This is Sanda...

Cung Le V. Na Shun "The Mongolian King"

Hong Yi-Xiang Documentary...

Hong, Yi Xiang (洪懿祥) founded the Tang Shou Dao (唐手道) association in Taiwan, and taught Xu, Hong Ji, (許鴻基) who in turn and taught noted American CMA practitioners like Mike Patterson, Vince Black and briefly, Tim Patterson. (I've written about the TSD before).

I recently met some contemporaries of Vince Black who started out training in kajukenbo together, and they sent me a link to this documentary below about HYX, which initially aired on BBC television over 20 years ago. As is was explained te me, one of the main producers of this documnetary was a student of Hong.

Master Sam F.S. Chin discusses yin & yang as one in the application of force...

Here's a short clip of Master Sam F.S. Chin discussing pull and push as one circular force at the point of contact in I-Liq Chuan. The clip was taken during the most recent workshop here in the Phoenix/Tempe Arizona workshop.

Young I-Liq Chuan fighter...

This is 13 year old Dmitri Smelkov, fighting his first fight against a (Kyokushin ?) Karate student from a neighboring school in Vologda, Russia. Dmitri has only been training in I-Liq Chuan for one year.

I-Liq Chuan is quite popular in countries like Russia and Poland. They have large groups who all train very hard. They're an inspiration to I-Liq Chuan students all over the world!

Well done Dmitri!

Nutrition Tip, Protein...

Here's a quick nutrition tip regarding getting adequate, quality protein in your diet.