Wushu Comes to America Today’s post has two goals. The more important of these is an announcement. But first I hope to draw you into a discussion on my next book project. With the daily... 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... Continue Reading →
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 Chinese hand combat systems. I always pay special attention... 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 →
Introduction: If Kung Fu is so popular, why can’t Wushu get into the Olympics? I am first and foremost a political scientist. When I look at the “traditional Chinese martial arts” what I see is emerging trends in civil... Continue Reading →
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