Shan martial Arts in American Media

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The Shan martial art of Lai Tai is nearly unknown outside of Shanland and is not that widely practiced inside of Shan State because of the SPDC prohibitions against Shan culture. Thank God, I met Kawn Wan, the Lai Tai teacher at Loi Tailang. Together, we did some videos and stories to help preserve the art and tell the world about it.

I am proud to say, our stories are running in America, the first EVER Shan Lai Tai stories to run in American media.

Kung Fu Magazine online has an article about me doing martial arts training with the SSA. Click here to read the story for free.  

If you are in the States or any country where Kung Fu magazine is sold, you can pick up the latest issue and find a separate article, by Antonio Graceffo, which is completely dedicated to Lai Tai.

Also, if you pick up a copy of Black Belt magazine this month, I have a story in there about training in Muay Thai Boran, with Tony Jaa’s teacher, in Surin, Thailand.

As always, get in the gym, do your sets, do your reps, do your road work, but please, say a prayer for the people of Shan State.

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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.