Interviews
Interview with Jarek Szymanski – Part 5
PART 5 Jon: One phenomenon which we see in the MA world is that of people making a ‘combined’ art based on the arts they have studied. What are your thoughts of this issue of Read more…
History
The 1929 Hangzhou Leitai Tournament
My previous translation of an article on Pei Xirong sparked my interest in the 1929 Leitai tournament in Hangzhou, which seems to have been the largest bare-hand Leitai competition in recent history. The following translation Read more…
Xingyiquan
Che Style Prohibitions
Che style xingyiquan, and professor Che Xiangqian, have been very ably introduced by Jarek Szymanski in his article here. Below is a translation of an article written by Professor Che on a Chinese martial arts forum (www.wushu2008.cn) which puts forward Read more…
Yiquan
Reminiscences of Yao Zongxun – Part V
A: We’ve long heard that Yiquan’s penetrating power (chuan tou li) is formidable. Did M Yao set you any ‘rules’ for responding to challenges? C: At first, there were no rules. Later on, there was Read more…
Yiquan
Reminiscences of Yao Zongxun – Part III
A: You mentioned punchbag work just now. Is there a process to this too, or did students just start straightaway? C: There’s a sequence to everything. M Yao divided our punchbag training into several stages. Read more…