Anyone who has studied martial arts knows that, even if you like it a lot, you should keep your day job.
May
3
2010
3
2010
Nov
27
2009
27
2009
Kung Feud?
Not among the most forgiving: that can only be stated about martial artists. After all, art is long and life is short
Aug
9
2009
9
2009
Swords of Silence !
The story of the role of Secret Socities in everything from revoution to tableware…
Dec
14
2007
14
2007
Old Costumes
We don’t have much choice. Someone’s got to save all those silly faux-kimonos.
Oct
6
2007
6
2007
Coasters of the Tiger & Crane
Some things are so obvious you wonder why you didn’t think of them before. The aching need for a good cork backed spill barrier with …
Oct
7
2006
7
2006
Not Just Jiujitsu …
There’s JiuJitsu and then there’s COMMANDO JiuJitsu, private!…
Oct
7
2006
7
2006
Leverage
Here they are, those comic send-away books that will teach you to all the right “tricks”.
Oct
7
2005
7
2005
1500 Years and Thanks!
It’s been at least ten years since Plum really started to gather momentum. We never thought when we started the company it would be so interesting…
Oct
7
2005
7
2005
Tong Wars!
The “benevolent association” was some times that and some times the opposite…
Oct
6
2005
6
2005
The Mysterious Peril from the East
Racism is nothing new. But in the early part of the 20th century it had the face of a super-villian.
Oct
7
2004
7
2004
Stamp Out Bruce Lee!!
Bruce as seen through the eyes of the philatelist…
Oct
7
2004
7
2004
Karate Kung Fu..no wait, by James Y Lee!
One of the earliest books in the field still sports charm…
Oct
7
2004
7
2004
Yawara!
Before Sticky Hands there was just a stick …
Feb
7
2004
7
2004
No, anything but that!
The Fortune Cookie Philosopher of American media drops crumbs of his insights…
Oct
7
2003
7
2003
The Ancestors of the Ninjas: Beware!
The skills of the vagabonds. The Kung Fu ninja connection, no joke…
Oct
6
2003
6
2003
Hopping Ghost Puppet
And why, exactly, do Chinese ghosts hop? The mystery explained…
Jul
19
2003
19
2003
Gun Fu
Like ninjitsu? Like cowboy hats? You’re come to the right teahouse, pard…
Oct
7
2002
7
2002
Tai Chi Nude
NOT a joke. What more can we say?
Oct
6
2002
6
2002
Tai Chi Devil Dragons
There are, gasp, some bad Kung Fu films. And then there’s this…
Oct
7
2001
7
2001
KARATE: Fear No Man!!
Really, how many of us would admit such sources…
Oct
7
2001
7
2001
Hup!…Two…Three…Four!
It’s 1971 and even the Chinese government wants to get in on the boom. Here’s the exercise system that swept a nation, whether they liked it or not…
Jul
22
1998
22
1998
Postcards from the Shaolin Temple
Real postcards, real Temple, real cool…
May
19
1998
19
1998
Action Karate
Ed Parker and other martial artists, particularly in Kenpo, circles had gotten tired of the only mouth piece in American Martial Arts being one magazine: Black Belt.