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2016 Year of the Monkey Horoscopes M a r c h / 18 A p r Wooden il 2 0 1 6 Dummies W W W of Choy Lay Fut .K U N G Cultivating Life F U M A G QIGONG A Night with Z I N E Tiger .C O M Traditional Bagua Leopard & Xingyi vs. 1 STYLE 8 Modern Wushu W o o d e n D u m m ie s o f C h o y L a y F u t Visit us ONLINE at 8 KungFuMagazine.com Palms OF MartialArtsMart.com Tigerclaw.com PAK MEI MASTER APPROVED CHAMPION USED TIGERCLAW.com In 2010, the Year of the Tiger, the Tiger Claw Foundation pledged to support WildAid in its efforts to preserve wild tigers. In 2011, the Tiger Claw Foundation renewed that pledge and expanded it to encompass all the endangered species that WildAid seeks to protect. The Tiger Claw Foundation will continue to present WildAid’s public service announcements on its various media platforms throughout the year. The WildAid Tiger Claw Champion is a showcase benefit division held at Tiger Claw’s KungFuMagazine.com Championship. In 2015, two WildAid Kid Tiger divisions were added for competitors ages 17-12 and ages 11 & under. For more information, visit http://tigerclawelite.com/blog/wildaid-tigerclaw-champion. WildAid Tiger Claw Champions 2010: Long Yuan 2011: Yongbiao Zhang 2012: Qibo Sun 2013: Zhenlong Yu 2014: Sen Gao 2015: Chongfang Tian Long Yuan Yongbiao Zhang Qibo Sun Zhenlong Yu Sen Gao Chongfang Tian WildAid Kid Tiger Champions 2015: 12-17: Leland Zhang 2015: 11 & under: Ian Lam Leland Zhang Ian Lam In cooperation with TigerClaw.com, KungFuMagazine.com and WildAid.org Established in 2002, the Tiger Claw Foundation is a non-profit charitable organization dedicated to promoting martial artists and assisting martial artists in achieving their goals. For more information or to make a tax-deductable donation, visit us at TigerClawFoundation.org 510-668-1100 (cid:66) PPUUBBLLIISSHHEERR’’SS CCOORRNNEERR As it is the Year of the Monkey, Fu. And like reading I find myself reflecting on Journey to the West the Monkey King and his aloud, it’s something Publisher impact on Kung Fu. I first read Journey to be shared. At Gigi Oh to the West when I was in college. I the same time, there Associate Publisher read it to improve my understanding of is value to reading Gene Ching Kung Fu as the Monkey King figures about it (obviously so prominently in Kung Fu culture. I or we wouldn’t be Editorial Board had already read two of the other Four publishing this Gigi Oh Great Chinese Classics, Romance of magazine) as well Gene Ching the Three Kingdoms and Outlaws of the as discussion and Kevin Ho, Gene Ching, Jia Shusen, Marsh, and thoroughly enjoyed them. of course, watching Gigi Oh and Patrick Lugo Senior Designer Both are great martial epics and are movies and videos. Patrick Lugo required reading for any literate Kung In my research, I Graphic Designers Fu practitioner (as to the fourth Great must return to Journey to the West and every time, I resist Kevin Ho Chinese Classic, Dream of the Red the temptation of getting sucked back into reading all 1878 Chen Xinghua Chamber, that’s also wonderful book - it pages of that masterpiece again. I don’t have to read it aloud has nothing to do with martial arts, but if anymore. Once I understood how the book works, I’m forever Copy Editor you’re a student of Chinese culture, well, engrossed by it. Gary Shockley then it’s a must read too). Lori Ann White Kung Fu isn’t like any other martial art in this regard. There Proofreader At first, I didn’t care for Journey to the are centuries of history and culture connected to it. So if you Jennifer Oh West. As obvious as the enlightenment really want to go deep, you have to commit to a lot of study. metaphor was, there were way too many Kung Fu is not just about fighting. It’s about storytelling, KungFuMagazine.com deus ex machina resolutions to Monkey’s about the Four Great Chinese Classics and Chinese Zodiac WebMaster obstacles. It’s the same issue that I and so much more. It’s about the journey. If you learn to Jake Hsen have with the proliferation of superhero fight, and then stop there, you cannot claim to have a true Tiger Claw movies lately. Superheroes can solve grasp of Kung Fu. their problems with their super powers. Correspondents Jennifer Oh That provides no solutions or hints Thank you for reading our magazine. We hope it helps you Jonathan Oh to enlightenment for us commoners, on your Kung Fu journey. From all of us here at Kung Fu Tai metaphoric or otherwise. However, a Chi, Happy Year of the Monkey! Feng Shui Master few years ago, my perspective on Journey Wilson Sun to the West changed completely. I Gene Ching read Journey to the West to my kid as Videographer a bedtime story. Journey to the West Jason Chang evolved from storytelling – a lost art that General Manager has faded with movies and TV – so the Randy Liu episodic nature of its chapter structure Associate Publisher, Kung Fu Tai Chi & is annoying to read straight through KungFuMagazine.com Administration by yourself. But it totally works when President read aloud to someone else. It’s similar Thomas J. Oh to poetry, which awakens when spoken JAN+FEB 2016 Issue Corrections: Advertising aloud. Experience Journey to the West as In the article Triple Threat by Rick L. Wing, Terrence Trumbo’s 1-800-628-6552 it was meant to be – as storytelling – and name was misspelled on page 45. In the article Longevity in it’s absolutely delightful. Modern Wushu by Emilio Alpanseque, the wrong character for jiao Advertising Director ((cid:14243)) was given for the Jumping Inside Kick on page 61. In the Gigi Oh (ext.141) It strikes me now that reading versus article Flying Sword by Amante P. Marinas I, ‘axis’ and ‘transverse’ storytelling is a lot like Kung Fu. You were misspelled in the diagram on page 78. On page 80, figure Advertising Manager can read about Kung Fu, watch YouTube 1A, ‘full spin’ was mislabeled ‘no spin’; figure 2 ‘no spin’ was Gene Ching (ext.137) videos and movies on it, talk about it, but mislabeled ‘full spin’ in A and ‘half spin’ in B; And in figure 3, ‘half Product Fulfillment you only glean the full benefits of Kung spin’ was mislabeled ‘no spin’. We apologize for the errors. MartialArtsMart.com Fu when you are actually practicing Kung Follow us on the following Social Networking sites (search Kung Fu Magazine) Distributed by Curtis Circulation Tel: (201) 634-7400 Fax: (201) 634-7493 Kung Fu Tai Chi March+April 2016 (ISSN 1050-2173 - formerly Kungfu Qigong) is published bimonthly by TC Media International, Inc., 40748 Encyclopedia Cir. Fremont CA 94538. All rights reserved. Contents copyright 2016 TC Media International, Inc. Nothing may be reproduced in part or whole without written permission from the publisher. Printed in the USA. Periodicals Postage paid at Fremont CA 94536 Second Class postage pending. FREE-LANCE SUBMISSION: All rights in letters, manuscripts and correspondence will be treated as unconditionally assigned for publication and copyright and subject to editorial revision. Send to the address below. For submission guidelines, see our official website at www. 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[email protected] POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: 40748 Encyclopedia Circle, Fremont CA 94538 U.S.A. 4 KUNG FU (cid:66) TAI CHI APRIL 2016 Wushu Champion Brandon Sugiyama Cover Story 50 8 Diagrams of Modern Wushu By Gene Ching and Gigi Oh Features 20 The 18 Wooden Dummies of Choy Lee Fut By Emilio Alpanseque 50 COVER 30 Wong Lai’s Night Tiger STORY By Donald Hamby with Victor Nordgren 38 The Guan Dao of Chinese Kung Fu By Rick L. Wing 44 The Eight Principal Palms of Pak Mei Kung Fu 20 By Peter Pena 60 Bajiquan, the Leopard Style By Lucas Christopoulos 66 The Bump By Arnaldo Ty Núñez 72 Traditional Events Introduced at 44 13th World Wushu Championships By Lori Ann White 80 Qigong – The Practice of Cultivating Life By Daniel Cashman 84 Featured Weapon Guandao 60 30 6 KUNG FU (cid:66) TAI CHI APRIL 2016 KFM 10th Ann. Feature FREE The 15th CAAT Masters’ Exhibitions of the Bay Area On August 24th, 2002, The Tiger Claw Foundation Volume 2 - The held a Benefit Gala for Tournament. 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