The STORY-COMIC Interview

Join me and host Barney Smith Live on STORY COMIC later today!
Feb 3 4:PM PST 7:PM PST

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Yu on Tea

As a beverage, artisanal tea is as complex as wine–perhaps more so, and just as packed with aromatics and flavors as your most sophisticated ingredients. With a 5,000-year history, thousands of varietals, and more production methods than any other beverage, tea is not just a drink…

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Next on Tiger Talk!

Tiger Talk: informal conversations with some of the great minds in Martial Arts!

We discuss the Lunar New Year of the Tiger, the Tiger’s place within Martial Arts and the kung fu community.

  • Future Guests include-
  • Anthony Kelly: Kung Fu instructor, coach and holder of over 50 Guiness Book of World Records, including Most arrows caught while Blindfolded and most punches thrown in one second (Spoiler more than Muhammad Ali and/or Bruce Lee).
  • Master Robin Leong: World renown kung fu master, actor and author of the children’s picture books The Kung Fu Force and the Tower of Doom (2020) and The Kung Fu Force and the Perilous Boba Whirlpool (2021).
  • Master David Wei: David Wei (魏 资 容, Wei Zi Rong, “Wayfarer of Vast Capacity”), is a 16th generation lineage holder of Wudang Zhang San Feng Pai and founder of the Wudang West Cultural Heritage Center, a 501(c)3 non-profit wellness ministry, based in Oakland, California, committed to the practice and preservation of classical Chinese healing arts.
  • Sifu Brian Kuttel: A full-time instructor of Choy Li Fut. Based in Geneva Switzerland, he is a disciple under Tai Sifu Jason J. Wong son of Grandmaster Doc-Fai Wong, Brian has written several articles featured in Kung Fu Tai Chi and Inside Kung Fu Magazine and is author of the book “Monkey Movement.”

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Watch my interview and read HIS article on A Tiger’s Tale

My old friend and accomplice Patrick Lugo from Kung Fu Tai Chi has launched his Kickstarter campaign for his graphic novel and I’m honored to be his … Watch my interview and read my article on A Tiger’s Tale

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Wulin: The Martial Forest

Wulin (武林) is a term used both in wuxia fantasies and within real world of Chinese martial arts. It refers to the counterculture community of martial arts masters. The literal translation of Wulin is ‘martial forest’ however like so many aspects of Chinese culture, that’s just the simple short answer. To get to the roots of its meaning, we must see the forest for the trees.

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The Two-Geeks-Talk Interview

Join me in revisiting one of the first interviews I booked: it premieres in just one hour.

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The Grandmaster Tu Edition

Meet Grandmaster Tu Jin-Sheng a renown taoist master. He is also a prolific author, talented musician and an accomplished painter and traditional calligrapher. Grandmaster Tu’s calligraphy has been featured 22 times in KUNG FU TAI CHI magazine and he’s offered to prive one of his painting as a cover for A Tiger’s Tale the graphic novel.

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