Just shy of three feet tall.
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Just shy of three feet tall.
I've been after a Bronze Man (銅人) for years and finally found a nice fiberglass version on Taiwan Facebook marketplace. I'd love to have an old metal version, but I know that would be prohibitively...
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Chapters 74 to 77 of Journey to the West (Xiyouji, 西遊記, 1592) feature a powerful bird demon called the “Peng of Ten Thousand Cloudy Miles” (Yuncheng wanli peng, 雲程萬里鵬). He is portrayed as an ancient,...
This is a wall hanger, but I love the bat-themed design. Seems like something Zhong Kui would wield. Seen on Taiwan Facebook Marketplace.
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I can write something for the online magazine if you'd like.
Cool! It's a shame you lost track of it. It's interesting that a vendor was selling them in the US. I've only seen them used in said rituals here in Taiwan and Singapore.
The blade isn't bad....
I'm unsure how many people are familiar with the concept of spirit-mediums (Ch: jitong, 乩童; Hokkien: tangki 童乩) in Chinese folk religion. For those who don't know, they are believed by their...
I've written reviews of both DC's Monkey Prince (2021) and Marvel's Sun Wukong (2011-2019). Both are horrible, but DC clearly put more effort into their character. I'll give you a hint of how bad...
I just watched it. Be forewarned: This lecture won't be of interest to anyone looking for a long discussion on martial arts. I liked it, though, as someone interested in history and religion. The...
I sadly just learned of these. One was posted on a blog review of a recent book on Martial arts history. Mr. Klimas' work is breathtaking. I'd love to get high quality prints of these.
I have an idea for a Wuxia story based around something I read several years ago. Some ancient Chinese emperors referred to themselves as the "lonely man" or "lonely one" (guaren, 寡人; sometimes...
Ok, thank you
A few weeks ago I wrote this article exploring the surprising parallels between the literary warriors Sun Wukong from Journey to the West and Wu Song from the Water Margin.
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I just posted this article to my research blog. It explores the association between primates and martial arts in Chinese history.
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That is super interesting! I'm sure the poem from Journey to the West has techniques lifted from such military treatises too. The main focus of my article will be on that poem. However, I do plan to...
Serpent Turning Around appears to be a Bagua technique (or at least one that was later enveloped by the style).
https://read01.com/ePkQ6K2.html#.Wnrdcq6WaR0
Thank you for your insight.
Amazing work! Is it possible that the heavenly sack move is a groin attack? That's the first thing to comes to my twisted mind. If not that, the imagery of the sack...
It looks like the author/compiler of Journey to the West took some of the poem from the Water Margin.
拽開大四平,踢起雙飛腳。
仙人指路,老子騎鶴。
拗鸞肘出近前心,當頭砲勢侵額角。
翹跟淬地龍,扭腕擎天橐。
這邊女子,使個蓋頂撒花;
這裏男兒,耍個遶腰貫索。...
Thank you for both of your informative replies. Here are the Chinese characters for the poem:
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Thank you for the reply. Very interesting. Since the fight is unarmed, it's possible "The Immortal pointing the way" is a finger attack aimed at the eyes. What do you think?
These are Shahar's...
In his book The Shaolin Monastery (2008), Meir Shahar presents a poem from Journey to the West (1592) in which describes unarmed combat between Sun Wukong and a rhinoceros demon. Shahar notes that it...
This is an 18th-century Chinese hell scroll that I recently purchased. The visible area of the painting is 22.75 x 52.5-inches, not including the frame, which has been cropped out. It depicts the...
I took a creative writing class back in 2009 for a college English credit. My final project was heavily influenced by the 1976 John Wayne film The Shootist. What I really loved about the film was: 1)...
You need to look up the "Old Man Logan" storyline