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Chinese New Year, HAYWIRE, OUTRAGE and Kung Fu Tai Chi

gene — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:53:09 +0000

The table of contents from Kung Fu Tai Chi’s March April 2012 issue is now online. Also available is an important announcement from Tiger Claw in our Claw Marks column.

On Monday, January 23rd, we celebrated Chinese New Year. Chinese New Year is celebrated the Lantern Festival 15 days later. In celebration, we’ve posted three Chinese New Years articles. Read YEAR OF THE DRAGON 2012: She Takes Her Fan and Throws it in the Lion’s Den and part 2, YEAR OF THE DRAGON 2012: The Bees Made Honey in the Lion’s Head by Gene Ching. Also read Chinese New Year’s at the True North Shaolin Temple: Rebuilding the Northern Shaolin: Part IV by Gregory Brundage

Can the ‘face’ of MMA make it on the big screen? Read Gina Carano Goes HAYWIRE by Gene Ching

Enter to win OUTRAGE on DVD! Contest ends 6:00 p.m. PST on 02/09/2012. Good luck everyone!

KungFuMagazine.com reformatted & The Scorpion King 3

gene — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:57:49 +0000

Check out our newly reformatted KungFuMagazine.com website!

Read the latest interview on our e-zine: Selina Lo in THE SCORPION KING 3: BATTLE FOR REDEMPTION by Lem Festeris.

Enter to win a THE SCORPION KING 3: BATTLE FOR REDEMPTION BLU-RAY/DVD COMBO PACK! Contest ends 6:00 p.m. PST on 01/26/2012. Good luck everyone!

A WILD NIGHT to Benefit WILDAID with JACKIE CHAN, 5/11/12 in S.F., Jan/Feb Kung Fu Tai Chi & KILLER ELITE

gene — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:34:01 +0000

The Tiger Claw Foundation is supporting A WILD NIGHT to Benefit WILDAID with JACKIE CHAN, May 11, 2012, in San Francisco, CA. WILDAID is presenting the WILDAID Ambassador Award for his dedication and service to WILDAID and global endangered species. Visit wildaid.org/night for details.
Use code “Kung Fu” for a special $25 discount. In cooperation with WildAid.org and KungFuMagazine.com

The cover story of our January February 2012 issue of Kung Fu Tai Chi is now online.

Enter to win a KILLER ELITE BLU-RAY/DVD COMBO PACK! Contest ends 6:00 p.m. PST on 01/12/2011. Good luck everyone!

Kung Fu Tai Chi Jan/Feb 2012 issue & The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

gene — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:08:28 +0000

The table of contents of our January February 2012 issue is now online. This issue is arriving at newsstands now. There’s a special bonus video of The Little Details of Wushu By Greg Lynch Jr. exclusively for Zinio readers. We had a snafu with the addition of this video, so if you downloaded your issue, you’ll have to delete that and restore it to your library to view it.

Want to know what makes Lisbeth Salander so bad ass? Read THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Subscribes to Kung Fu Tai Chi Magazine! Looking for that last minute gift? Give the gift that keeps on giving all year round! Give a subscription to Kung Fu Tai Chi Magazine!

Kung Fu High Impact for XBOX Kinect, SHERLOCK HOLMES, Grandmaster Chen Zhenglei & the Beijing Wushu Team

gene — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:45:19 +0000

Enter to win a KUNG FU HIGH IMPACT for XBOX KINECT! Contest ends 6:00 p.m. PST on 12/29/2011. Good luck everyone!

Robert Downey Jr. turns the World’s Greatest Detective into a kung fu master. Read SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS: Elementary Wing Chun, Elementary by Gene Ching. ~
Ever wonder what it’s like to take a seminar with Grandmaster Chen Zhenglei? Read A View from a Tai Chi Summit by James Healy

The Tiger Claw Foundation is supporting Beijing Wushu Team: A Spectacular Martial Arts Performance from China – Special U.S. Tour, held at Stanford University’s Burnham Pavilion, January 18-19 at 7:00PM 615 Serra Street, Stanford CA 94305, and the Palace of Fine Arts, January 21 at 3:00PM and 7:00PM, 3301 Lyon Street, San Francisco, CA 94123. Space is limited and seats will go fast. Presented by Pacific Wushu and S.M.A.P. For tickets, contact Pacific Wushu, 650-42-WUSHU pacificwushu.com/tickets or the Tiger Claw Headquarters, 40740 Encyclopedia Circle, Fremont, CA 94538 510-656-5100

RIP Grandmaster Al Novak, Interviews with Grandmaster Stephen Chang & TAPPED OUT author, Matthew Polly

gene — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:46:10 +0000

On Saturday, Nov 26, 2011, we lost another great grandmaster. Read Grandmaster Al Novak by Gene Ching.
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Check out the latest interview on our e-zine: Interview with Grandmaster Stephen M. D. Chang by Peter Jagger
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With a his new book out being released on Nov 17th, 2011, I got to check in with an old friend and martial brother. Read TAPPED OUT: An interview with Matthew “American Shaolin” Polly

Enter to win a Autographed edition of TAPPED OUT by Matthew Polly! Contest ends 6:00 p.m. PST on 12/01/2011. Good luck everyone!

The Chinese Samurai Sword, Grandmaster Ming Lum, Sword Case contest, movie reviews & vote for NINJASTAR!

gene — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:01:14 +0000

The cover story The Chinese Samurai Sword by Gene Ching with Gigi Oh for our November/December 2011 issue is now live. This issue is still available on the newsstands. Select bookstore outlets come with a DVD insert! This issue is available for iPad and Android via Zinio!

Martial arts in the IMMORTALS? Read IMMORTALS: Myth the MMA way by Patrick Lugo
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Grandmaster Ming Lum 1926-2011 by Gene Ching
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Feline fencing fu in 3D! Read PUSS IN BOOTS: The Cat Came Back by Gene Ching.

Vote for NINJASTAR 2011 in our annual ninja photo contest.

Enter to win a TIGER CLAW SWORD CASE! Contest ends 6:00 p.m. PST on 11/17/11. Good luck everyone!

Kung Fu Tai Chi cameo on MAN UP! ~ Win a Team Iron Crotch T-shirt ~ The San Diego Asian Film Festival

gene — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:57:31 +0000

Kung Fu Tai Chi will appear in a cameo on the new ABC sitcom, MAN UP! tonight at 8:30PM, right after Tim Allen’s Last Man Standing and before Dancing with the Stars.

Enter to win a TEAM IRON CROTCH T-SHIRT! Contest ends 6:00 p.m. PST on 11/03/2011. Good luck everyone!

The San Diego Asian Film Festival is one of America’s largest showcases for Asian cinema. Read San Diego Asian Film Festival 2010: Shaolin and Samurai and Ninjas! Oh my! by Craig Reid

Kung Fu Tai Chi, NINJASTAR, Real Steel, 1911 & Fire of Conscience

gene — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:17:48 +0000

Our November/December 2011 issue is now available on the newsstands. Select bookstore outlets come with a DVD insert! This issue is available for iPad and Android via Zinio! With 1911 premiering at select locations in America, our column Chollywood Rising: Fant-ASIA versus Party-Line History is live online.

Rock ‘em Sock ‘em robots coached by Sugar Ray? Read REAL STEEL: Battling Maxo to MMA to Max by Gene Ching.

For October 2011, KungFuMagazine.com is once again holding our annual ninja photo contest NINJASTAR. Submit a photo of yourself and/or your hapless friends as Ninjas and you could win the NINJASTAR prize package, including a “KungFuMagazine.com’s NINJASTAR 2011” Trophy Ninja Fan, your photo published in full-page spread in Kung Fu Tai Chi magazine, and other special Ninja treats. The Top 5 finalists will each receive special Ninja prizes. To enter, visit KungFuMagazine.com’s NINJASTAR 2011.

Enter to win Fire of Conscience on DVD! Contest ends 6:00 p.m. PST on 10/20/2011. Good luck everyone!

True Legend, Chiu Kwok-Chung, Kung Fu Axes & Escaping Buddha’s Grasp

gene — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:19:24 +0000

Enter to win True Legend on DVD! Contest ends 6:00 p.m. PST on 10/06/2011. Good luck everyone!

Traditional kung fu masters represent! Read Interview with Grandmaster Chiu Kwok-Chung by Len Epp

Got an axe to grind? Read CHOP! CHOP! – Kung fu’s Deadly Fighting Axes by Jason William McNeil

Our Sep/Oct 2011 issue cover story is now live; Read Escaping Buddha’s Grasp by Gene Ching (with Gigi Oh). Be sure to pick this issue up on the newsstands – it’ll be there until Oct 2011. This issue is also available for iPad and Android on Zinio