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Gong Li Quan, “power-building boxing”, and the truth about Ching dynasty martial arts
ByMartial Arts Clique July 13, 2024

Randy and Graham in Cardiff, 2024
At the recent

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The origin of internal arts, with Peter Lorge
ByMartial Arts Clique July 8, 2024

“The origin of internal arts” is probably what I

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The whole body is a fist
ByMartial Arts Clique March 10, 2024

There is a phrase in Tai Chi that the whole body

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Happy New Year (of the Dragon)
ByMartial Arts Clique January 2, 2024

It’s 2024, if you’ve ever commented, read or sha

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Making up your own forms – it’s not as easy as you think
ByMartial Arts Clique December 30, 2023

I had an interesting comment on my last post tha

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Don’t be that guy – Blind spots, marital arts and cult-like rituals
ByMartial Arts Clique December 22, 2023

Photo by Artem Podrez on Pexels.

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Heretics episode 100! Xing Yi DOUBLE XL episode
ByMartial Arts Clique December 8, 2023

We should stop now and again to look back to see

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Mixed Martial Xing Yi Fight Analysis #2: Tom Aspinall vs Sergei Pavlovich
ByMartial Arts Clique December 2, 2023

So, in my original post about using the Xing Yi

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UFC 295 – Alex Pereira vs Jiri Prochazka: Chicken vs Swallow fight analysis
ByMartial Arts Clique November 26, 2023

One of the things I like to do whe

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REVIEW: Dragon Body, Tiger Spirit: A translation and explanation of the classic texts of Xingyi Quan, by Byron Jacobs
ByMartial Arts Clique November 19, 2023

Xing Yi is one of the oldest Chinese martial

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