Kung Fu Tai Chi Magazine July + August 2016

KungFuMagazine.com・May 26, 2016

Cover Story
Ray Park
The Force of Wushu
By Gene Ching

Wushu, Weight Training and You
By Greg Lynch Jr.

Shaolin’s Ultimate in Strength Training
90 Pounds of Solid Steel Guan Gong Da Dao
By Chris Friedman

Reflections on the Rise of Women’s Sanda
By Emilio Alpanseque

A Few Self Defense Techniques that Women Should Know
By Masoud Hayeri Khiavi

When Push Comes to Shove
The 5 Styles of Taiji and Their Strengths in Push Hands
By Gene Ching with Gigi Oh

Breaking into the Martial Arts
By Brian Kuttel

8 Strikes, 8 Forbidden Strikes
By Gene Ching

Taming the Tiger and Internal Power
By Robert Santee, PhD

Featured Weapon
Twin Melon Hammers

Tournment - Events - News

Clawmarks
By Gene Ching

Marching into the Storm
U.C. Berkeley’s 24th Annual Chinese Martial Arts Tournament
By Gene Ching

Chollywood Rising: China Awakens

Kung Fu Horoscope

By Julia Sultana For centuries, humans have looked down humbly upon cradled hands – a mudra gesture - in order to seek higher truths within themselves. Mudras are used within many belief systems and in meditative practices all over the world. This article explores some basic Indian mudras and the...

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...