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Tiger Talk with Robin Leong
We continue to celebrate the Luna New Year of the Tiger with a very special guest, Robin Leong. The Master of (Hung Gar) Kung Fu, Actor and Author joined me to discuss the personal importance of the Year of the Tiger. His life long journey devoted to bringing his legendary father’s martial arts traditions to a new generation. We discuss the oral history of Kung Fu in Seattle, Bruce Lee, John Leong, his appearances on Singapore television, the founding of his own Ch’i Life Studio and his publishing ventures. His historic coffee table book LIVING KUNG FU as well as his two picture books: THE KUNG FU FORCE AND THE TOWER OF DOOM and THE KUNG FU FORCE AND THE PERILOUS BOBA WHIRLPOOL.
BOOK: LIVING KUNG FU
BOOK: THE KUNG FU FORCE v.1
BOOK: THE KUNG FU FORCE v.2
The Perils of Martial Poetry
Gene Ching returns to Tiger Talk to help examine Kung Fu Lyrics (Quan Pu 拳譜). Those iconic martial lyrics used in traditional martial arts as well as Wuxia (武俠). He elaborates on the challenges of his unique work for wuxia comics publisher Immortal Studios and his stance on Martial Poetry in the pages of KUNG FU TAI CHI.
Gene Ching is a 32nd generation layman disciple of the original Shaolin Temple of China and publisher of Kung Fu Tai Chi magazine. He has authored hundreds of martial arts articles and scripts for martial arts instructional videos. Author of the book SHAOLIN TRIPS Gene also write for Den of Geek, Kungfumagazine.com , YMAA and UNISCO. Gene ALSO served as a weapons expert on El Rey Network’s Man at Arms: Art of War with Danny Trejo in 2017-2018 and has been a long time friend and collaborator.
Follow Gene Ching on Twitter @geneching
Keep up to date on his frequent work via https://geneching.wordpress.com/
Tiger Talk: Anthony Kelly Arrowcatcher
In this special double-sized episode of Tiger Talk we have an exclusive interview with Anthony Kelly: Kung Fu instructor, coach and holder of 53 (and counting) Guinness 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). He Joined me, calling in from Australia to share with me the original of a life long martial journey which lead to world record break feats, the year of the Tiger and Kung Fu community and culture as experienced in Australia. He also share’s his greatest accomplishments and the philosophy which has guided him to so many of them.
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.
Interview on Earth-16
This interview made for an exciting Friday! Of the many I’ve been a part of lately, this one was so wide ranging; covering Maus (suddenly topical), Jabberjaw, The Matrix, The Matrix Resurrections and a handful of what I’ll continue to call Secrets from The Kung Fu Forest.
Tiger Talk Teaser
Beginning On Tuesday February 1st aTigersTale.com will host a new feature. Tiger Talk: informal conversations with some of the great minds in Martial Arts! We’ll be discussing the Lunar New Year of the Tiger, the Tiger’s place within Martial Arts and the kung fu community. Just a short list of the guests who’ll be appearing.
- Gene Ching: Publisher of Kung Fu Tai Chi Magazine, Author of Shaolin Trip and 2nd generation layman disciple of the original Shaolin Temple of China.
- 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: Program Director of the Doc-Fai Wong Martial Arts Center and a full-time instructor of Choy Li Fut.