As a Kung Fu and Qigong teacher, you get to meet all kinds of people.

One strange fellow rang me up a few years ago, during one of my personal workouts.

The voice on the other end said, “So you teac...

Exporting Chinese Culture

The first part of any culture that gets exported is its products. It is pretty easy to understand why the West got silk, spices, and china from China before we got philosoph...

Baguazhang

Bā Guà zhǎng (八卦掌, Pa Kua Chang) is a system of Internal Kung Fu (Chinese Boxing) introduced by Dong Hai Chuan (董海川, Tung Hai Chuan) in the early 19th century. He combined Shaolin martial ...

Wudang Mountain Kung Fu and Sword

Wudang Mountain Kung Fu and Sword are Internal Arts which claiming origins at Daoist Wudang Mountain (武當山) in China. Located in Hubei Province, China, Wudang is an i...

Shaolin Kung Fu

Shaolin Kung Fu (少林拳, Shàolínquán) includes several systems of Chinese Martial Arts (Wushu) which claim their origins at the Shaolin Monastery in Song Shan China or the Southern Shaol...

Xinyiquan

Xíng yì quán (形意拳, Hsing-I Chuan) is a system of Internal Kung Fu (Chinese Boxing) based upon martial techniques, five element philosophy, and internal principles. The origin myth of Xingyi...

Wing Chun Kuen

Wing Chun (詠春拳, Yǒng Chūn Quán) is a system of Chinese Boxing originally made famous by the late Bruce Lee, who learned it from Grandmaster Yip Man. It is a system of Internal Kung Fu ...

Tai Chi Chuan

Tai Chi Chuan (太極拳, Tàijíquán) is a form of Chinese Boxing based on Qigong principles. It was created by General Chen Wanting at the end of the Ming dynasty. Since its creation it has s...

Fujian White Crane

Fujian White Crane Kung Fu (白鶴拳, Bái Hè Quán, Pai Ho Chuan, Fukien Bak Hok) is credited as the progenitor of the Southern Hand of Kung Fu. Arts such as Southern Preying Mantis, Bak...

What is Chinese Boxing?

Chinese boxing is the literal translation for Chung Kou Chuan (Zhong Guo Quan) where Zhong Gou mean China and Chuan (literally Fist) means unarmed combat methods. Now, many pe...