injured while competing against Tareg Hamedi of Saudi Arabia. Introduction We are very pleased to host the following essay on Karate's appearance in the Tokyo Olympics by Prof. Stephen Chan. This is an important... Continue Reading →
Introduction: Different Visions of the Chinese Martial Arts Assume that we find ourselves in a very specific, recognizable alternate universe. It is almost exactly like ours, but in this world Bruce Lee never came to America. Maybe he got along... Continue Reading →
Why Talk About Gender in the Chinese Martial Arts? In my years of teaching I have noticed that any discussion of โgenderโ will usually elicit great interest from a certain percentage of my students, while you can literally watch the... Continue Reading →
ย Introduction: Masculinity as a Core Value in the Traditional Southern Martial Arts. One of the few facts that everyone seems to โknowโ about Wing Chun is that the art was created by a female.ย Whether this is actually true... Continue Reading →
***What follows in the second installment in our short guest series considering the history and development of the Vietnamese martial arts. ย Enjoy**** Lessons from the South By Trแบงn Khแบฃi Hoร i In the previous section, we looked at... Continue Reading →
Giรกng long thรดi sฦกnย (โDescending dragon presses the mountainโ)โVietnamese martial artistsย trainingย amidst Cham ruins in Bรฌnh ฤแปnh of southcentral Vietnam.ย Source:ย ย ZingNews. ***Greetings! ย What follows is the first installment in a short series discussing the martial arts and martial culture of Vietnam.Trแบงn Khแบฃi... Continue Reading →
ย ***Greetings! ย This was my first entry in the long running "Lives of Chinese Martial Artists" series. Rather than just profiling the most famous martial artists I attempted to look at the actual life experiences of a wide range of... Continue Reading →
***Here is one of the first substantive posts that I ever wrote on Wing Chun for the blog back in 2012, about three years before my book (with Jon Nielson) came out. Wing Chun mythology is always a hot topic.... Continue Reading →
LK Chen's Magnificent Chu Jian. Source: LKChenswords.com Rediscovering a Lost Sword Culture A single puzzle piece is useless on its own. Sometimes it takes one mystery to illuminate another.ย ย Such is the case with the following text and sword.ย Historians... Continue Reading →
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