(translated by Chen Bi) A rich monk and a poor monk were good friends. One day, the poor monk told the rich one, “I want to roam all over the world.” The rich one had wanted to do that for many years, but he wasn’t mature enough to be ready yet. Hearing the poor monk’s […]
"He's Baaat." I mean, "He's baaack." Rising out of the spectral snow of TV and film, BATMAN BEGINS is an old take on an old legend; and in a sense Batman resembles Bruce Lee when it comes to superheroes and martial arts films. One thing I've noticed when comparing the martial arts films of Bruce, […]
by Chi-hsiu D. Weng, Ph.D., 9th Degree Black Belt, with Mark Wong, 3rd Degree Black Belt The Grouping of the 13 Units of Tai-chi Techniques Keywords: Movement patterns, drills, applications, moving meditation, cross-training, and integrity. Methods for the Task: As stated earlier, the grouping of the thirteen units of essential techniques in the Tai-chi Monkey […]
As the soft-spoken Tony Jaa shares with me that, through cinema, he fervently hopes to spread the word of Muay Thai as a positive part of his native Thailand's heritage and culture, and that he's optimistic that people will recognize there's more to Muay Thai than just bashing someone's brains out in a ring, something […]