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Year of the Dragon Calligraphy

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To celebrate the New Lunar Year of the Wood Dragon (木龙年) I set out to practice some Chinese Calligraphy using some new brushes I’ve purchased for the occasion. Have a look.

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Behind Kung Fu SkillZ

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I worked on the KUNG FU SKILLZ logo in collaboration with Kung Fu Instructor/Comic Creator — Sifu Kurtis Fujita. A full exploration on the logo design process is posted on the #TigerTuesday Blog

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Asian Books Blog: Wuxia and xianxia, guest post from Alice Poon

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Asian Books Blog: Wuxia and xianxia, guest post from Alice Poo Alice Poon is currently based in Vancouver. After a childhood spent devouring Jin Yong’s wuxia novels, Alice has, over the years, fed herself a steady diet of modern wuxia / xianxia and Chinese history and mythology masterpieces. Since the release of her two historical Chinese novels, The Green Phoenix and Tales …

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Meditation 3: CROSSING A RIVER

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Part 3 in a series of poetic reviews drawn from the characters and events depicted in A Tiger’s Tale volume one.

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Drunken Tiger: Music Video

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Drunken Tiger featuring Alan Yip on Erhu is the third single dropped by Capitan Walas this 2021 in addition this time Walas get inspired by a special comic book from Los Angeles city called [ SHADOW GHOST created by a kung fu master Sifu Kurtis Fujita. Capitan Walas Productions in association with TIGER CRANE ENTERPRISES LLC Launch this new video inspired totally in the comic book, creating the idea of kung fu movies , Traditional chinese music and modern sounds.

Presented By: CAPITAN WALAS PRODUCTIONS
In Association with: Tiger Crane Enterprises LLC
FILMED ON LOCATION IN CHINATOWN, SAN FRANCISCO, CA. Summer 2021
Music Produced Dave SHUL

Cast Bobby Jo Lo………………… Megan Wong
Shadow Ghost……………… Sifu Tony Wong
SPECIAL THANKS TO SIFU RAYMOND WONG AND GRANDMASTER YC WONG OF THE YC WONG KUNG FU STUDIO
Shadow Ghost, All character names and their distinctive likenesses: TM & © 2021 Tiger Crane Enterprises, LLC and its subsidiaries. All rights reserved.
VISIT: http://www.capitanwalas.com
http://www.tigercrane.net
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https://www.facebook.com/wonggahungkuen
For More Information on the Shadow Ghost comic book, visit: http://www.theshadowghost.com

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Fred Yu on THE ORCHID FARMER’S SACRIFICE

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by Patrick Lugo

We’ve been covering the arrival of wuxia on American shores from as far back as CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON and THE STORM RIDERS. Still, many were already familiar with those Kung Fu Fantasies. Newer readers may well shrug considering its presence in pop-culture today, most notably on-screen with Marvel’s SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS or in comics with titles which include Immortal Studios’ THE ADEPT  among others. Considering the wuxia genre’s origins in the printed word, it’s no surprise that among the more serious writers of today, that term may have lost some of its appeal. Just ask American wuxia pioneer Fred Lit. Yu whose new book series issues the wuxia adventure trapping for a much more grounded look at Kung Fu in his new work of historic fiction: The Red Crest Series. The first book of this trilogy THE ORCHID FARMER’S SACRIFICE as just arrived.

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