Jul+Aug 2013

[GeneChing]

With the cover leak from the last issue (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65587), we figured we'd just 'leak' it ourselves this go round... Check out The Kung Fu Tai Chi Day Simplified 24 Routine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV6PjN55Lb4).

On newsstands June 4th. Subscriber (http://www.martialartsmart.com/19341.html) issues are being sent out right now.

[Minghequan]

Hi Gene,

When is the Zinio edition out???

[GeneChing]

...plus or minus a day or two. Thanks for asking.

Subscribe to print here (http://www.martialartsmart.com/19341.html) and zinio here (http://www.zinio.com/www/browse/product.jsp;jsessionid=A514790059E8331007A2F7ED392 D93EB.prd-main-news8?productId=500626248&categoryId=cat1970036&_requestid=217910). :cool:

[GeneChing]

The July+August 2013 table of contents (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/magazine/article.php?article=1096) is online.

[Taijiren]

50% of the articles are written (or co-written) by you. Are folks not submitting articles to the magazine or do you just have tons of stored up material?

[GeneChing]

When you read my Publisher's Corner, all will be explained.

[GeneChing]

When is the Zinio edition out??? It's live on Zinio (http://www.zinio.com/www/browse/product.jsp?productId=500626248&categoryId=cat1970036&_requestid=469083) now.

[Taijiren]

Chinese typo on page 84. Based on what Wu saying, it should be qian 謙 (hexagram 15), not qian 乾 (hexagram 1). Submitted in the spirit of continual improvement.

[GeneChing]

Good catch, Taijiren. I'm delighted to see that someone is actually reading the Chinese characters as we put a lot of work into getting those inserted. In this case, we grabbed the qian #1 because we were just moving too fast due to deadline pressure. Our bad. As for typos, well, that's par for the course. :o I often say that you can tell how authentically Chinese it is by the typos.

You read my Publisher's Corner too, yes? Now you see why there's so many by me in this issue, too many for my tastes to be honest, but that event was quite fruitful.

[Greatsage]

I just got the new edition of kung fu tai chi, and i really loved the article of 'Dining table kung fu & Yang family spear'. I made the mistake of reading it at work, and laughing out loud while reading the 2nd paragraph explaining the 'Dining table 6 Cuts 18 Strikes'.
I laughed even harder when I was explaining why the concept of stabbing someone in the eyes and heart with chopsticks (purely in a self defense context)is funny, especially as they have witnessed me at work doing my excercises to strengthen my ability to use chopsticks.
The chopsticks is one weapon that I would really like to learn. Pole, spear, Nunchukka, 3 section staff, these are all cool, and given the opportunity to learn these would be nothing short of an honour, but for me its the simple weapons that dont look intimidating, or freaky, that get my imagination going. Its one weapon that I hope does not get lost due to unpopularity.
Respect and admiration to the Yang family for revealing their family history and culture, and to Gene Ching and Gigi Oh for writing it.
You made my day

[GeneChing]

That was a really fun piece to research.

Our cover story is now online: The Cane Sword of Kung Fu (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/magazine/article.php?article=1102)

[GeneChing]

We've been doing quote memes from each issue this year, mostly as a facebook (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kung-Fu-Tai-Chi-Magazine/135964689362) promotion. If one resonates, please pass it along.
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[PalmStriker]

Bad Ass Form ! :D

[GeneChing]

From my article Be Like Water.

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[GeneChing]

From Which Wu are You? By me and Gigi Oh

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[GeneChing]

From The Three Powers of Splitting Fists By me and Gigi Oh

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[PalmStriker]

Practicing without intent is like pretending to be practicing Kungfu. :)

[GeneChing]

We're on the newsstands with this one for one more week. Pick us up there if you can.

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