Kung Fu Tai Chi magazine May + June 2017

KungFuMagazine.com・March 13, 2017

Cover Story
When is a Martial Art an Art?
Complex Aesthetics and Traditional Kung Fu
By Gene Ching and Gigi Oh

On the Set of Into the Badlands
By Gene Ching

Malia Bernal: Once a Fighter
By Lori Ann White

Chen Style Weapons
A Tangible Link to 17th Century Martial Ways
By Emilio Alpanseque

Yang Style Weapons
Promoting Authenthic Taijiquan
By Emilio Alpanseque

Yang Primary 37 Taijiquan
By Jie Gu, Wanbin Wang, and Guizhong Xi

Fut Sao: Buddha Hand Wing Chun
By Wayne Carisi

The Bridge from Form to Function
Choy Lay Fut Chop Choi Sparring
By Chris Childs

Traditional Applications and Their Modern-Day Value
By Chris Friedman

Featured Weapon
Iron Whip

Tournment - Events - News

Clawmarks
By Jonny Oh

2016 World Hung Kuen International Tournament
By Donald Hamby and Theodore Henderson

Tai Chi, Baseball and Travelling
New Ways to Promote Tai Chi
By Cat Hii

Kung Fu Horoscope

Chollywood Rising: Chow versus Chan and China Cooperative Productions

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...