Introduction New Years is a good time to sit back and reflect on recent accomplishments and events. 2014 has been a big year for the field of Chinese martial studies. We have made progress in some... Continue Reading →
Introduction: Secrecy in an Era of Global Markets It is hard to think of any topic that has more deeply marked the Chinese martial arts than secrecy. Countless students have been drawn to these systems... Continue Reading →
Introduction We are very happy that Dr. Daniel M. Amos has been able to take the time to visit Kung Fu Tea. In the following interview he discusses his research and shares some of his many insights on... Continue Reading →
The Mouse Always Wins In 1962 American theater audiences were treated to the sight of a mouse named “Jerry” repeatedly besting a cat named “Tom” through his mastery of Japanese Judo. Tom is more of a force of nature than... 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... Continue Reading →
Introduction: Is the Gendering of Practice Inevitable? In the early 1990s I became a practitioner of a discipline that requires years of careful study and practice to master. It has its major schools, famous instructors... Continue Reading →
Introduction Another year has come and gone, yet it seems that all of the eternal questions remain. What is the meaning of life? Is beauty purely subjective? How could it have possibly have dumped three... Continue Reading →
Adam Frank Theorizes Lineage Conflict This post will be reaching most of Kung Fu Tea’s readers the day after many Americans celebrated Thanksgiving. On this particular holiday it is customary to spend a few moments... 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 →
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