***On May 11th and 12th I will be participating in a Political Science workshop at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Utah. While there I will discuss my Kung Fu Diplomacy project. The actual paper that I am submitting... Continue Reading →
A Girl Who Lived with Monkeys No text can be read in isolation. Each is connected to other works through a network of invisible threads. These are the product of suggestion, desire, memory and meaning. The... Continue Reading →
Introduction I am interested in the frequent, seemingly unconscious, way in which the word “traditional” is appended to the name “martial arts” in modern speech and writing. One does not simply study “Japanese wrestling” or “Chinese... Continue Reading →
Confronting the Boxers It is probably an irony that I have written so little on the Boxer Uprising during my casual and academic discussion of the martial arts. It was a chance encounter with the Boxers... Continue Reading →
Introduction At the end of the last class at the “Central Martial Arts Academy” (the location where I am conducing my current research on lightsaber combat and the “hyper-real martial arts”) we all gathered for an... Continue Reading →
Happy New Year! New Years is always a good time to sit back and reflect on recent events. Of course it is hard not to note that public opinion on 2016 (at least here in the United... Continue Reading →
Introduction Certain events stand out in any historical treatment of the Chinese martial arts. The Boxer Uprising, the rapid popularization of Taijiquan and creation of the Jingwu Association in Shanghai all come to mind. Yet any discussion... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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