Gong Li Quan, “power-building boxing”, and the truth about Ching dynasty martial arts
Randy and Graham in Cardiff, 2024
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Category: history
What the name tai chi chuan means
What’s in a name? When it comes to tai chi chuan (taijiquan), then the answer is… quite a lot. Firstly, there’s the issue of how you write …
Possible origins of the Tai Chi Single Whip (Dan Bian) posture name
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Making up your own forms – it’s not as easy as you think
I had an interesting comment on my last post that
REVIEW: American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China
I’ve been meaning to read the story of Matthew
Are all Chinese martial arts really ex-military arts?
I think this post is perhaps a little half for
