Martial Arts Odyssey : Lai Tai (Part 2) — Lessons in the martial Arts Philosophy of a Shan Master

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On my return to Shanland I met with another leading Lai Tai, Kung Fu student and filmed his art. As always, I met up with Kawn Wan, interviewed him about his views on martial arts and on the future of the Shan people.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=cLzpgjSpA5A 

I need some help.

My paramedic training is going well in Manila. When it is over, I will be returning to Shanland and the Burma border to help with backpack medic teams. I will be taking my first finals next week and then begin volunteering on an ambulance. I need to do this for 250 hours, before taking the next set of classes.

I am still continuing with my Shanland, Burma writing and film making, releasing one piece per week. I still haven’t paid off my film editing bill, so there are five and a half hours of film which haven’t been edited. Also, I need to keep financing my school here in Philippines.

I need to get my paramedic equipment this week and need some financial help for my training and for film editing. If you can help, thank you. If you can’t, I completely understand. Just enjoy the videos and spread the word about Shanland and the ethnic people of Burma.

If you wish to contribute to paramedic training and “In Shanland” film project, you can donate through paypal, through the Burma page of my website.

https://speakingadventure.com/burma.htm

Antonio

This article is part of the “In Shanland” project. To raise awareness about the plight of the Shan people Antonio will release one print article and one video per week for a year. He is giving these media away for free to ensure that they will reach the largest audience. You can watch all of the Shan videos released to date on youtube.

https://ie.youtube.com/results?search_query=antonio+graceffo+shan+state+army&search_type=&search=Search  

Antonio is self-funded. If you wish to contribute to the “In Shanland” film project, you can do so through paypal, through the Burma page of his website.

https://speakingadventure.com/burma.htm

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Article written by Antonio Graceffo

Antonio Graceffo PhD China-MBA, works as an economics researcher and university professor in China. He holds a PhD from Shanghai University of Sport Wushu Department where he wrote his dissertation “A Cross Cultural Comparison of Chinese and Western Wrestling” in Chinese. He is the author of 8 books, including Warrior Odyssey and The Monk from Brooklyn. His regular column, Destinations, has been running in Black Belt Magazine since 2009. He has fought professionally as a boxer and MMA fighter as well as fighting as an amateur in boxing, sanda, and wrestling. Having spent over 15 years studying martial arts in Asia, he holds black belts in Cambodian Bokator, Filipino Kuntaw and Cambodian traditional kick boxing. In Malaysia, he was the first non-Malay to be awarded the title of Pahlawan Kalam (warrior of Silat Kalam). Currently, he is pursuing a second PhD in economics at Shanghai University, specializing in US-China Trade, China’s Belt and Road Initiative, and Trump-China economics. His China economic reports are featured regularly in The Foreign Policy Journal and published in Chinese at The Shanghai Institute of American Studies, a Chinese government think tank.