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Patrick Lugo・Mar 19, 2026
30 Years of Tiger’s Tale
By Patrick Lugo Ask anyone who’s created them, and they’ll tell you, comics have always taken a long time to create. But martial arts’ longest running comic strip Tiger’s Tale has always been a bit different than the typical comic. As its creator I’m admittedly biased, but I can explain; I’ll eve...
By Gene Ching・Feb 26, 2026
Blades of the Guardians: Wuxia Gone Wild
By Gene Ching The Year of the Fire Horse bursts out of the stables with one of the best martial arts films in years. Blades of the Guardians is a triumph from three of the greatest masters of cinematic Kung Fu: Jet Li, Yuen Woo-ping, and Wu Jing. Wuxia is back, the uniquely Chinese martial arts g...
Greg Brundage・Feb 20, 2026
Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 48 - Anyang City, China – Shang Dynasty Capital, the National Museum of Chinese Writing and Oracle Bones Research
By Greg Brundage In this sub-series of the Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour - Articles from Anyang city, China, we visit the location of the most ancient dynastic civilization in Chinese history called Yinxu, two spectacular museums, the tomb of the world’s first Warrior Queen Lady Fu Hao (which...
By Gene Ching・Feb 06, 2026
Chinese New Year 2026: Year of the Flaming Stud
By Gene Ching Saddle up for the Year of the Fire Horse. It’s going to be a wild one. Just pair the raging element of fire with the mighty unbridled horse in your mind, and you’ll understand why the Year of the Fire Horse is often considered the unruliest ride of the sixty signs of the Chinese Zod...
MASTER INTERVIEWS
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Greg Brundage・Jan 03, 2025
Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 47 - Auspicious Kung Fu Encounter with Teacher Wang Kai
Auspicious Kung Fu Encounter with Teacher Wang Kai, founder of Beijing Jingwu Champion Schools and Partner with Jackie Chan’s Dragon Rhyme Martial Arts Troupe For The Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 46, click here. One never knows who one will meet along the ancient and modern Silk Roads. ...
Gene Ching・Oct 21, 2024
Shaolin Trips: Interview with Abbot Shi Yongxin at the World Shaolin Kung Fu Games
For the previous installment of Shaolin Trips, see Shaolin Trips: The First World Shaolin Kung Fu Games On July 12th, 2024, during the World Shaolin Kung Fu Games, we were invited into the Abbot’s audience chambers for a private interview with and Abbot Shi Yongxin. It was a short interview becau...
Greg Brundage・Mar 18, 2024
Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 46 - Visit to China’s National Sports Training Center
For The Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 45, click here. Beijing Shichahai Sports School and Splendid Conversations with thier Wushu Kung Fu Team Coaches and Athletes – Old friends and new Believe it or not, about 10 or 11 years ago I trained with China’s National Wushu Team for a few month...
Gene Ching and Gigi Oh・Mar 07, 2024
Interview with the Abbot of Shaolin Temple, Shi Yongxin
During the second weekend of November 2023, the First North American Shaolin Kungfu Games and Duanpin examination was held in San Gabriel, California. Tiger Claw President Jonny Oh, Kung Fu Tai Chi Publisher Emeritus Gigi Oh, and KungFuMagazine.com Publisher Gene Ching were present there to suppo...
SPECIAL REPORTS
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Mike Soohey・Jan 10, 2025
Unique Yet Vicious Two-Fisted Punches
For Part 1: Unique Yet Vicious Closed-Fist Punches, click here. Very rarely do you witness a Kung Fu artist use both hands to throw two simultaneous punches to attack or counter an opponent. Despite this rarity, such a practice of punching makes for a very compelling weapon. Typically, these punc...
Mike Soohey・Dec 20, 2024
Unique Yet Vicious Closed-Fist Punches
The closed-fist punch ranks as the most popular and widely utilized handcraft on the fighting art spectrum. Not only is this punch favored, but it is also potent. Experienced Kung Fu artists and full-contact combatants will attest that this hand technique is the most powerful. This attestation li...
Will Wain-Williams・Dec 12, 2024
The Core Forms of Taiji Mantis Kung Fu
The style of Kung Fu known as Praying Mantis (Tanglang Quan 螳螂拳) or just Mantis for short, is probably one of the most visually identifiable styles of Chinese martial art, due to the prolific use of Mantis hooks in its forms. It is a style that many people will be familiar with its origin story t...
Gene Ching・Dec 10, 2024
Danny Trejo on FAN EXPO SF, Tyson vs. Paul, and Doing His Own Stunts
“I love doing these,” says Danny Trejo. “I love doing Fan Expo. And I love the fans.” It’s Friday, Black Friday, the opening day of Fan Expo San Francisco, and Danny Trejo has managed to squeeze a little time in to chat with me privately at the beginning of his packed schedule. He is slated for a...