Kung Fu Tai Chi - April 2016

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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
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Both are great martial epics and are movies and videos.
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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
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you’re a student of Chinese culture, well, engrossed by it.
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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.
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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
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a bedtime story. Journey to the West
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evolved from storytelling – a lost art that
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is annoying to read straight through KungFuMagazine.com
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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
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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
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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
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84 Featured Weapon
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