Kung Fu Secrets: The Bagua & The Book of Changes

What are the “eight changes” (八卦 – also pa kua)? Along with the five elements, this eight changes, more commonly known as the “Bagua” form the basis of nearly all Chinese metaphysical systems, especially the I Ching (or Yijing), the oracle book.

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Kung Fu Secret: Their Big Knives

Few weapons are as iconic for the martial arts as the Chinese Dao and yet, the term can be applied to a very wide range of weaponry.

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Congratulations! Immortal Studios & Dynamite Unite

Ahead of ComicCon International, Dynamite is announcing a new publishing partnership with Immortal Studios, to bring the Los Angeles-based publisher’s shared universe of Wuxia martial arts-fantasy comic books to the broader marketplace. Through the Kickstarter crowdfunding platform, the Los Angeles-based publisher Immortal Studios has to date successfully funded three comic book series as part of a larger shared universe. Now Dynamite is set to bring these action packed titles to the direct market comic stores, digital vendors, bookstores, and beyond in multiple formats, with more releases and titles to come.

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Throwback Thursday: Tiger’s Tale’s 1st Samurai

The 3rd chapter of Tiger’s Tale the comic strip originally printed in the August 1997 issue of World of Martial Arts Magazine.

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The Anatomy of a Wuxia Novel

Simon McNeil author of The Black Trillium, breaks down the anatomy of Wuxia: more popularly know as the Kung Fu Fantasy genre

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A Brief Introduction to Tea

Excerpted from Haute Tea Cuisine: New Techniques for Tea-Infused French Cooking by F. Lit Yu
A Brief Introduction to Tea: Tea comes from the plant Camellia sinensis. Although there are many herbal concoctions, such as chamomile, that are also referred to as tea, they do not come from the Camellia Sinensis; the Tea Tree.

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A Tiger’s Tale: Tamo & Tea

It is said the 28th Patriarch of Buddhism, Bodhidharma was also know in China as Tamo (達 摩). As the founder of the Zen school of Buddhism and Shaolin Kung Fu, there are many firsts attributed to him. This is just one such tale.

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