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We not only support discussions about KUNG FU and TAI CHI but tackle the topics of history, teaching and appreciating KUNG FU. Our network is international, with contributions from all over the world. We view and critique many products that are often offered elsewhere without comment. We have a huge selection of DVDs, Videos, Books and VCDs. But we also run articles, how to pieces and reviews of products. You are walking through a Kung Fu garden and may see a pavilion on the right, a waterfall over to the left . .. . Stroll a while and enjoy.

NEWEST ARTICLES


Joanna Zorya pursues truth with a blockbuster article that is as challenging as it is perceptive: What is Your Intention...

Using Push Hands as a model, Ted Mancuso discusses some intriguing aspects of martial practice:
A Lesson from Cousin Push ...

A new article by Joanna Zorya asking all the pertinent questions about martial arts...

Spring has Sprung! Read all about it!

Movietime, in a small way, with our new Videocast, take a look...

Another installment of our popular but extremely sporadic series: Unlocking the Form.

October 16: A poem from the Chinese...

It's hard to deny, martial artists are a little different ...

Our Instructor's Notebook entry may make you slip.

Our latest meditation on how It Gets Better

Ted Mancuso's newest : A Blink of Zen

Brian Kennedy reviews :
Tim Cartmell's "Standing Grappling"
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Gary Shapiro relates his experiences recovering his martial practice after a painful experience..."Tai Chi with a Leg Bag"

Ted Mancuso muses afresh about the inner workings of the martial minds: "Anthony Hopkins Plays the Guitar"...

The new Instructor's Notebook (which really is for martial instructors) lends a helping hand about dealing with helpers ...

Our fabulous FUN STUFF section adds a new section: Martial Language lessons. See the story behind the characters, or is it the characters behind the story?...

Teacher Joanna Zorya once again shines her special light on a real source of confusion for some Tai Chi people, namely "To Push, to Stick or To Hit?" ...

Yet another Fun Stuff article, but for the first time, we actually have enough of these collectibles to share ...

Here is a different perspective on our recent crescent kick piece, by Chad Eisner.

Pick a kick, any kick, I know; let's take the Crescent Kick ...

O.K. we started cleaning our closet again and found this for the Fun Stuff section: "Kung Fu Program: 1979 ".

A few words on one of the smartest, and dumbest, joints: "The Wrist".

Our newest INSTRUCTOR'S NOTEBOOK entry: "Teaching the Combination".

A review of our newest PLUM DVD: Tai Chi Short Set

Contributors write their thoughts and feelings on "What is a Warrior?"

 


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