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    Hi, To add to the original discussion, Sanda is...

    Hi,
    To add to the original discussion, Sanda is a more recent term to describe free fighting, unlike Sanshou which is much older. Professor Ma Mingda has a good article on this. Also scholar Lin...
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    This is Su Dong Shen a student of Hung Yi Xiang...

    This is Su Dong Shen a student of Hung Yi Xiang in Taiwan and Hung's Tang Shou Tao school. Xingyi Quan does use angles, it might appear the XYQ fighter charges head on but it is not so.
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    Ridiculous is to think that mixing dancing, movie...

    Ridiculous is to think that mixing dancing, movie style wushu and flowery crap into CMA to attract customers is not affecting them in any way. The party's version of CMA takes away from those who...
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    The biggest problem I see is that all the other...

    The biggest problem I see is that all the other non martial aspects of today’s "martial" expressions are polluting what in the past were survival skills. No wonder many of today’s "masters" are...
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    Martial elements have inspired other cultural...

    Martial elements have inspired other cultural expressions; call it literature, dancing, theater etc. However there is a big difference between those and Martial oriented practices, where the goal is...
  6. MMA guy kicks mugger's butt

    http://www.bangstyle.com/2011/12/man-left-bruised-and-battered-after-attempting-to-mug-mma-fighter/
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    Deaths in Chinese/Martial Arts Competitions

    Original here:
    http://english.cntv.cn/program/sportsscene/20111216/109385.shtml
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    I just finished reading A Dragon's Head and a...

    I just finished reading A Dragon's Head and a Serpent's Tail: Ming China and the First Great East Asian War, 1592-1598 by Professor Swope, great book.

    This is also a good read: Weapons in Ancient...
  9. You bettcha! Better hurry before I finish posting...

    You bettcha! Better hurry before I finish posting in all the Forums!

    Prof. Lorge does not refer to the Maiden of Yue, but Fu Hao, a woman who is mentioned in Shang oracle bones as leading armies...
  10. Chinese Martial Arts: From Antiquity to the Twenty-First Century by Peter Lorge

    A new book on CMA history:


    http://www.amazon.com/Chinese-Martial-Arts-Antiquity-Twenty-First/dp/0521878810/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323810933&sr=8-1#reader_B006H3TR62

    Cheers,

    William
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    And you sure have responded about your...

    And you sure have responded about your qualifications, your own book "review" or your expertise in miltary xingyiquan...
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    Whats wrong with you?

    Based on my research on republican era publications, Huang Bo Nien's book is the only one that deals with the use of the western saber in xingyiquan. Mr. Rovere's translation is not only very...
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    FoilingFist, It was you, not Mr. Rovere, who...

    FoilingFist,

    It was you, not Mr. Rovere, who concluded from Huang Bonian's comment, that


    Buddhism or Yue Fei's contributions to XYQ has never been proven. How can you say that it is clear if...
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    Hello ghostexorcist, Yes indeed, Stan is a...

    Hello ghostexorcist,

    Yes indeed, Stan is a remarkable person, very eager to help out. I started to correspond with him back in 2006 and he has always been so patience with my questions. A very...
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    Stanley Henning's Interview

    Hello,

    here you will find an interview to Stanley Henning one of the most important CMA scholars,

    http://vimeo.com/channels/77164#31747090

    Cheers,

    William
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    Hello all, I came across this post and thought I...

    Hello all,
    I came across this post and thought I should say something as I am interested in CMA. There is enough scholarship in English on Shaolin martial arts (I would recommend FoilingFist to...
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