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Chinese Martial Arts in the News: June 6th, 2016: Taijiquan, Wing Chun and...
Ken Chun Talks Wing Chun. Source: http://www.examiner.com Introduction Welcome to “Chinese Martial Arts in the News.” This is a semi-regular feature here at Kung Fu Tea in which we review media...
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Hunting a Tiger with a Kukri
The reader will probably notice that whatever may be their form, there is a nameless something which designates the country in which they were produced. No matter whether the weapon has belonged to...
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From the Archives: Ming Tales of Female Warriors – Searching for the Origins...
A painting of Hua Mulan. ***We are currently in the final push to prepare and release the second issue of the interdisciplinary journal Martial Arts Studies. This will be a themed issue examining...
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Now Available: Spring 2016 Issue of Martial Arts Studies – The Invention of...
Martial Arts Studies, Issue 2: The Invention of Martial Arts We are happy to announce that the Spring 2016 Issue Martial Arts Studies is now available, free of charge, to any reader or...
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The Cultural Translation of Wing Chun: Addition, Deletion, Adoption and...
“In the case of Tai Chi however, the major defining feature of hybridity, the sense of mixture and the equal status of the different cultures involving in the mixture, is absent. In the eyes of its...
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Feeling the Rhythm in Lion Dancing, the Wooden Dummy and Lightsaber Combat
A Sportlight Saber League Tournament held in Paris, France. Source: http://www.themalaymailonline.com A Tricky Step Darth Nihilus* was grinning as he stripped off his fencing helmet and strode...
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Chinese Martial Arts in the News: June 27th, 2016: The UFC, Shaolin and Your...
Master Shi Tanxu. Source: Rick Loomis/LA Times. Introduction Welcome to “Chinese Martial Arts in the News.” This is a semi-regular feature here at Kung Fu Tea in which we review media stories...
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Doing Research (7): Dale C. Spencer on Observant Participation and Becoming a...
Introduction Welcome to the seventh entry in our series of guest posts titled “Doing Research.” If you missed the first essay by D. S. Farrer (which provides a global overview of the subject),...
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Making Captain America: Martial Arts and the Next Generation
Captain America Thwarted I spotted a flash of red, white and blue as I looked up from the electronic display mounted on the top of the treadmill. It was telling me a depressing story of miles left...
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Martial Mastery and Olympic Glory: A Winning Combination?
Do you feel that? Olympic fervor is once again in the air. As we prepare for the 2016 Summer Games in Rio there has been a distinct uptick of Olympic advertising on the TV. Athletes whom we have...
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Ip Man, the Death of Language and the Roots of Communication
Ip Man practices Chi Sao With Moy Yat. Introduction It goes without saying that I should not be writing this post. On Sunday I will be boarding my flight for the UK and the 2016 Martial Arts...
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Capoeira and Silat: A Comparative Study of Fight Dancing in Brazil and...
Capoeira. Photo by Turismo Bahia. Source: Wikimedia. Introduction Greetings from the road! I am currently undertaking some last minute preparations and then heading over to Cardiff University...
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The Fifty-Two Handblocks Re-framed: the Rehabilitation of a Vernacular...
Introduction Greetings from the road! If all has gone according to plan I am currently in the UK, and probably on a train somewhere between London and Cardiff, headed to the 2016 Martial Arts Studies...
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Gender, Fighters and Framing on Twitter by Allyson Quinney
Ronda Rousey vs. Miesha Tate Introduction Greetings from the road! I am currently wrapping up my trip to the 2016 Martial Arts Studies Conference at Cardiff University and am on my way back to the...
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Ancient Wisdom Modern Warriors: The (Re)Invention of a Mesoamerican Tradition...
Introduction Greetings! If all has gone according to plan I am now back in the United States, recovering from jet lag, reviewing my notes from the conference and preparing a report on the events of...
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Martial Arts Studies 2016 Conference Report – Performance, Motivations and...
A view of downtown Cardiff from the top of the Norman Keep. Photo by Benjamin Judkins. Introduction Earlier this week I returned from a brief trip to Canada and the United Kingdom. During this...
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Chinese Martial Arts in the News: August 1, 2016: Bruce Lee, Books and...
A replica of a Ming era Dandao. Introduction Welcome to “Chinese Martial Arts in the News.” This is a semi-regular feature here at Kung Fu Tea in which we review media stories that mention or...
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Lightsaber Combat and Wing Chun: The Search for Meaning in the Modern Martial...
The title slide of my keynote address at the July 2016 Martial Arts Studies Conference. ***What follows is the text of my recent keynote address given at the 2016 Martial Arts Studies Conference. I...
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Lives of Chinese Martial Artists (18): Xiang Kairan – Imagining the...
Woodblock print of Chinese warrior holding a sword. “When the Nanjing Martial Arts Institute was opened, I was in Hankou [in eastern Hubei], where I noticed in a newspaper that they were dividing...
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Alex Gillis Talks about Tae Kwon Do, Controversy and Researching Martial Arts...
A Killing Art. PHOTO COURTESY OF ECW PRESS Introduction One of the first books that I reviewed on this blog was A Killing Art: The Untold History of Tae Kwon Do by Alex Gillis. To this day it...
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