Shaolin Rasta - the 37th Chamber

[Blacktiger]

There are more of us than you think...

Thanks to Gene's fantastic new book - he has uncovered a style of Shaolin that up until this point many practitioners did not know they were a part off.

Had to get a thread going on this LOL!!!

:D

[GeneChing]

Shaolin Trips (http://www.amazon.com/Shaolin-Trips-Gene-Ching/dp/1424308976/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276188031&sr=1-1). It's on every Shaolin Rasta's bookshelf. ;)

[Blacktiger]

Correct - however that was my wife who sent you the face book praise...

Shaolin Rasta envy will drive a person to that :p

Lets work on getting Burning Spear to a Shaolin Rasta Festival...

[sha0lin1]

Burning Spear is nothing but another pop group now under Michael Frante's front.

[Blacktiger]

Yeah they sound so bad...

[GeneChing]

Spear (http://www.martialartsmart.com/45-05.html) Burn!

Check 'dis - Shaolin Rasta represents at TCKFMCII (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/info/tournament/index.php), seen? (see video "Presenting: Gene Ching")

:D

P.S. Now I can put a face on your wife, Blacktiger. ;)

[Blacktiger]

LOL thats great!!!

I was being sarcastic in realtion to Burning Spear...


:D

[richard sloan]

ha! as someone who is both a shaolin disciple and someone who works in Jamaica with some people such as High Priest Ellis out of Judgement Yard amongst many others, I bring Shaolin and Rasta together quite a bit!

no way to post pics in these threads yet is there...****.

any of you guys ever check out the religious hard talk on tvj? muta engaged in an interesting debate and references Buddhism a few times!

[GeneChing]

And you can post pics here. You can upload them by using the "attach files" function beneath the posting window, and then grab the image address and paste it in the "insert image" icon in the toolbar above the posting window. Or you can just use the "insert image" and post something from somewhere else on the web.

Here's a pic of me in full rasta regalia. This is from Reggae Rising (http://reggaerising.com/home.php) 2009. I oversee psychiatric crisis intervention for Jah Med (http://www.jahmed.org/), a true duppy conqueror!

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[richard sloan]

let's see...

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2277/50/79/507312241/n507312241_1866466_6626.jpg

[richard sloan]

word. okay then.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs006.snc1/2821_67493852241_507312241_2118662_3510301_n.jpg


training at my bredren's farm, this cotton tree is about 400 years old.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs006.snc1/2821_67494707241_507312241_2118677_3835016_n.jpg

we basically took over the west end of negril for the week. before the 2nd day everyone was saying merry christmas and amitabha.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-ash1/v645/50/79/507312241/n507312241_2144102_2979203.jpg

one of my Idren is High Priest Ellis, out of Judgement Yard. Every year for my main event in Negril, Priest gathers representatives out of all the bredren to come represent. Actually this is quite rare, as many of the groups stick to their own trod. However, Priest is able to get Nyabinghi men, Bobo, even the most serious bredren who never come down from the hills come down to Negril. Anyway, we have had quite a few reasonings over the years and he has always wanted a set of Shaolin robes and some malas, and when I told him my plans for a retreat to support our capital campaign, and how we would need a buddha, he went and found a rastaman carver to do the work.

This is one of the first Buddhas to be carved in Negril, and Jamaica to my knowledge.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs006.snc1/2821_69283067241_507312241_2144198_394129_n.jpg

The story goes it caused quite the fuss around the work shop, with people forwarding by to check it out as it progressed, even take pictures, and other carvers showing love and support.
and now to the rasta:

[richard sloan]

tessane chynn was staying at the same property, having a show.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs006.snc1/2821_69283782241_507312241_2144214_2022530_n.jpg

High Priest Ellis, and Buddha Carver.

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the game of chess is like a sword fight....
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http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-ash1/v645/50/79/507312241/n507312241_2108239_5538045.jpg

[Blacktiger]

Great stuff...

This thread still has legs!!!!:D

[richard sloan]

I got some more I just need to dig them up.

[Shaolin Rasta]

Kiss mi neck! Mi cyaan believe mi yeye! Aw, you dudes are HURTIN' mi right now! ( I mean that in a good way). Ok, I caught wind of monk Shi Yanming bein' in Negril a couple a years ago, but can you tell me, bredda Sloan, if this is a year to year ting? Cause, if so, I definitely want to be there. When I was in Negril in July, I saw a Rasta yout' over by Rick's bangin' his arms on a tree! Right then I thought of Yanming and figured his (and the whole a yu guys') influence was the cause! By the way, I'm that guy talkin' to Gene in the clip ( wha' gwaan, bredda Gene?) And you best believe, Rasta & Shaolin can go together, and all wushu in general. I could go on & on about that, but it's late & I should be in bed! Anyway, til such time. Bless.

[richard sloan]

Kiss mi neck! Mi cyaan believe mi yeye! Aw, you dudes are HURTIN' mi right now! ( I mean that in a good way). Ok, I caught wind of monk Shi Yanming bein' in Negril a couple a years ago, but can you tell me, bredda Sloan, if this is a year to year ting? Cause, if so, I definitely want to be there. When I was in Negril in July, I saw a Rasta yout' over by Rick's bangin' his arms on a tree! Right then I thought of Yanming and figured his (and the whole a yu guys') influence was the cause! By the way, I'm that guy talkin' to Gene in the clip ( wha' gwaan, bredda Gene?) And you best believe, Rasta & Shaolin can go together, and all wushu in general. I could go on & on about that, but it's late & I should be in bed! Anyway, til such time. Bless.

not exactly year to year, but we will definitely be doing it again Idren.

end goal being a temple there.

pree this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOIjSgO02o4

best thing to do is link me on facebook.

.com/hengfa

[Blacktiger]

A Shaolin temple in Jamaica would be unreal....:)

[richard sloan]

A Shaolin temple in Jamaica would be unreal....:)

soon forward!

I just made the link to the JA Minister of Sports and Youth Culture.

We just got the 80.88 acres in NY.

Definitely gonna happen and there is a great need.

[Blacktiger]

I could see a few of us from our school going over for a vsit for sure...

Reggae, Dub, Roots + training = good times :D

[GeneChing]

Here's a random ttt for this thread. Check out my shirt. :cool:

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs698.snc4/63834_477818829362_135964689362_6769278_3193732_n. jpg

My former coach Sifu Tony Chen dropped by the office. He's been working with WulinFeng to promote fights all across Asia. We've covered WulinFeng extensively - the most recent coverage was about the Vegas debut last year - USA vs. China (or Blood and Rhinestones) By Patrick Lugo in our Jan/Feb 2010 (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/magazine/article.php?article=862) issue. Staying on thread topic, he was involved with staging a fight in the Caribbean, and ended up bringing home this hysterical touristy shirt for his son. It was Spidermon (note the mon) which was this red, green and gold tiedye, with the image of spiderman on it, but spiderman had a knit rasta and dreadlocks. I couldn't but grin seeing his son run around the school with that on.

[richard sloan]

I could see a few of us from our school going over for a vsit for sure...

Reggae, Dub, Roots + training = good times :D

for real.

and it looks like we might be building something sooner than we thought, since none other than Spragga Benz recently came by.

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[richard sloan]

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[GeneChing]

richard sloan for the win. Niceness!

[richard sloan]

richard sloan for the win. Niceness!

gene it was pretty cool. swapped a lot of reasoning. we cruised down to the temple after we hit up a book signing event at the consul general's office- new book you would love it by Dr. Laura Tanna, Jamaican Folktales. The presentation of the book is pretty sick- they put the story down as it was told through oral traditions with a shot of and some info about the story teller.

here's the book on amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Jamaican-Folk-Tales-Oral-Histories/dp/0967499119/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1287900968&sr=8-1-fkmr1

[GeneChing]

Okay, I must confess. I got this link from a Wudang connect. I gave her the opportunity to post it herself and hijack this thread in the name of Wudang, but it's been a few days now and she still hasn't moved on it. I'm sure she's got more as she hinted to a tale of having "dreaded up multiple Beijing rocker boys".

And I&I mus' keep dishere t'read bubblin' on the top one hundread!

Check out Long Shen Dao: The Way of the Dragon God (http://www.myspace.cn/longshendao).

[Blacktiger]

Check out my new custom built Mobile Rasta Machine :D

Standard equipment for any Shaolin Rasta!!!

[GeneChing]

...it could also use a handy copy of Shaolin Trips (http://www.amazon.com/Shaolin-Trips-Gene-Ching/dp/1424308976/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276188031&sr=1-1) on one of those shelves. ;)

[Blacktiger]

LOL :)

weapons are stored underneath the laptop - they share the space for the wax :)

The book could fit however would need to remodel the Redstripe and Rizzla.

[ShaolinDan]

Well, I'm not really a rasta, but I do like to levitate. :)


Fun thread. Jah light...

[GeneChing]

Representin' @ Tiger Claw's KungFuMagazine.com Championship III & Shark City Nationals (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=57943) - SEEN!

http://en.qqgfw.com/Upload/IMG_6119.jpg
From America Kungfu Competition Held in Silicon Valley. (http://en.qqgfw.com/NewsInfo.aspx?NewsID=1723)

[enoajnin]

You can also see him in action on KFM TV. He is in the Kung Fu Weapons video. Watch how he deals with all that hair.

[Shaolin Rasta]

Get outta here! I don't know whether to be happy or embarrassed! I guess to show the international appeal of CMA to the Chinese audience, a dreadlocked rasta doing Shaolin style (or trying to!) will get the point across!
I can't stand seeing myself sometimes tho, know what I mean? At least they didn't catch me picking my nose or something! Or when I messed up somewhere! But, hey, I'm actually flattered! And honored. And humbled.
Been trying some other methods of binding up my locks. They do get in the way sometimes, but I just keep going!
I give thanks.

[David Jamieson]

If the 36th chamber is the outside world...what is the 37th chamber representing?

[GeneChing]

Mi bredren, ya mighty dread was mighty photogenic. Top dat wid dat hemp cloth Shaolin vest & you stylin massive! More pics coming. ;)


If the 36th chamber is the outside world...what is the 37th chamber representing? Zion

[bawang]

shi yan ming very handsome monk. he drink vodka and bang bald korean lesbian and not afraid anything

he is bodidarma reborn

[enoajnin]

We do have the nose picking shots. Just haven't had time to post:D

[Shaolin Rasta]

How much would it take to stop you?

[richard sloan]

now i will be forced to dig up my pics with luciano, who buss shot three time for shaolin, and I wish I had a pic of Lennox Lewis's assistant karate chopping my leg...

[GeneChing]

Yes I, Richard, gwaan post dis! Got any of you picking your nose? ;)

[richard sloan]

boom bang first is etana:

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/32490_393185400903_513535903_4586051_4915303_n.jpg

this is a tertiary project, but shaolin influenced.

Luciano and High Priest Ellis (Judgement Yard) visiting Little Bay All Age School. Bob Marley used to keep a house in Little Bay.

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/197457_10150179992285539_171708275538_8795838_7936 87_n.jpg

[Shaolin Rasta]

Well den, mi mus haffe show summa mi pitcha dem too!

Dis ya one is in Bob Marley ol yard in Trench Town wid Bob Marley Statue. (same "government yard in Trench Town..")6247

Wid mi heartical Idren, Iciency Mau, a great reggae artist from Trench Town (formerly known as Junior Rankin) an him likkle dawta, Iniya.6248

Dis ya pon 6th St., Trench Town, Kingston cross from Miss Marcia's shop. Big up Marcia!6249

[richard sloan]

yes I, lol, rasta I know you must be like me and have a nice collection of swords and cutlass lol...I got this one wicked Bill, all tuned up for nuttin but peer battle and war, I gotta get a pic of it, this one bredren finally tracked down an old 'modda thomas' for me and I'm dying to pick it up next time i forward to jamdung.

[richard sloan]

Yes I, Richard, gwaan post dis! Got any of you picking your nose? ;)

no sah!!!! lol, I'm either too quick, or I wait until it is completely dark!

from the retreat:

The game of chess is like a sword fight!

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-ash1/v645/50/79/507312241/n507312241_2108235_8090508.jpg

[richard sloan]

in the kitchen of Negril Escape for second dinner! or maybe third!

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http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-ash1/v645/50/79/507312241/n507312241_2108204_4072247.jpg

spicy noodles, veggies, and raw garlic.

training!

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2821/50/79/507312241/n507312241_2144192_7700848.jpg

jumping!

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2821/50/79/507312241/n507312241_2144171_4763453.jpg

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2821/50/79/507312241/n507312241_2144172_4896670.jpg

funny enough, the german paratrooper who came out from vienna wanted no part of the lighthouse jump lol...

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2821/50/79/507312241/n507312241_2144177_2636363.jpg

[richard sloan]

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2821/50/79/507312241/n507312241_2118642_4401101.jpg

the Retreat was free to any person of Jamaican citizenry, and we had quite a few attend.

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2821/50/79/507312241/n507312241_2118653_5600372.jpg

Negril Escape has a dope structure that is three stories, with gigantic open spaces.

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2821/50/79/507312241/n507312241_2118659_6630380.jpg

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2821/50/79/507312241/n507312241_2118661_1031850.jpg

we also went out to my bredren's farm in a town outside of negril, huge several century old cotton trees, rivers, working horse ranch, granny cooking, the whole nine yards the land goes from mountain to virgin sugar sand beach.

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inviting the Buddha to the Retreat. Every morning people came and brought different offerings, they would just appear there. Very sweet.

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-ash1/v645/50/79/507312241/n507312241_2144105_5250223.jpg

[richard sloan]

two of negril's top chefs volunteered to cook.

Riccardo and Gregory McKenzie of the former Grand Lido.

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2821/50/79/507312241/n507312241_2180784_1443343.jpg

pots and pots of oats porridge and cornmeal porridge every morning, and sheets of local fresh eggs.

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a couple of things converged with the retreat, my momma couldn't let us leave without some old tyme cooking, open fire cooking...

Miss Sonia
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/23994_346585547241_507312241_4125838_6826984_n.jpg

Ital is Vital:

roast yam, maroon style

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2568/50/79/507312241/n507312241_2052275_2168983.jpg

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2568/50/79/507312241/n507312241_2052277_1012352.jpg

peeling ackee

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tinkin toe in the fire, that's maroon war path food, eat a little of them and drink some water they fill up you belly right quick.

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2568/50/79/507312241/n507312241_2052276_4330147.jpg

[richard sloan]

lots of pics forward on page 3 just so you know.

[David Jamieson]

Lots of nice pics!

Now I gotta get back down to Jamaica one day...lol

[Shaolin Rasta]

Yes mi bredren, when mi check it out, laawd, no whey nuh betta den yaard! I'm ujually deh bout twice a year, but dis year naw look too good mi a tell yu. Still have some fambly deh deh. But nuff respec to de I and of course to Shi Yan Ming for bein so progressive as to bring some Shaolin to Jamdung! I really hope I can link wid de I dem when time we all dere. Please keep Iman posted.

[Blacktiger]

This thread is great :)

[GeneChing]

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/271007_1745317274591_1288554720_31462756_782919_n. jpg
I & I git dem special made, mon, custom tailored for di Shaolin Rasta bredren. Waan a pair? I cyan hook itup! :cool:

The one on the left is my shidi's feiyue. The one on the right is my Shaolin Rasta brand. I've got a pair on order for my shidi.

My feet are my only carriage
My feiyues (http://www.martialartsmart.com/shoes-feiyue-shoes.html) give me strength and power.

[Blacktiger]

Oh man!!!

I want in - size 46 please :D

I know a few Dub heads in the Ziranmen Oz crew will want some as well...

And I still want one of those canes Gene!!!

[GeneChing]

There already is a Shaolin Temple riddem - I was gifted a CD of it from another Shaolin Rasta. I'll have to dig it out again to get the label.


Nooks, RDX and Lukie D kickstart Shaolin rhythm (http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/Nooks--RDX-and-Lukie-D-kickstart-Shaolin-rhythm)
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer
Thursday, April 12, 2012

NEW label, SK Records (Stereo Kyng) makes its debut with the Shaolin rhythm.

The project features tracks such as Care Zero by RDX, Beautiful Girl by LUST member Lukie D, Girl I’m Ready by George Nooks, and Watch Me by Alliance Next Generation member Calado.

Producer Stereo Kyng spoke about the projects.

“For a first-time project, it wasn’t difficult to get the artistes on board. But the response that we have been getting has been really good,” he said. “People seem to prefer the George Nooks track.”

Speaking of Nooks, the veteran singer, who is known for hits such as Tribal War and God is Standing By, is set to release a new album titled Broken Vessel, it will be released on the Total Records label with distribution through Tads International.

The album is due for release on June 29.

[Blacktiger]

Any Shaolin Rasts's checked the new Bob Marley doco as yet?

Other good reggae movies of note:

Dub Echoes,Rockers,The Harder They Come....

[GeneChing]

Do you mean this doc, Blacktiger?

Ziggy Marley on MARLEY and the Shaolin Rasta (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1040)

[richard sloan]

nice piece gene! just shared it on FB.

makes me want to line up another seminar in JA.

[richard sloan]

let's give dennis brown a hail too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5juGftpF06M

[Shaolin Rasta]

Yes Gene Man! X amount a respec to de I, man! Nuff, nuff honor & respec, Iya! When I saw this heartical on the homepage, my mind was blown. The name of Shaolin is and has been known and honored by many in this world, but it is dear to the hearts of many a Jamaican and definitely within the trod of Rastafari. Spiritual warriors and despellers of demons, etc. are common themes within both Chan & Rastafari. I would say also the ideas of spiritual enlightenment and oneness with nature/universe. The renunciation of wordliness and the idea of perceiving reality as opposed to delusion. Many other things, too, I'm sure all the Shaolin Rasta (and the Rasta Shaolin for that matter) can tell of more things in common. But Iman jus say, maximum raspect & big ups to all who hail in the name of Shaolin Rasta around the world. "We all are one" - Jimmy Cliff

[Shaolin Rasta]

Hey bredda Sloan, Wha bout dis?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsQsCyAxA8U

Plus check these bredren in yard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5zVh12SdlQ&feature=fvsr

I got more in store. Stay tuned.

[GeneChing]

Nice song adds. Keep 'em rolling!

Lemme just say - discussing kung fu with Ziggy was really fun. I wish I had a camera to catch his kung fu gestures.

Didya all see MARLEY yet?

[XinKuzi]

No mention of Barrington Levy in the article...

Released the album "Shaolin Temple" in 1979.

http://www.roots-archives.com/release/4498

[GeneChing]

No mention of Barrington Levy in the article...

The article was by no means meant to be a comprehensive history of the connection of reggae and kung fu. It was just intro to set up the interview with Ziggy. :rolleyes:

As a side note: in my 1999 September (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/magazine/article.php?article=99) cover story, Hip Hop Fist: Wu-Tang Clan's RZA and his Sifu, Shaolin Monk Shi Yan Ming (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/magazine/article.php?article=100), I included a sidebar 'Kung Fu on Disc'. The singles were mostly reggae, including two songs titled Shaolin Temple, one by Jah Grundy and the other by Trinity. This was, of course, old school research, prior to wikipedia. I can't find either online in a very cursory search, but here's more grist for the mill.

Prince Jammy - Shaolin Temple (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjmKrCZWioU)

jah grundy - shaolin disciples (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DemTjgvoJc)

Here's Beenie working the Shaolin Temple riddem:
Beenie - Man Drama {Shaolin Temple Riddim} (Delly Ranx) (http://www.deeznuts.tv/video/Beenie-Man-Drama-Shaolin-Temple)

[Shaolin Rasta]

Dat's Barrington Shaolin Temple as my avatar, Xin kuzi (new pants?) But anyway here are a few

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWNdSLJ_ji8

(Now that's a badass album cover, nuh true?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uo9K78MaYU

Then there's this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDSOgQU6bq0
(Don't know if any of unu know this brother, but he sportin locks & he's pretty good)

and, finally somethin silly but maybe relevant?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5gi0Lo9uzU
Yeah that Beanie vs. Bounty ting again! Got to admit, that's clever!

[Blacktiger]

Do you mean this doc, Blacktiger?

Ziggy Marley on MARLEY and the Shaolin Rasta (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1040)

Oh man that is great - nice work Gene!

Totally missed that.

Kung Fu Meets The Dragon - all time classic.

Big up!!

[GeneChing]

BTW, here's the official site for MARLEY (http://www.magpictures.com/marley/).

I mean wat I seh t'all di Shaolin Rasta. See it or you're out of the club.

[Blacktiger]

Not yet but will check it shortly...

Kung Fu and Reggae - I mean...what else do you need :)

Training, Reggae, training, Reggae, training Red Stripe...

Shaolin Rasta tune of the day:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTBxba1rDvM&feature=youtu.be

[GeneChing]

Here's the link to the full episode (http://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/video/wednesday-april-25-2012/1398498) (only available until 05/12/12). Follow the link to the vid and skip to the last line on the time counter. He did Is This Love.

Ziggy and I talked a little more after I turned my recorder off. He 'mean what he seh' when he talks about fitness. Ziggy is in good shape... "only the fittest of the fittest shall survive". He asked me about wing chun (http://www.martialartsmart.com/wing-chun-styles.html) because he was interested in studying it, mostly out of his admiration of Bruce Lee. He also said he used to read our magazine every once in a while, but hadn't picked up a copy in some time. I wished I had brought one for him.

[richard sloan]

[QUOTE=Shaolin Rasta;1167628]Hey bredda Sloan, Wha bout dis?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsQsCyAxA8U

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNND!! !!!!!

[richard sloan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5gi0Lo9uzU
Yeah that Beanie vs. Bounty ting again! Got to admit, that's clever![/QUOTE]



lmao- true story. back when the second series of soul rebellions rocked negril, we had to come out strong, like nuclear, in the face of a lot of people who wanted us to fail, and because of all the other stage shows going down. cutthroat things going on you see it.

week one was TOK.

week two, we did Beenie Man. Problem was, his manager forgot to put us on the calendar. Deposits were made, etc., contract, everything. And none would be the wiser except he rolled into Negril early for another huge stage show he was on and just happened to call us up like, yow mi bredren mi dehyah negril wha gwaaaaaaan!!!!!

So we were like, wtf, so early you reach? Anyway it came out that he had no idea what we were talking about because he had gotten last minute booked for a huge stage show down the road. That show was on the weekend, ours was the very next tuesday. Panic. We were fit to be tied. Some extra negotiations and we set it all right though.

Now this was the days before there was any real serious NY style flyering- I can honestly say my crew were the first to bring that into the scene there. The flyers went out like you wouldn't believe, but the real heavy gun on the street were the giant 8x12' full color banners we put up. People were stealing them and putting them up over their own spots, then some next man would come and thief that and put it up where HE wanted it lmao.

Anyway, the Beenie show was packed, and he gave an epic performance. I will dig up pics.

Now though, here comes the sweet blow, because unknown to anybody I booked Bounty Killer for the very next week.

And trust me, when THOSE posters and flyers hit, literally at sunrise the morning after the Beenie show, the hype was completely ridiculous. Fistfights were practically breaking out over who was going to draw the biggest crowd.

And as it turned out, the gate for Bounty was CORKED properly.

Now the truly hilarious thing is that at the Bounty show was a cop, known by a martial arts name, and true to form he nearly split his pants crescent kicking a perpetrator across his face at the gate who had dared to pickpocket the crowd at the Bounty show, whose compatriot broke free of the other officer's grasp, and who was actually man dressed as a woman, who left the cop standing there disguise in hand including a wig...

When the man's foot hit the perp's face, he could not believe a foot struck him so, the look on his face was priceless, and at the sight the other perp tore off, burst through the gate and was GONE lol.

[Blacktiger]

BTW, here's the official site for MARLEY (http://www.magpictures.com/marley/).

I mean wat I seh t'all di Shaolin Rasta. See it or you're out of the club.

Saw it on the weekend. Enjoyed it not bad at all!

[Shaolin Rasta]

I mean wat I seh t'all di Shaolin Rasta. See it or you're out of the club.

Jus checked it out last night. It was great! Most of the footage and stories I have seen & heard before, but the clarity and color of the footage was much better than I had seen. Still, was great. Any of unu read the biography "Catch a Fire"?. I still love that because it goes into a lot more depth & detail bout Bob's life. I recommend reading it, even tho I think there was some controversy wit it. Don't fully remember.
So, Gene, my standing is still good and intact!

[Shaolin Rasta]

Yes Bredda Sloan, mi see say yu well link in, mon! I start fe see wha de I a deal wid. Dats why I know you mussee love dat likkle clip of Beenie & Bounty!
One day, one day mi bredren, I&I will link up. Maybe I will find myself in NYC, and pass thru, or better still, I&I will sight up a yard one a dem time deh. Always wanted to meet Shi Yanming. Bring my grandson out deh to tek in some trainin.(Me too!) Bless!

[richard sloan]

yes I, give tanks an praise!

we're getting set to INItiate some seriously heartical vibrations, this weekend I'm going to be dropping mad tunes at the new Upstate Temple's Livication Ceremony.

88.8 acres in the Catskills...pree the link on the usa shaolintemple dot org site!

this is going to change a lot of things.

[GeneChing]

We'll give Richard a break as he's surely engaged with Yanming's big opening. Blessings there, btw. Wish I could be there with you all for that. Coincidentally, I was just watching 24, and Michelle Forbes was on, and I remember hanging out with her while staying with Yanming. Good times.

Anyway, Richard, take your time getting to see MARLEY. I'm sure you will see it eventually. Until then, we'll give you a by.

I hear what you're saying about the footage, SR. It's good to see that on the big screen again. Have you ever seen Roger Steffens do his Marley vid presentation? He's got some amazing footage that I've not seen anywhere else ever. And he's a true VJ - if you get into it and applaud wildly, he'll kick down the gems. And of course, I've read Catch a Fire (but then, I've read Garvey extensively as well as the Kebra Nagast).

[GeneChing]

GHETT'A LIFE - Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoJx2V7WIVg)

[GeneChing]

Our very own Shaolin Rasta placed 3rd in the 2012 Songshan Shaolin Champion division. (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1173079#post1173079)

Represent!

[Shaolin Rasta]

Yeah, I'm still trippin' from that one! Honestly didn't expect anything like that. I just wanted the opportunity to test myself in front of some eminent masters of Shaolin Quan. I'm actually extremely humbled, because my fellow competitors were each great and showed a lot of power. I know I am very much still a work in progress (at my age even!) and I'm really only on the "skin", much less the flesh or the bone. So I give thanks. You know what I'm really honored by? Gene, you called me "our very own". Yeah mon! 'Nuff love Iya!! Gonna email you a couple a pictures today!
Bless!

[Blacktiger]

Big Up!

Great to hear :)

[GeneChing]

I know, it's TKD (http://www.martialartsmart.com/tae-kwon-do-styles.html), not Shaolin, but this popped up on my newsfeed today so I figured this thread needed a little JAH love. ;)

Jamaican makes history in martial arts (http://www.caribbean360.com/index.php/sports/657187.html#axzz2Ioxxhv8q)
http://www.caribbean360.com/thumbnail.php?file=images/Sports/CUNNINGHAM_359372525_402664108.jpg&size=article_medium
Sheckema Cunningham’s medal was her first European championship gold and she has become the only non-European and only black female participant to have achieved the feat.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Wednesday January 23, 2013 - Jamaica’s sports minister Neita Headley has applauded Sheckema Cunningham a rising star in World Martial Arts who has created history.

Headley says Cunningham has placed Jamaica in the spotlight after capturing gold at the Dutch Open in Eindhoven, Netherlands over the weekend.

Cunningham’s medal was her first European championship gold and she has become the only non-European and only black female participant to have achieved the feat in the 750-strong line-up of competitors.

"Ms Cunningham has made Jamaica proud with her exceptional performance at the Dutch Open. I wish to commend her and the rest of the team, who worked long and hard to prepare for this event,” Headley said.

“This rising star has once again placed Jamaica in the spotlight and we are very happy to share in this glorious moment with her”.

Cunningham participated in the micro-weight division and defeated her Italian opponent in a close semi-final match before going on to defeat an opponent from Poland in the final.

In 2011, Cunningham along with Alrick Wanliss won bronze at the International Tae Kwon do Federation World Championships in New Zealand

[Blacktiger]

LOL - I had not been on the board for ages - I drop in and Shaolin Rasta has been dropping bombs - hahaha love it.

[GeneChing]

It used to be the 'Shaolin Zone (http://www.amazon.com/Shaolin-Trips-Gene-Ching/dp/1424308976/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276188031&sr=1-1)' for me. Now it's the Shaolin Rasta Zone. A friend just posted this on my fb (https://www.facebook.com/gene.ching).


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mcl_K3TP-dI

[Blacktiger]

Wow - give praise and thanks to Jah :eek:

[GeneChing]

Again posted on facebook by one of my Dragon Crew who had to bail last weekend (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?66730-2014-Tiger-Claw-Elite-%285-17%29-amp-KUNG-FU-TAI-CHI-DAY-%285-18%29-in-San-Jose-CA).


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL2gu68sF0k#t=108

[GeneChing]

It was great seeing SR at our tournament (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?66730-2014-Tiger-Claw-Elite-%285-17%29-amp-KUNG-FU-TAI-CHI-DAY-%285-18%29-in-San-Jose-CA) this year.

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[GeneChing]

https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/t1.0-9/10367597_10152533226029363_6398076372383179054_n.j pg
This is from our 2014 Shaolin Special (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/magazine/article.php?article=1151). It's been getting the funniest comments on facebook (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kung-Fu-Tai-Chi-Magazine/135964689362). My fav is "Needs haircut to look normal" :p

[Blacktiger]

LOL --- nice!

[GeneChing]

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This is all we have for meme cards, but perhaps we'll get something more from SR himself. ;)

[GeneChing]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgqjlL88nCs&sns=em

I luv Alborosie. I've seen him perform many times. Now I luv him even more. :D

[GeneChing]

But more amusing was our very own Shaolin Rasta slinging patois with Master Mimi Chan (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/magazine/article.php?article=117) at a KFTC25 AF (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?69762-KUNG-FU-TAI-CHI-25TH-ANNIVERSARY-FESTIVAL-May-19-21-2017-San-Jose-CA) after party (if that doesn't make sense to you, you haven't seen Pui Chan: Kung Fu Pioneer - a documentary by Mimi Chan (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?63908-Pui-Chan-Kung-Fu-Pioneer-a-documentary-by-Mimi-Chan), and if you haven't seen that, you cyant call yourself Shaolin Rasta).

On top of all that, check this new PBS doc. It explains the Jamaican Chinese connection.

Finding Samuel Lowe (http://www.pbs.org/video/3000150022/)
1:01:13Video duration: 1:01:13 Aired: 05/14/17 Expires: 06/13/17Rating: NRVideo has closed captioning.
Paula Madison knew her mother was half Chinese, half Jamaican. Growing up in Harlem, she wondered about her Chinese grandfather, Samuel Lowe. When did he immigrate to the islands? Where did he go when he left? In "Finding Samuel Lowe," Madison embarks on a trip of a lifetime, tracing her grandfather back to his ancestral village – and finds she has a whole new family to embrace.

[GeneChing]

Drunken Kung Fu blends rock, hip-hop, reggae into unique sound (https://statehornet.com/2018/02/drunken-kung-fu-blends-rock-hip-hop-reggae-into-unique-sound/)
Corina Gutierrez • February 19, 2018 • Leave a Comment

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Photo courtesy of Holly E. Renfro - H.E.R. Photography

From left, Sam Phelps, Jacob Gleason, and Matt Klee make up Drunken Kung Fu. The trio will return to Sac State Feb. 21.

Drunken Kung Fu, an “Afro-beat funk” trio, will be playing a free show at noon on Feb. 21 in the Redwood Room of The University Union.

The Sacramento-based band consists of three members: Jacob Gleason on guitar and saxophone, Sam Phelps on vocals and keys and Matt Klee, the drummer. It has played gigs as far as San Francisco, Las Vegas and Portland.

“We’ve always appreciated the support of Sac State,” Gleason said.

Having played on campus a handful of times before, he said the band is looking forward to coming back.


https://vimeo.com/187305587

“There was a time I applied to Sac State but I didn’t have the foreign language requirement so they didn’t take me,” Gleason laughed.

The three met around 2009 while playing for other bands and have tried to develop a unique sound. While Drunken Kung Fu was nominated this year for a reggae Sammie (Sacramento Area Music Award), Gleason said that he doesn’t necessarily see the band as reggae.

“We keep things funky and danceable; we weave in and out of different genres: hip-hop, reggae, jam, classic rock, ’90s music — there’s a lot of different influences at play,” Gleason said. “We’re all jazz musicians so there’s a jazz overtone plus a rock ‘n’ roll rawness to how we play. We make big sound with three people.”

Because of their eclectic style, the dynamics between the three band members are often in flux and they are forced to improvise and make alterations on the fly.

As the lead singer, Phelps said he writes a lot of the music.

“I’ll bring a song to the table as a Sam Phelps song,” he said. “We’ll hash it out and turn it into a Drunken Kung Fu song.”

Phelps said everyone in the band has an equal say and the chemistry between the three is unique.

“There’s moments in our sets that are structured and moments of just jamming and looking at each other like, ‘This is awesome,’ ” Gleason said. “It’s a lot of fun to play with these guys; they’re not just always lost in their instruments like some bands can be.”

Leaving space for improvisation during their performances allows for the creativity to flow, Phelps said.

“We want to take people to a higher place with the energy; you can feel it in the room and just like, ravage and lift off,” Phelps said. “It’s always a risk, doesn’t always take off, but that’s our goal — that’s what it’s all about.”


Will Moon (https://twitter.com/MoonMan0305/status/905500031624478720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatehornet.com%2F2018%2F02% 2Fdrunken-kung-fu-blends-rock-hip-hop-reggae-into-unique-sound%2F)
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Even though Drunken Kung Fu typically identifies as an “Afro-beat” band, the trio incorporates many other styles and genres into their music.

“I think the music defies racial boundaries,” Gleason said in response to an inquiry about negative responses from crowds considering the group is an Afro-beat band with no people of color. “I don’t think any person should limit what they listen to or play based on the color of their skin.”

Gleason said the band talks about serious topics in some of their songs, such as politics and war.

“There is a heavy, revolutionary commentary on the political stuff going on,” Gleason said. “Overall, we take opposition on war; I consider myself a conscientious objector of war.”

Looking toward the future, Drunken Kung Fu has some new songs it plans to release soon as well as shows lined up for later in the year.

“We’re currently working on a new record, we have a bunch of festivals lined up this summer,” Gleason said. “We test things out and see how the audience reacts — what it comes down to is how to make the audience dance. Hopefully people feel inspired to dance it out and feel free.”

A Cali reggae jam band named Drunken Kung Fu? How is it that I don't know these guys?

Thread: Kung Fu Music (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?36569-Kung-Fu-Music)
Thread: Shaolin Rasta - the 37th Chamber (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?58144-Shaolin-Rasta-the-37th-Chamber)

[GeneChing]

Asian AND Jamaican curries? This Kung Fu Restaurant (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?51971-Kung-Fu-Restaurant) is so Shaolin Rasta (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?58144-Shaolin-Rasta-the-37th-Chamber). :cool:



First Taste: Fist of Curry brings irreverent kung-fu fun to old Huron Room space (https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/dining/mark-kurlyandchik/2018/04/05/review-fist-curry-huron-room/483355002/)
Mark Kurlyandchik, Detroit Free Press Published 7:01 a.m. ET April 5, 2018

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(Photo: Mark Kurlyandchik, Detroit Free Press)

A Kurosawa film plays on the bar's lone TV hanging above the painting of a clenched fist ostensibly belonging to Bruce Lee as I sip a cold Slovakian lager.

Dragonmead's Final Absolution is just $4 here, but I’m only waiting for carryout. There’s no need to go down that dark path, however good a deal it may be.

The place is decked out in ‘70s regalia -- all tan and mustard yellow and brown. I don’t recall any shag carpet, but it certainly wouldn't be out of place at Fist of Curry, where the aesthetic is decidedly disco-stoner conversion van.

It has been nearly two months since the folks who run Johnny Noodle King and Green Dot Stables — otherwise known as Inlaws Hospitality — quietly closed floundering seafood restaurant the Huron Room in southwest Detroit and revived it just three days later as a ‘70s-themed globetrotting curry slinger with a kung-fu kick.

Fist of Curry — a pun on the title of the classic Bruce Lee film "Fist of Fury" — launched at the corner of Bagley and 18th on Valentine's Day. The place is still getting its proverbial fighting stance down and tweaking its offerings. It may be too early to conduct a full review, but between one dine-in visit and one expansive carryout order, I've sampled almost the entire menu and found a lot more to like than in visits to its predecessor.

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The interior of the new Fist of Curry restaurant in southwest Detroit, which suddenly replaced the Huron Room in February. (Photo: Mark Kurlyandchik, Detroit Free Press)

For starters, there's the concept itself. Sure, you can get both Thai-style and Japanese curries down the street at Takoi and Ima respectively or trek up to Hamtramck for its panoply of Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi offerings. But Fist of Curry is perhaps the first restaurant of its kind in metro Detroit to build its identity on the broader concept of curry itself, which originated on the Indian subcontinent thousands of years ago but has been exported around the world and altered regionally in fundamental ways.

The origins of chicken tikka masala, for example, are disputed, but the most widely accepted claim is that it was invented in Scotland, likely by a chef of Pakistani or Bangladeshi descent.

Fist of Curry's cardamom-forward tikka masala with either chicken or smoked tofu ($13) is already its most popular item, but there are much better options on the brief menu, which is split into five snacks, six curries, one rotating special, a couple of sides and two varieties of soft-serve ice cream.

Start with the cheese sticks ($6). This clever riff on mozzarella sticks employs melty halloumi cheese wrapped with fresh sage leaves in a crispy wonton roll. The result is lighter and less greasy than the traditional American bar variety and just might be the best thing on the menu. They come five to an order and are accompanied by a spicy tikka dipping sauce sans butter and cream, which allows the tomato and turmeric flavors to shine while being bolstered by a house-made ginger-garlic paste — a base for many of the curries here.

If there's one challenger to the cheese sticks, it's the curry-fried cauliflower ($7), another of the snack options. The florets are battered in rice flour and soda water for an almost tempura-like coating that's also gluten-free. It lends the florets a satisfying crunch despite being drenched in a sweet-and-sour-and-spicy Manchurian sauce. The garnish of cilantro and scallions adds an herbal element that rounds out the dish.

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Jamaican jerk brisket curry ($16) from the new Fist of Curry restaurant in southwest Detroit. Mark Kurlyandchik, Detroit Free Press

The meat version made with chicken drumsticks ($8) is just as satisfying, while the lion salad ($8) deceives you with fresh herbs and hunks of English cucumber before sneak attacking with spice from both Thai and Hungarian peppers and a guajillo chile-infused vinaigrette.

Broadly speaking, the snacks are Fist of Curry's strongest offerings, while the curries themselves could use a little more coaxing in the depth department. (I'm going to make a controversial recommendation here and suggest a dash or two of MSG.) The long-grain basmati rice that accompanies each, on the other hand, is nicely cooked and worth noting.

Of the five curries I sampled, the soft-shell crab rose above the rest thanks to its Thai-inspired coconut curry that's bright with lemongrass and a dusting of sumac. There's crab paste and oil in the curry itself, but while soft-shell is in season, the whole crab is served on the side, lightly breaded and fried to crispy perfection. At $16, this dish represents the top of Fist of Curry's modest price scale.

The Japanese-inspired kare curry ($13) with pork katsu is another I'd recommend. The sauce starts with Japanese curry powder that's enriched with leftover pork juices from sister restaurant Johnny Noodle King and blended with sake, mirin, tamari and fresh Granny Smith apples. It's a silky and mild version of curry, perfect for heat-averse diners.

Other offerings include a smoked tofu curry ($12) that's both vegan and gluten-free, a meaty Jamaican jerk brisket curry ($16), a vegetarian saag halloumi ($12) that I also enjoyed and a rotating weekly special.

One of the biggest misses for me and evidently for a group of early online reviewers as well is the non-naan bread that's offered as a $2 side. The menu describes it as a house-made fry bread and the deep-fried gluten-free flatbreads that come out indeed have more in common with Navajo fry bread than soft, leavened naan -- a key component of so many good curries.

Executive chef and co-owner Les Molnar said he'd never attempt to make naan without a tandoori oven and is instead experimenting with a pizza dough-based flatbread brushed with ginger-garlic butter that will likely make it to the menu next month. That's a smart move and will likely stanch some of the criticism.

On the beverage side, Fist of Curry offers five house cocktails priced at $9 each that employ many of the ingredients you'd find in their curries, like a masala simple syrup. The beer list of nine drafts and 20 bottles and cans is well priced and includes a few surprises — like a nitro-draft Old Speckled Hen for $4 — among some usual suspects.

“Part of our motivation here is to expose people to what's out there," Molnar said. "I’m not some artisan savant when it comes to making curry yet, but we know we can make good food at an affordable price.”

Most important, though, is bringing new life to a concept that should've worked but never took off for a variety of reasons.

"Doing a smaller restaurant like this — Fist of Curry is between 40 and 50 seats — I think you can get away with having some niche fun over here when it comes to cuisine," Molnar said. "We just want to have fun at work. If we can make it as fun as possible and pass that energy on to the guest, that’s something we get a kick out of.”

If that's the goal, then this punny kung-fu curry shop may soon deliver a knockout roundhouse.

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A Jamaican bobsled cocktail ($9) from the new Fist of Curry restaurant in southwest Detroit features rum with strawberry and pineapple juice garnished with a whole baby banana. (Photo: Mark Kurlyandchik, Detroit Free Press)

Fist of Curry
2547 Bagley, Detroit.
313-265-3325 and detroitcurry.com.

Dinner daily.

Irreverent '70s-themed curry joint with small bar and mostly booth seating.

Full liquor license with limited selections.

Reservations accepted.

Contact Mark Kurlyandchik: 313-222-5026 or mkurlyandc@freepress.com. Follow him on Twitter @mkurlyandchik and Instagram: curlyhandshake.

[GeneChing]

WANT!

Although 'clat' isn't the right term to use here. :rolleyes:


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When you read Bruce Lee: A Life (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?65795-Bruce-Lee-A-Life-by-Matt-Polly) by Matt Polly, there is much discussion of his pot use.

[GeneChing]

Here's the logo for the 2018 Universaide (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?69746-Wushu-at-the-Universiade&p=1309701#post1309701).

https://www.insidethegames.biz/media/image/114495/o/Wushu.png

Jiayo? nuh mon. JAH-yo!

:D

[GeneChing]

Our intrepid reporter travels to the Land of Cush. READ The Rainbow Continent Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 1: Welcome Home to Ethiopia (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1444) by Gregory Brundage

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The Silk Road (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?68861)
African Martial Arts (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?45823)
Shaolin Rasta - the 37th Chamber (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?58144)

[GeneChing]

Our intrepid reporter explores Wushu in the Land of Cush. READ The Rainbow Continent Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 2: Ethiopia (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1452) by Gregory Brundage

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THREADS
The Silk Road (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?68861)
African Martial Arts (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?45823)
Shaolin Rasta - the 37th Chamber (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?58144)

[GeneChing]

Oh man, srsly? If they sent a sample, I'm sure I could find some one to review it. Maybe a Shaolin Rasta (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?58144-Shaolin-Rasta-the-37th-Chamber) or a Marijuana TCM (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?52089-marijuana-tcm-!-!-!-!!)proponent? ;)


MARKETING > EVERCANNABIS
Kung Fu Vapes sees growth ahead (https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/aug/19/kung-fu-vapes-sees-growth-ahead/)
Mon., Aug. 19, 2019

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Alexis Dawson and John Dawson Jr. of Kung Fu Vapes (Joe Butler / EVERCANNABIS)

By Joe Butler
EVERCANNABIS Writer

Kung Fu Vapes
4811 N. Market St., Spokane
(818) 254-8861
www.kungfuvapes.com

John Dawson Jr. knows exactly when his “Aha!” moment happened.

In a tattoo shop in San Diego, a friend asked him to try an early version of a vape pen loaded with hash, a cannabis concentrate.

He’d smoked pot before growing up but never experienced the type of high as he did with that device. He instantly knew that plenty of people are going to love their cannabis this way, and he wanted to be part of it.

“We went on a mission right then to all the stores around town and bought any kind of e-cigarette and vape pen we could find, so we could take them all apart, see how they were made, and see if we could figure out how to make them better,” said Dawson.

Today, a decade later, Dawson is the owner of Kung Fu Vapes, which provides components for vaporizers, including batteries and cartridges, plus all sorts of pens and pocket rigs designed for heating cannabis concentrates or oil.

“We love to help design, brand, and package products for different companies,” he said.

Located on Market Street in the Hillyard area, he and co-owner/brand manager Alexis Dawson now work with producers and processors and retailers in 25 states.

While Kung Fu Vapes must follow state rules governing the sale and use of vape products, the restrictions for 502 licensees don’t apply, allowing it sell and distribute outside of Washington.

“This evolution is a trip – we have a small niche of the industry, but we’re doing huge numbers around the country and even internationally,” John Dawson said.

Vape pens/e-cigs can deliver a more potent experience than smoking flower. They’re also more discreet than a traditional pipe or bong, can easily fit in a pocket or purse, and the vapor doesn’t fill the lungs or have a strong odor like pot smoke does.

A client may have ideas of what they want or don’t want in their next vape product. Or Dawson’s manufacturing partners in China may suggest new products and materials. Mostly, the ideas for come from his own hands-on research.

“We’re always trying to push the industry forward,” he said. “We never want to follow trends – we want to create them.”

He also likes to visit different growers and social media/industry influencers, and is always attending cannabis events around the country, either as a vendor or an attendee to learn what new products are in the works. It’s also a chance to educate consumers and possible partners about everything Kung Fu Vapes can bring to the table.

He and Alexis essentially do everything – it would easy to hire sales people around the country, but he likes being hands-on and involved in all discussions and decisions.

Kung Fu Vapes recently released the Quasar pod system, a one-time use fillable pen that’s already receiving praise for its portability, stability, and ability to use different types of oil. It’s child-proof, and there’s no wicking or alloys involved.

Later this year, it plans to release Kung Fu Vitals, a pre-filled device containing CBD oil sourced from high-quality hemp grown in New York.

Dawson said this is a great time for the industry. Though there are a lot of vape products, producers/processors want to make sure their customers have safe, reliable and enjoyable products, and that’s where he thinks Kung Fu Vapes has established a great reputation.

“What we’re seeing right now is this perfect blending of electronic materials and cannabis, and it’s all going to get bigger,” he said. “There are a lot of products out there, but your hardware is going to define you.”

Joe Butler is a longtime marketing writer and editor at The Spokesman-Review. He’s an enthusiast of Star Wars, commemorative spoon collecting, and the Oxford comma.

[Djuan]

Came to salute this thread just for the title, and say I'm all for the 37th Chamber. :cool:

[GeneChing]

Culture Desk
Stephen Cheng Released One Single That Sounded Like Nothing Else. But Who Was He? (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/stephen-cheng-released-one-single-that-sounded-like-nothing-else-but-who-was-he?source=EDT_NYR_EDIT_NEWSLETTER_0_imagenewslette r_Daily_ZZ&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_source=nl&utm_brand=tny&utm_mailing=TNY_Daily_082419&utm_medium=email&bxid=5bda456b2ddf9c506362b559&cndid=21086543&esrc=&mbid=CRMNYR062419&utm_term=TNY_Daily)
The story behind an obscure and beloved rocksteady recording and a singer who tried to bring worlds together in his music.
By Hua Hsu August 23, 2019

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Pop-music history is filled with dreamers who came and went, leaving behind just enough to scramble a latter-day listener’s sense of what was once possible. In 1967, the Jamaican record label Sunshine released a seven-inch single by a man named Stephen Cheng, titled “Always Together (A Chinese Love Song).” The track begins in the loping, offbeat style of rocksteady: a guitar cranking through a skanking rhythm, the bass slinking up and down in the background. But things get odd when Cheng starts singing. Most Jamaican rocksteady singers of the time mimicked the cadences of American soul. Cheng sings in a bold, over-the-top style reminiscent of Chinese opera. The words he sings are in Mandarin: the lyrics for “Always Together” were adapted from “Girl from Ali Shan,” a folk song that originated in Taiwan, thousands of miles from Jamaica. “Always Together” was obscure even upon its release; eventually, it became a cherished novelty among hard-core Jamaican-music fans. But, for years, the few historians and collectors who knew about it wondered about its provenance. Chinese Jamaicans played a significant role in the island’s rocksteady and reggae scenes, as both performers and producers, but Cheng was an unknown. Where did he come from? And where did he go?

Last year, I joined the curatorial team at New York’s Museum of Chinese in America for “The Moon Represents My Heart,” an exhibit focussed on the role that music has played in Chinese-American life. Our show didn’t have a central story, because there’s no single thing that might credibly be called “Chinese-American music.” Instead, we tried to explore how music brings meaning to our lives, whether we are singing in church or at a karaoke bar; freestyling with friends or dancing at a rave; learning enough chords to make a racket at a club or in the garage. Sometimes the meaning of such experiences doesn’t come into focus until later—the piano lessons you were forced to take as a child morph into a predisposition for synth-pop. Music shapes our identities in ways that, like a forgotten recording artist, can be difficult to trace. Our show’s title came from a 1977 hit by the Taiwanese pop singer Teresa Teng, whose songs about romance and reunion bound people throughout the Chinese diaspora, serving as a beacon for those who would never return home. Naturally, we were drawn to musical stories involving unlikely circuits of encounter. One day, while working on the exhibit, I mentioned Stephen Cheng to one of the museum’s curators, Andrew Rebatta. I played “Always Together” for him, and he was entranced. Within a week, he had tracked down Cheng’s family.

Cheng, we were surprised to learn, was a New Yorker. He had died in 2012 and was survived by five children, who told us that music was a constant part of their upbringing. Their father was born into a well-to-do family in Shanghai, in 1921, and worked as a journalist there after college. In 1948, he moved to Hawaii, where he had family, and then to New York, where he attended Columbia, and later studied singing at Juilliard. He was cast in Broadway shows, including “The World of Suzie Wong” and “Flower Drum Song,” and he recorded an album of Chinese folk songs for New York’s Monitor Records. His summers were spent performing theatre and touring.

Cheng’s children knew most of this growing up. But they had not learned about “Always Together” until recently. In November, 2017, Cheng’s son Pascal discovered it by chance on YouTube—he had listened to some of his father’s other recordings, and the site’s algorithm suggested it to him. The song had been uploaded to YouTube in 2010, around the time the single was reissued by a Japanese record label specializing in Jamaican obscurities. Pascal left comments below the YouTube video and on music blogs, touting his father’s long career and asking if anyone knew about the song’s origins.

After Rebatta, the curator, contacted Cheng’s family, Cheng’s daughter Danielle came by the museum. She brought a collection of files that their father had kept about his musical exploits: news clippings and magazine articles, advertisements of shows in Jamaica and Trinidad, glossy photos of him performing on “The Steve Allen Show” and the Jack Paar show. (He also performed on “The Ed Sullivan Show.”) In some of the photos, Cheng is dressed in a silk robe, marking him as Chinese; in others, he sports the sharp suit or flowy shirt of a nineteen-sixties lounge singer. He wears a broad, blissful smile in nearly all of the pictures.

Cheng saw music as a way of reaching people outside his predominantly Chinese-speaking world. His ability to sing in different languages allowed him to tour throughout the West Indies, catering to communities of Chinese immigrants, and, after a successful string of shows in Suriname, he secured a hotel-lounge gig in Trinidad and Tobago, where he performed a repertoire that included songs in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Chinese. He became a minor star. In the late sixties, he worked with the local government to stage a series of shows as a benefit for the National Stadium of Trinidad, bringing, as he would later write, “the Chinese out of the confines of the strictly Chinese community to work with the other racial groups for the benefit of their whole country.” His fame spread to Jamaica. On a visit sponsored by the Chinese Benevolent Association, he met Byron Lee, a renowned Chinese-Jamaican musician, and they recorded “Always Together.”

Back in New York, in the early seventies, Cheng started a band called the Dragon Seeds. (Byron Lee had a band called the Dragonaires, though it’s likely the similarity is a coincidence.) Among the files that Cheng’s children brought was a draft of a press release that described the Dragon Seeds’ approach to blending Chinese traditional song with a softened version of American rock—“a new Chinese folk rock sound,” minus the “screaming.” Trying to imagine what the Dragon Seeds actually sounded like was dizzying. Reviews described Cheng’s singing as “attractive,” “sensitive,” and “attractively unassuming”; the Times praised his “superior way of reacting to the moods of each song.” The band’s lineup featured twelve musicians playing Chinese instruments, surrounding a four-piece jazz band. They played the Public Theatre and benefits for Chinatown churches. In 1971, they were invited to be part of Jazz in the Garden, a Museum of Modern Art concert series that also included legends of jazz, blues, and Latin music. The program included Elvin Jones, Odetta, Big Mama Thornton, and Mongo Santamaría among the performers. Cheng and the Dragon Seeds was the only act that I had not previously heard of, the only one that hadn’t left an obvious legacy.
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[GeneChing]

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Stephen Cheng, August, 1971.
Photograph by Leonardo Le Grand / MOMA

Some time after Danielle dropped off the files, she provided a couple of reels of quarter-inch tape, one recorded in Jamaica, presumably with a local band, and the other a live Dragon Seeds set from Town Hall. It seemed possible that the second reel represented the entirety of the Dragon Seeds’ extant recordings.

So much of what we know about immigrant life, even in the not very distant past, is thanks to hoarding and scavenging, rather than the sort of careful personal archiving one sometimes sees among the more powerful and well-to-do. When we were putting together “The Moon Represents My Heart,” we wanted things that could bring shape and texture to the role that music had played in Chinese-American life, and I thought it would be easy to find personal mementos and fan-club membership cards, mixtapes or photos of epic karaoke nights. But, when you don’t see yourself as part of a scene or a movement, you may not think such things need to be saved. Immigrants have not tended to regard their own lives as rising to the status of history. Sometimes they simply don’t have the room or the resources to keep records of their lives.

We converted Cheng’s reels into audio files, but I was hesitant to listen. Lost artifacts are almost always better in the imagination, burnished by hope and yearning. When we pressed play, I was captivated by Cheng’s voice. He croons with a kind of desperate earnestness. There were standards, such as “The Shadow of Your Smile” or “Softly as I Leave You,” that I’d heard hundreds of times before, but never with his amateurish zeal, which soars above his band’s tasteful, jazzy pop. He sings with a slight accent and seems to compensate for it by singing louder, with more passion. There’s a groovy song inspired by the Chinese tale of the “Butterfly Lovers”; he races through English-language lyrics about lovers reuniting in heaven, accentuating his words with a series of delirious, scat-like trills and the Chinese expression “Ai-ya! Ai-ya!”

The Dragon Seeds fizzled out after a few years, and Cheng redirected much of his energy from performance to teaching. He gave voice lessons at the New School, N.Y.U., the Stella Adler Conservatory, and Sarah Lawrence College. In 1991, he published “The Tao of Voice: A New East-West Approach to Transforming the Singing and Speaking Voice,” a book that tried to fuse ancient Chinese philosophy and breathing practices with Western vocal technique. It wasn’t intended only for aspiring performers: Cheng wanted to help all kinds of people feel confident using their voices, whether to sing or to give presentations at work.

The reels that Cheng’s children brought didn’t contain other rocksteady gems like “Always Together,” though the Dragon Seeds did record a more traditional version of “Girl from Ali Shan.” There was also a funky version of another Chinese folk song, “Girls from Daban City.” On all of the tracks, Cheng sounds impossibly hopeful, as though his effervescence can’t be contained, and he can’t help but share it. His performance spans styles and eras: he affects a heavy vibrato croon here and lightly tiptoes through syllables there, occasionally flitting between English and Mandarin. The song I can’t stop listening to is his version of “Yesterday.” The recording begins with a dutiful polish, but soon Cheng breaks free of the cool economy of the Beatles’ original, and begins singing with a kind of operatic gusto. It’s a song about longing and memory, and he’s trying to sing it into tomorrow.

“The Moon Represents My Heart: Music, Memory and Belonging” is on view at the Museum of Chinese in America, in New York, until September 29th.


Hua Hsu is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of “A Floating Chinaman: Fantasy and Failure Across the Pacific.”


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Came to salute this thread just for the title, and say I'm all for the 37th Chamber. :cool:
Welcome 'ere mi bredren. :D

[Djuan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgPTgq-rN3U


Welcome 'ere mi bredren. :D

Yes I ! :D

[Djuan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQIbz8JVA24

[GeneChing]

Professsor Hugh Mcdonald, Grand Master World Martial Arts Champion (http://www.jamaican-traditions.com/professsor-hugh-mcdonald-grand-master-world-martial-arts-champion.html)
by Hugh McDonald
(California and Jamaica)

I love Rasta People, I have been with some of the greatest.

I have been around Bob Marley before he knew about Rasta. I was there when he appeared on Vere Johns opportunity Show In Kingston. He was in his teens. We were born Feb 6th. I am his senior who taught him and his Sons Martial Arts.

I ate with, traveled with, and protected him on stage. He called me teach.

I never smoke or drink, won over 100 awards, proud to be a Jamaican, the only person to receive perfect 10 in the 1973 & 1974 world weapons championship, performed at the Jamaica National Arena.

In 1974 and 1975 I received the living legend, lifetime, hall of fame, mayor, city council, governor of Nevada and California, awards.

Last month I received another lifetime acheivement award.

See Youtube, Myspace, and Facebook for Grandmaster Hugh Mcdonald teacher to the stars, Jamaica's first 10 degree black belt.

I stumbled across this while researching a review I'm working on (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?70866-Dolemite-Is-My-Name) at the moment.

[Djuan]

Roots Rock and Kung Fu on stage, had to share :)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHzOxqrmwpY&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR34fFCTt3erJI4S9f6zhtDcT6UwPahyfPdlO98A6 aqNgVNPUmt54RpLbxg

[GeneChing]

Nicholas Daley Explores Martial Arts And Reggae Culture For SS21 Collection (https://hypebeast.com/2020/7/nicholas-daley-explores-martial-arts-and-reggae-culture-for-ss21-collection)
Blurring the lines between past and present.
Fashion
1 day ago
By Tayler Willson

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Following his London Virtual Fashion appearance that saw him revisit his Fall/Winter 2020 collection, Nicholas Daley has unveiled the lookbook for his Spring/Summer 2021 collection entitled: ‘Stepping Razor’. Through the exploration of martial arts and reggae culture in the mid-1970s, Daley digs deep into the meeting of the two and the connections created.

Reggae musician Peter Tosh appears in this season’s narrative with his 1977 song, “Stepping Razor,” lending the collection its name. Alongside his passion for reggae music, Tosh was a keen martial artist and a black belt in karate. These two talents would often be seen together when Tosh would incorporate combat moves into his live performances. His martial arts stage apparel became a signature look throughout his career and now represents a key reference point for Nicholas Daley’s latest collection.

Blurring the lines between past and present, the Stepping Razors lookbook features karate professional Jordan Thomas, who’s also due to compete at next year’s olympics. This collection highlights the significance of black karateka athletes in British sport over three decades of elite level competition.

Tapping into traditional martial arts attire, Daley has referenced utility silhouettes across more functional garments. A Karate Gi crafted with a sturdy sashiko fabric is one of the stand-out pieces of the collection, while matching trousers with reinforced panels are in-keeping with Daley’s typical style. Olive green and sky blue tie-dye colorways are used across long and short-sleeved waffle tees, as well as relaxed fit cotton beach shirts and military over shirts.

The Stepping Razors SS21 collection is expected to launch early next year. Keep up-to-date with Nicholas Daley news via his website (https://nicholasdaley.net/).

I'd rock these, maybe not the gis (https://www.martialartsmart.com/Uniforms-karate.html), but the tees.

[GeneChing]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY6DKy9cJ5c

[GeneChing]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc18aaI9qns

threads
The Smoke Master (https://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?72273-The-Smoke-Master)
Shaolin Rasta - the 37th Chamber (https://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?58144-Shaolin-Rasta-the-37th-Chamber)

[GeneChing]

Yanfan reached out to me directly about a Shaolin performance as part of this show:

Reggae Night XX (https://www.hollywoodbowl.com/events/performances/1764/2022-09-18/reggae-night-xx-ub40-the-original-wailers-feat-al-anderson-maxi-priest-big-mountain?fbclid=IwAR07ga88Q3e4jkRi236oBU2BDPPsnRrT E0uRCB2uZVKswbh4hm0GdOzqdQY)
UB40 • The Original Wailers feat Al Anderson • Maxi Priest • Big Mountain
KCRW Festival
Sun / Sept 18, 2022 - 7:00PM
The Bigga Baggariddim tour takes over the Bowl

GATE TIME:
5:30 PM
SUN / SEPT 18, 2022 - 7:00PM

FAVORITE
Artists
UB40
The Original Wailers feat Al Anderson
Maxi Priest
Big Mountain
KCRW DJ Ro "Wyldeflower" Contreras, host

Presented in association with 89.9 KCRW

About this Performance
With massive hits like “Red Red Wine” and “Can’t Help Falling in Love With You,” UB40 became one of the biggest names not only in reggae but in pop music in the 1980s and ’90s. The Wailers rewrote the history books as Bob Marley’s band, and today under leader Aston Barrett Jr. they carry the flame for the past and light the way forward. Maxi Priest scored huge hits like “Close to You” by bringing together the sounds of reggae with R&B, while Big Mountain’s cover of “Baby, I Love Your Way” brought their sun-soaked sound to the masses.

Here's his Press Release

The Venerable Grand Abbot Shi Yongxin sends his blessing for the famous Hollywood Bowl’s 100th season and presents Shaolin Temple Los Angeles and Historical Venerable Abbot Shi Yanfan. Grand Abbot authorized Shaolin Temple Los Angeles in 2005 and it officially opened as the first North American branch in 2008.

18,000 people will attend the event. And spectacular performance from Shaolin Warrior Monks. Never before has Shaolin been presented to a crowd this large in America. This is a wonderful opportunity to spread the real Chan Buddhist culture to the masses and inform people about the multiple cultural charms of Shaolin.

To see the performance, buy your tickets today to Hollywood Bowl Reggae Night, Sept 18.

10968
I'm sad I won't be able to attend.

Yanfan-(Franco-Testini) (https://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?48656-Yanfan-(Franco-Testini))
Shaolin-Rasta-the-37th-Chamber (https://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?58144-Shaolin-Rasta-the-37th-Chamber)

[GeneChing]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=338D3HTto6M

This is old, but it's new to me. And it needs to be here.

Kung-Fu-Music (https://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?36569-Kung-Fu-Music)
Seagal-is-at-it-again (https://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?37259-Seagal-is-at-it-again)
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