Kung Fu Tai Chi magazine May + June 2016

Kungfu Magazine・March 22, 2016

Cover Story
The Olympic Martial Arts of Asia
By Gene Ching and Gigi Oh

Shaolin’s Bagua Kao Bi
By Chris Friedman

18 Poles
Major Schools of Northwestern Stick-Fighting
By Lucas Christopoulos

Three Knife Defenses to Consider
By Robert McDowell

The Chinese Military Saber
From the Past to a New Future
By Chris Bashaw, PhD

The Art of Proper Alignment
By Robert Santee, PhD

Increase Your Martial Power with Standing Qigong
By Noel Plaugher

Higher Ground
By Arnaldo Ty Núñez

Three Essential Principles of Combat
By Gigi Oh and Gene Ching

Featured Weapon
Seven Star Sword

Tournment - Events - News

Clawmarks
By Jonny Oh with Zhao Xiaohu

Grandmaster Cai Longyun 1928–2015 By Wang Peikun, Translated by Gigi Oh and Gene Ching

Chollywood Rising: In the Monkey’s Wake

Kung Fu Horoscope

By Julia Sultana For centuries, humans have looked down humbly upon cradled hands – a mudra gesture - in order to seek higher truths within themselves. Mudras are used within many belief systems and in meditative practices all over the world. This article explores some basic Indian mudras and the...

Mike Soohey・Jan 10, 2025

Unique Yet Vicious Two-Fisted Punches

For Part 1: Unique Yet Vicious Closed-Fist Punches, click here. Very rarely do you witness a Kung Fu artist use both hands to throw two simultaneous punches to attack or counter an opponent. Despite this rarity, such a practice of punching makes for a very compelling weapon. Typically, these punc...

Mike Soohey・Dec 20, 2024

Unique Yet Vicious Closed-Fist Punches

The closed-fist punch ranks as the most popular and widely utilized handcraft on the fighting art spectrum. Not only is this punch favored, but it is also potent. Experienced Kung Fu artists and full-contact combatants will attest that this hand technique is the most powerful. This attestation li...

Will Wain-Williams・Dec 12, 2024

The Core Forms of Taiji Mantis Kung Fu

The style of Kung Fu known as Praying Mantis (Tanglang Quan 螳螂拳) or just Mantis for short, is probably one of the most visually identifiable styles of Chinese martial art, due to the prolific use of Mantis hooks in its forms. It is a style that many people will be familiar with its origin story t...