Innholdsfortegnelse for September - October 2015 i Kung Fu Tai Chi

Welcome to our annual Tiger Claw Elite Championships and KUNG FU TAI CHI DAY report issue, our most self-promotional installment of the year. Production of our tournament and street fair requires a Herculean on the part of everyone in our company, so please forgive us this indulgence. We put a lot of work into this and we’re very proud of what it brings to the martial arts community. Through our magazine, our events get more coverage than any other such gathering in the martial arts. Beyond what you see here in print, we’ve published over 50 videos on our YouTube channel, over 500 photos in our facebook album and over 300 more photos on Tiger Claw facebook albums. And if you are a subscriber, you received an exclusive commemorative DVD…

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Kung Fu Nuns in Nepal Earthquake Since 2010, the KungFuMagazine.com forum has been following reports of the nuns of the Amitabha Drukpa Nunnery just outside of Katmandu who are avid practitioners of Kung Fu. Although this sect has no previous connection with Kung Fu, their spiritual leader, His Holiness the Gyalwang Drukpa, established a Kung Fu training program for the nuns who were previously banned from practice. On April 25, 2015, a disastrous series of earthquakes began hitting Nepal. At this writing, there have been over 300 aftershocks and nearly 9000 lives lost. Following the first major quake, some 300 nuns refused to be evacuated from the disaster area. They insisted on remaining to help quake victims. For the nuns, the community work is an extension of their kung fu…

For over three decades, he’s played some of the most memorable Kung Fu villains. Starting with his debut role in the groundbreaking 1982 film Shaolin Temple (少林寺), Master Ji Chunhua (计春华) has played bad guys such as the cold-blooded murderer Royal Liu in Yellow River Fighter (1988 黄河大侠), the Poison Juice Monster in The New Legend of Shaolin (1994 洪熙官), the immoral Duan Yanqing in CCTVs Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils (2003 天龙八部), and the “main thug” in Empire of Assassins (2011 刺客帝國). Ji was cast in Shaolin Temple when he was only 19 years old. Since then, he’s been in over fifty films, including all three installments of the pivotal Shaolin Trilogy. His role in Shaolin Temple earned him the nickname amongst Kung Fu film fans he still carries today –…

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Chumqui Shidai Jian Length: 20.5” Weight: 27.1 oz. Spring Autumn Period (771 to 476 BCE) This amazingly well-preserved sword is an excellent example of Spring Autumn period bronze jian. Given its appearance, it is very unlikely that this was a ceremonial burial piece. It has the attributes of a genuine weapon. There a re subtle details that are very telling with an authentic sword that most modern reproductions overlook. Real blades have an almost imperceptible flair at the forte. Often, the examiner has to look down the blade to see this. The handle has an oval cross-section, not a round one. This can be easily felt when such a sword is held. Astonishing as it may seem, this blade is still sharp. The scabbard seems to be original too. Although…

In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), this period is autumn, belonging to the element of metal and the organ of lung. Lung controls your qi, hair and skin so respiratory, digestive and skin issues arise under the autumn moon. In the TCM five-element theory, metal opposes wood and the organ associated with wood is lung. TCM prescribes moistening the lung and nourishing the yin. The liver is associated with wood. Hot, spicy food belongs to metal. Therefore, avoid hot and spicy food because it can harm the liver in autumn. To nourish your liver, acidic foods are better because they are associated with wood. Autumn is the season of restraint so stay very warm. Avoid winds to prevent catching a cold. When cold winds get into your body, they will cause…

On May 16 and 17, 2015, Tiger Claw held the 2015 Tiger Claw Elite Championships and the 4th Annual KUNG FU TAI CHI DAY in downtown San Jose, California. Once again, the Tiger Claw Elite Championships combined three tournaments, but this year there was a change. The three tournaments were the 7th Annual Tiger Claw Elite KungFuMagazine.com Championship, the 3rd Annual Tiger Claw Elite Taekwondo Championship and a new event, the 1st Tiger Claw Elite Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Invitational. Last year’s Tiger Claw Elite Traditional Karate Championship went on hiatus. KUNG FU TAI CHI DAY was held on Sunday in San Jose’s Plaza de Cesar Chavez, a street fair open to the public with ongoing Chinese martial arts demonstrations and free workshops by leading masters. The Tiger Claw Elite Championships initially…

The inaugural Tiger Claw Elite Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Invitational was overseen by Tiger Claw TJitsu TC ustomer Service Representative Chris Kronkright. Kronkright currently holds the rank of 2nd Dan in Judo and a Purple Belt (with four stripes) in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Charles Gracie of the founding Gracie family. He has been competing for years, earning gold medals at the California Judo Open, the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu American Cup, the U.S. Open, and at the North American Grappling Association Championship. With the generous support of Coach Eric Mananzan, Kronkright spearheaded this event as an introduction to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for Tiger Claw Elite Championships. The Tiger Claw Elite Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Invitational had a modest beginning with only one mat and less than a dozen competitors. The focus of the Invitational was largely on…

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TOURNAMENTS & GATH ER INGS 2015-08-22 The 17th Rising Sun Nationals Held at Jefferson High School, Daly City, CA TIGER CLAW SPONSORED EVENT Contact: Gene Arceo 650-580-5432 6996 Mission Street, Daly City, CA 94014 info@ckchampionships.com - http://ckchampionships.com 2015-08-29 Napa Valley Jr Karate Championships Held at American Canyon High School, 3000 Newell Dr., American Canyon, CA TIGER CLAW SPONSORED EVENT Contact: JCMA sidekique@comcast.net 2015-09-19 Austino’s Martial Arts Championship Held at Hartford Elementary School, 397 Hartford Road Mount Laurel, NJ 08054 Contact: John Austino, Jr. 856-417-3574 umara2000@yahoo.com - www.umara2000.com 2015-10-08 (4 Days) The 4th Shaolin Cultural Festival 2015 The Festival is co-sponsored by Shaolin Temple of China and The World Shaolin Association. Contact: Shaolin Temple 0086-0371-65582651 Block AB 10/F, Xinwen Building, 85 Huayuan Road, Zhengzhou, China 450003 shaolinsi495@126.com - www.shaolin.org.cn TOURNAMENTS &…

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In the first part of this phrase, Xing (2nd tone 形) means ‘shape’ just like in the internal style of Xingyiquan (形意拳). Zui (4th tone 醉) means ‘drunk’. Drunken style is sometimes called Zuiquan (醉拳). Yi (4th tone 意) is ‘thought’, also as in Xingyiquan. Bu (2nd tone 不) is a negation word. The second part repeats the form and meter of the first part but changes two words. Bu (4th tone 步) is a homophone for the earlier negation word, but it means ‘step’. It is the same as the suffix used in Kung Fu for stances, i.e. mabu (horse stance 馬步). Xin (1st tone 心) means ‘heart’. This saying is espoused among practitioners of Drunken Style Kung Fu. It is translated as ‘Drunk in form but not in…

The Tiger Claw Elite KungFuMagazine.com Championship reached its competitor cap of 400 prior to the pre-registration closure date, but there were several late adds for outstanding Tiger Claw clients. When all was counted, it was just two shy of 500 competitors in this year’s Tiger Claw Elite KungFuMagazine.com Championship, far beyond what was anticipated. Over 200 spectator tickets were pre-sold specifically through the Chinese side alone; some 900 walk-up spectators came too, but whether they came for the Chinese martial arts, Taekwondo or Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu wasn’t tabulated. Hopefully, everyone watched a little of everything, but more likely, each group stayed close to their respective styles. There were eight rings, including one wushu carpet and one Push Hands mat, plus the main stage. Once again, Coach Christopher Pei (Cover Master September+October…

The 3rd Annual Tiger Claw Elite Taekwondo Championship was overseen by Grandmaster TChampionship T Kwang Il Bae and his team at Palo Alto Martial Arts again this year. The Palo Alto Martial Arts (PAMA) is a World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) and KUKKIWON-affiliated Taekwondo studio located near Stanford University. Grandmaster Bae is a lifelong Taekwondo practitioner, honorably discharged from the Korean Army Special Unit (akin to America’s Special Forces) as a First Lieutenant. He is currently ranked as 7th Dan in Taekwondo and 5th Dan in Hapkido. He is also certified as an international-level Taekwondo referee for both forms and fighting. The Tiger Claw Elite Taekwondo Championship has the blessing of Grandmaster Jin Ki Lim, President of the California United Taekwondo Association (CUTA). The Tiger Claw Elite Taekwondo Championship continues with…

Many new forms of Taiji are being created nowadays. Dongyue Taiji (東岳太極) is a very special one. The brainchild of Professors Men Huifeng (门惠丰) and Gan Guixiang (阚桂香), Dongyue Taiji was declared by China to be the “Taiji for the new millennium” when unveiled on January 1, 2000. Professors Men and Gan are unique in the martial world. Not only are they husband and wife professors at the Beijing Sports University, they have both been awarded ninth duan (level 段), the highest rank that China bestows. They are the only married couple to achieve this recognition. Dongyue Taiji combines elements of the five major schools of Taiji: Yang, Chen, Wu, Wu, Sun (陈、杨、吴、 武、孙). Despite being a new innovation, Dongyue Taiji is firmly rooted in traditional principles with a heavy…