MASTER INTERVIEWS
Greg Brundage・Aug 15, 2023
Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 40: Chiang Mai - Thailand’s Rose and Martial Art Heaven continued
For The Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 39, click here. Those who have followed the Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour series know this writer always tries to find, interview, photograph, and now video the masters of the local martial arts and explore the cultural substructures of their bel...
Greg Brundage・Mar 27, 2023
Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 39: Chiang Mai, Thailand’s Rose of the North & Martial Art Heaven
For The Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 38, click here. Pay respects atthe city’s ancient origins at Chiang Man Stupa, and Wat Suandok Royal Temple, visit to the Chiang Mai National Museum, Welcome to the Lanna Empire and the Ping River, Halal Street, Tai Chi-Qigong in the parks, and Sepak...
Gene Ching・Aug 02, 2022
Anthony Le on Becoming a Second-Gen Champ
Meet Anthony Le, an aspiring fighter who at the early age of seventeen, has already captured wins in multiple weight divisions in the Muay Thai (PMT) ring, his record is 8-0 in the 16 and older division and state championship. He’s a silver medalist in a higher weight division at the nationals in...
Feng Jinyong and Haidong Chen・Jul 19, 2022
Discussion on the Formation of Mashi Tongbei s Biangan Wu Yin and Qi Shou and its Technical Characteristics Part 2
For Discussion on the Formation of Mashi Tongbei's Biangan Wu Yin and Qi Shou and its Technical Characteristics Part 1, click here. Period of Accelerated Dissemination After the 1990s, Professor Ma Mingda moved his family south and settled in Guangzhou, gradually becoming the essential base for d...
Patrick Lugo・Jun 28, 2022
Shaolin Cowboy, the Matrix & Kung Fu Movies with Geof Darrow Part 2
For Shaolin Cowboy, the Matrix & Kung Fu Movies with Geof Darrow Part 1 By Patrick Lugo, click here. Patrick Lugo, the senior graphic designer for Kung Fu Tai Chi interviewed the legendary comic artist Geof Darrow, the mastermind behind the extraordinary comic book The Shaolin Cowboy. In the firs...
Patrick Lugo・Jun 20, 2022
Shaolin Cowboy, the Matrix & Kung Fu Movies with Geof Darrow Part 1
A quick look at the KungFuMagazine.com forums will reveal that while many attribute such comics as Marvel’s Master of Kung Fu as a source for initial inspiration, there remains a consistent handful who still currently read comics. Today, it’s a time when the digital comic download is as available...
Gene Ching・May 12, 2022
Rylend Grant on FA SHENG: ORIGINS
What do you get when a martial artist, screenwriter, professional poker player, American Ninja Warrior, and Zen priest pens a new comic involving Bodhidharma? That sounds like a lot all rolled into on guy, but it’s no joke. Rylend Grant is all that and more, and he’s the author of the latest offe...
Gene Ching・Apr 14, 2022
Jeff Chinn on WE ARE BRUCE LEE: Under the Sky, One Family
All photos: Courtesy of Jeff Chinn Late last year, I had the opportunity to chat with Jeff Chinn, one of the world’s leading Bruce Lee collectors about his contribution to a Bruce Lee installation at the illustrious Academy Museum of Motion Pictures (see Jeff Chinn on the Academy Museum of Motion...
Gene Ching・Mar 29, 2022
Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming and Grand Qigong Circulation
Today, we are blessed with many good books about Chinese martial arts in English, but it wasn’t always so. For practitioners of my generation, we remember a time when there was a dearth of English language resources. Most of the books that were available up until the turn of the millennium were l...