This is just a quick episode where I get to do some housekeeping and check in with the audience.
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Monday, June 20, 2011
Monday, June 6, 2011
Episode 9 - Interview with Dr Yang, Jwing-Ming of YMAA
Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming works with a select few disciples of Chinese kung fu at his retreat center in the mountains of northern California where the culture and traditions of the ancient Chinese arts are preserved through an intensive 10-year training curriculum.
I speak with Dr Yang about his influences and his beloved masters in China with whom he grew up learning kung fu. We talk about the differences between training in old China and training in other parts of the world. Dr Yang tells of how he reluctantly took up Tai Chi Chuan at the young age of 16 to thwart illness brought on by hunger and malnourishment as he was raised as one of a family of 9 children, often eating only one meal a day. He has since moved to the U.S. to get his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering and opened Yang's Martial Arts Association in Humboldt County, California.
Find out more about Dr Yang at his lineage page:
http://www.maLineage.com/martial-artists/Yang-Jwing-Ming
Or at his website: www.YMAA.com
Dr. Yang is currently accepting applicants for his next round of disciples and can be contacted through the website above.
I speak with Dr Yang about his influences and his beloved masters in China with whom he grew up learning kung fu. We talk about the differences between training in old China and training in other parts of the world. Dr Yang tells of how he reluctantly took up Tai Chi Chuan at the young age of 16 to thwart illness brought on by hunger and malnourishment as he was raised as one of a family of 9 children, often eating only one meal a day. He has since moved to the U.S. to get his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering and opened Yang's Martial Arts Association in Humboldt County, California.
Find out more about Dr Yang at his lineage page:
http://www.maLineage.com/martial-artists/Yang-Jwing-Ming
Or at his website: www.YMAA.com
Dr. Yang is currently accepting applicants for his next round of disciples and can be contacted through the website above.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Episode 8 - Interview with Sifu Stephen Murphy of Mystics Athletic School
In this interview I get the chance to ask my own Kung Fu instructor, Sifu Stephen Murphy about his 27 years of teaching traditional Chinese Kung Fu. He tells of his struggle with cancer, onset at the age of 23, and his introduction into the world of Chinese healing and internal arts or "the art of good health".
Sifu Steve talks about the mixture of martial arts styles taught at Mystics Athletic School, his introduction to the martial arts and experience training with Donnie Yen's mother, Bow Sim Mark. He also talks about the abundance of knowledge there is to be had in the world and how that helps us to always remain a beginner.
Learn more about Sifu Stephen Murphy at his lineage page or at Mystics Athletic School
Sifu Steve talks about the mixture of martial arts styles taught at Mystics Athletic School, his introduction to the martial arts and experience training with Donnie Yen's mother, Bow Sim Mark. He also talks about the abundance of knowledge there is to be had in the world and how that helps us to always remain a beginner.
Learn more about Sifu Stephen Murphy at his lineage page or at Mystics Athletic School
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Episode 7 - The Greatness of Kung Fu - An interview with Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit
Grandmaster Wong is a 4th generation successor of the renowned Southern Shaolin monastery in Putian, China. Living in Malaysia, he travels the world spreading the "greatness of kung fu" throughout the world through the Shaolin Wahnam institute. Learn about the masters Sifu Wong studied under and hear stories of how he trained and how he has been working to improve Kung Fu teaching methods to share his art with the world.
We talk about how Chi Kung can help to heal today's modern society and how "good health is natural", as well as how Kung Fu training has evolved in recent times.
Grandmaster Wong has authored several internationally renowned books on Tai Chi, Shaolin Kung Fu and Chi Kung:
We talk about how Chi Kung can help to heal today's modern society and how "good health is natural", as well as how Kung Fu training has evolved in recent times.
Grandmaster Wong has authored several internationally renowned books on Tai Chi, Shaolin Kung Fu and Chi Kung:
- The Art of Chi Kung
- Chi Kung for Health and Vitality
- The Art of Shaolin Kung Fu
- The Complete Book of Tai Chi Chuan
- The Complete Book of Zen
- Introduction to Shaolin Kungfu
- Master Answers Series — The Shaolin Arts
- Sukhavati — Going to Heaven as Taught by the Buddha
- The Complete Book of Chinese Medicine
- The Complete Book of Shaolin
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Episode 6 - Interview with Antonio Graceffo, Martial Arts Author and Adventurer
Antonio Graceffo is a true martial arts anthropologist and adventurer. Learning obscure styles of martial arts all over southeast Asia, Antonio shares his experiences of studying at the Shaolin Temple, a Muay Thai Temple in Thailand and studying with other locally known masters of styles such as Kuntaw, Bokator and variations of Muay Thai.
He’s the host of the "Martial Arts Odyssey" author of “The Monk from Brooklyn”, and the “Warrior Odyssey”, among several others. Discover what life is like for a a man who has dedicated his entire life to preserving the legacy of the martial arts. Antonio Graceffo is truly inspiring to anyone interested martial arts history.
Learn more about Antonio at his website: SpeakingAdventure.com/
He’s the host of the "Martial Arts Odyssey" author of “The Monk from Brooklyn”, and the “Warrior Odyssey”, among several others. Discover what life is like for a a man who has dedicated his entire life to preserving the legacy of the martial arts. Antonio Graceffo is truly inspiring to anyone interested martial arts history.
Learn more about Antonio at his website: SpeakingAdventure.com/
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Episode 5 - Interview with Sword Master Shihan Dana Abbott - Part 2
Start with Part 1 of this interview here.
In part two Shihan Dana Abbott talks about the "Spirit of the Samurai". What is it, and how has it shaped Japan over the years? How does this weapon, the sword represent an entire philosophy?
Learn why Japan is such a strong country, both culturally and on an individual level. How does the "American Spirit" relate to the spirit of the samurai? Learn about the strengths that will carry Japan through its recent tsunami disaster and where those moral traditions originate and how they are passed on from generation to generation.
Be sure to check out Dana Abbott online at:
SamuraiSports.com
and
LearnTheSword.com
In part two Shihan Dana Abbott talks about the "Spirit of the Samurai". What is it, and how has it shaped Japan over the years? How does this weapon, the sword represent an entire philosophy?
Learn why Japan is such a strong country, both culturally and on an individual level. How does the "American Spirit" relate to the spirit of the samurai? Learn about the strengths that will carry Japan through its recent tsunami disaster and where those moral traditions originate and how they are passed on from generation to generation.
Be sure to check out Dana Abbott online at:
SamuraiSports.com
and
LearnTheSword.com
Episode 4 - Interview with Sword Master Shihan Dana Abbott - Part 1
Inducted into the black belt hall of fame in 2004 as weapons instructor of the year, Shihan Dana Abbott is the director of the International Sports Chanbara Association, which represents more than 160,000 members in 30 countries around the globe. He is also the founder of Samurai Sports Incorporated, a sword training company.
He speaks, in part one of this interview, about the history and development of the samurai over the millennia. Learn about government run fitness academies in Japan and how martial arts training is so fundamentally so much different than it is in the U.S. Learn about all the different types of sword arts and when and why they are practiced. Shihan Abbott also offers insight into how the traditions of Japanese sword play help benefit the health of a culture and the health of an individual.
Be sure to check out Dana Abbott online at:
SamuraiSports.com
and
LearnTheSword.com
Listen to Part 2 here.
He speaks, in part one of this interview, about the history and development of the samurai over the millennia. Learn about government run fitness academies in Japan and how martial arts training is so fundamentally so much different than it is in the U.S. Learn about all the different types of sword arts and when and why they are practiced. Shihan Abbott also offers insight into how the traditions of Japanese sword play help benefit the health of a culture and the health of an individual.
Be sure to check out Dana Abbott online at:
SamuraiSports.com
and
LearnTheSword.com
Listen to Part 2 here.
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