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Chinese Martial Arts in the News: July 13, 2020: The Summer Martial Arts...

  Introduction Welcome to Chinese Martial Arts in the news! For new readers, this is a semi-regular feature here at Kung Fu Tea in which we review media stories that mention the traditional fighting...

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Chinese Martial Arts in the News: August 19, 2019: Kung Fu and Summer Fun

  Introduction There is so much heavy stuff going on in the world today.  Sadly, it doesn't look like things will be letting up soon, and they may even get worse as we head into the fall semester.  So...

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Top Five Changes in Martial Arts: 2020 Edition

  Introduction I was scrolling through Facebook the other day and came across a “Top Five” list…of other “Top Five” lists. It was a wonderfully meta idea and it made me realize how long it had been...

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Chinese Martial Arts in the News: September 21, 2020: Mulan Struggles, Return...

  Introduction It has been over a months since our last news update. For new readers, this is a semi-regular feature here at Kung Fu Tea in which we review media stories that mention the traditional...

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“Wing Chun: A Documentary” directed by Jon Braeley

  ***Greeting readers, and thank you for your continued patience.  Today we are going to revisit a review of a Wing Chun documentary that I wrote back in the Fall of 2012. This turned out to be one of...

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Alex Gillis Discusses Tae Kwon Do and “A Killing Art” with Kung Fu Tea

***Alex Gillis was the very first special guest ever interviewed on Kung Fu Tea.  His book, A Killing Art, remains one of the most readable and engaging histories of an Asian martial art ever written....

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Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Martial Arts: Another Approach to...

***Greetings. Globalization has been a persistent theme here at Kung Fu Tea. It is a topic that occupied much of my thinking as a professor of political economy, and it continues to be a shaping force...

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Chinese Martial Arts in the News: Jan 11, 2020: Taky Kimura, Shaolin and...

  Introduction It has been too long since our last news update. For new readers, this is a semi-regular feature here at Kung Fu Tea in which we review media stories that mention the traditional...

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Call For Papers: Martial Arts, Tradition and Globalisation

Photo from the Cornell Wushu Club. What are you most looking forward to as international travel normalizes? If you are anything like me it is a return to in-person Martial Arts Studies conferences! Our...

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Advances in Martial Arts Studies

We are delighted to announce the publication of issue 14 of Martial Arts Studies!In addition, we are very happy to let you know that Martial Arts Studies has recently been accepted by Scopus for...

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