Kung Fu Tai Chi Magazine March + April 2017

Kungfu Magazine・January 26, 2017

Cover Story
Family of Lions
By Jeff Hung and Stephen Chew

‘Uncle’ Allen Joe Remembers Bruce Lee
By Gene Ching

The Deceptive Double Daggers of Ying Jow Pai
By Williy Pang

Bow Sim Mark’s Bagua Heritage
By Jean Lukitsh

Health for the Four Seasons through Baguazhang
By Liang Keming with Gigi Oh

Pushing Butterflies
Reassessing Sport Taijiquan Push Hands
By Emilio Alpanseque

Shaolin Push Hands
By Chris Friedman

Shaolin Continuous Hand Short Strikes
By Leon Zhang with Gigi Oh and Gene Ching

Iron Finger, Soft Brush
By Gene Ching and Gigi Oh

Featured Weapon
Oxtail Saber

Tournaments - Events - News

Clawmarks
By Jonny Oh

Report on the 6th New England International Wushu Championships
By Anthony Roberts

Oakland 1964
The Challenge that Became Legend, The Legend that Became Bruce Lee
By Emilio Alpanseque

Kung Fu Horoscope

Chollywood Rising: The Year of the Rooster and More
By Gene Ching

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...