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Chinese Martial Arts in the News: Dec 10, 2018: Young Masters, Colorful History, Chinese Swords

  Introduction Its official, holiday madness is upon us. Still, I wanted to comment on some of the more interesting stories that have been floating around. For new readers, this is a semi-regular feature here at Kung Fu Tea in which we review media... Continue Reading →

Chinese Martial Arts in the News: November 14th, 2016: Friends, Nostalgia and New Articles

  Introduction   Welcome to “Chinese Martial Arts in the News.”  This is a semi-regular feature here at Kung Fu Tea in which we review media stories that mention or affect the traditional fighting arts.  In addition to discussing important... Continue Reading →

Chinese Martial Arts in the News: August 10 2015: Trouble at Shaolin, the Philosophy of the Martial Arts and Meeting the Real Mr. Miyagi

  Introduction   Welcome to “Chinese Martial Arts in the News.”  This is a semi-regular feature here at Kung Fu Tea in which we review media stories that mention or affect the traditional fighting arts.  In addition to discussing important... Continue Reading →

Chinese Martial Arts in the News: May 26th 2015: Assassins, Book Launches and Stories from Around the Globe

Introduction Welcome to “Chinese Martial Arts in the News.”  This is a semi-regular feature here at Kung Fu Tea in which we review media stories that mention or affect the traditional fighting arts.  In addition to discussing important events, this... Continue Reading →

Chinese Martial Arts in the News: April 6th, 2015: Ip Man 3, Books and Global Kung Fu

      Introduction   Welcome to “Chinese Martial Arts in the News.”  This is a semi-regular feature here at Kung Fu Tea in which we review media stories that mention or affect the traditional fighting arts.  In addition to... Continue Reading →

Essential Kung Fu Cinema (4): Drunken Master

***This is the fourth entry in Rob Argent's series introducing us to the essential Kung Fu films that have helped to define the genera.  Readers looking to get up to speed on his in his earlier essays can find them... Continue Reading →

Chinese Martial Arts in the News: November 4th, 2013: New York, Hong Kong and Shanghai

Introduction "Chinese Martial Arts in the News" is a semi-regular feature here at Kung Fu Tea.  In these posts I attempt to round-up and briefly discuss the major stories affecting the world of the traditional Chinese fighting systems.  I always... Continue Reading →

Chinese Martial Arts in the News: September 19, 2013: Kung Fu Films, New Martial Arts Books and Wushu in Schools

Introduction I am happy to say that I have returned from my three week research/training trip.  In my absence Kung Fu Tea hosted the "2013 Symposium on Chinese Martial Studies."  We had a number of distinguished scholars and guests drop... Continue Reading →

Chinese Martial Arts in the News: April 22, 2013: Taiji Quan Rising, Cantonese Opera and Remembering Bruce Lee

IntroductionWelcome to the April 22nd edition of "Chinese Martial Arts in the News."  Every three weeks we stop to reflect on important events in the Chinese martial arts community and to take a look at how we are being covered... Continue Reading →

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