Gong Li Quan, “power-building boxing”, and the truth about Ching dynasty martial arts
Randy and Graham in Cardiff, 2024
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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
Simon Cox on Zhang Sanfeng and the history of Tai Chi Chuan
The article On the Historical Mystery of Zhang San
REVIEW: American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China
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Are all Chinese martial arts really ex-military arts?
I think this post is perhaps a little half for