SPECIAL REPORTS
Gene Ching・May 13, 2024
2024 Tiger Claw Elite KungFuMagazine.com Championship – An Auspicious Weekend
It was epically auspicious that the 2024 Tiger Claw Elite KungFuMagazine.com Championships would land on the dates that they did – May the Fourth and Cinco de Mayo. Anyone who knows me knows what a nerd I can be. Heck, I cover Comic-cons for KungFuMagazine.com and freelance write for Den of Geek ...
Gene Ching・Apr 23, 2024
Bruce Le and ENTER THE CLONES OF BRUCE
Bruceploitation. What other celebrity has an entire genre of film dedicated to their imitators? There are more Bruce Lee derivative films then can be counted. Enter a new documentary - ENTER THE CLONES OF BRUCE – to address this massive and often disregarded subgenre. For the Bruce Lee fandom, EN...
Gene Ching・Apr 16, 2024
Blade Sharp: Eight-Section Brocade and Iaido
I’ve always been passionate about swords. It’s what initially drew me to Kung Fu. While Kung Fu remains my primary practice, I consider myself more of a swordsman than a Kung Fu man. Before my watch at KungFuMagazine.com, I fenced NCAA at SJSU and earned a Provost at Arms degree in fencing. I als...
Zhou Zhihui・Apr 08, 2024
The Zhou Zihe Cultural Revival and Promotion in Zhitian Village
In September 2023, Japanese Karate enthusiasts traveled to Fuzhou to visit their roots again. Fujian Huizhentang Tiger Boxing Club (福建省惠真堂虎形拳俱乐部) and Fuzhou Wushu Association (福州市武术协会) staff candidly arranged a reception and a discussion about Zhou Zihe martial arts culture and history. This arti...
Gene Ching・Apr 02, 2024
Darth Nonymous on the Tiger Claw May the Fourth LED Saber Championship
May the Fourth has been celebrated as Star Wars Day since 1979 because the date sounds like Mike Tyson saying, “May the Force Be with You.” It allegedly began when Margaret Thatcher was elected as Prime Minister to the United Kingdom. Her political party placed a congratulatory ad in the Evening ...
Jack Sam・Mar 25, 2024
The Tiger Claw Heavy Guandao Champion
Martial Arts On my 40th birthday, I won Tiger Claw Elite’s 1st Heavy Guandao Championship in the Year of the Rabbit using a guandao that I built called Jade Rabbit Crescent Blade (玉兔偃月刀). Packed into that sentence are auspicious coincidences that can’t be planned. I’m not a particularly elite mar...
Patrick Lugo・Feb 26, 2024
DUNE: PART TWO: The Unseen Blade
Cutting to the Quick Denis Villeneuve’s new movie is arguably the most anticipated sequel of 2024. Its closest competitor is the MCU’s only entry for the year - DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE. After a half dozen Academy Awards and an 83% on Rotten Tomatoes, Villeneuve’s sequel is already sitting at 97%. If...
Xueyuan Yangchen・Feb 20, 2024
Kung Fu: A Physical Discipline and a Philosophical Journey
"Kung Fu" refers to any discipline or skill achieved through hard work, dedication, and time, not merely martial arts. From a philosophical perspective, Kung Fu emphasizes balance, discipline, respect, patience, and self-improvement, which can be applied in everyday life. Here are three unique as...
Gigi Oh, May Chen and Gene Ching・Feb 14, 2024
Grandmaster Wang Xian 1944-2024
From May Chen: Grandmaster Wang Xian, one of the Four Diamonds of Chen Style Tai Chi, left in advance of the Chinese Lunar Year of the Wood Dragon, February, 2024. In life, Grandmaster Wang was an ambassador for Tai Chi through his exemplary practice, his dedication to teach and to promote intere...