Introduction Like many of you, I am currently recovering from our 6th annual Martial Arts Studies Conference which selected as its theme "Martial Arts, Religion & Spirituality." Some great papers were given and I continue to be impressed by the ever... Continue Reading →
A Quick COVID-19 Note First off, apologies are in order. My blogging has been irregular and we have gotten behind with our weekly updates on the "History of East Asian Martial Arts" class being taught by Prof. TJ Hinrichs... Continue Reading →
Introduction Welcome to the second week of History of East Asian Martial Arts (HIST 2960). This is a course taught by Prof. T. J. Hinrichs here at Cornell University that I am auditing in my capacity as a Visiting... Continue Reading →
“If it is necessary to debunk the Bodhidharma myth since it is historically false, we must also be wary of the modern materialist impulse to tear aside the veil of myth to uncover the real martial arts beneath. The... Continue Reading →
***I am current on the road for the annual Martial Arts Studies conference at Cardiff University in the UK. As soon as I return home I will be posting a full report of the event and sharing the text... Continue Reading →
Introduction I would like to begin this week here at Kung Fu Tea by revisiting an essay that I first posted about a year ago. Last week I wrote a short piece considering the sources of the social distrust that... Continue Reading →
***In honor of Halloween I thought that I would dip into the archives and revisit a fun post from earlier in the year. What follows is an actual Kung Fu ghost story. I think that readers will find it both... Continue Reading →
Men fighting men to determine worth (i.e., masculinity) excludes women as completely as the female experience of childbirth excludes men….The female boxer violates this stereotype and cannot be taken seriously—she is parody, she is cartoon, she is monstrous. Had... Continue Reading →
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