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Perspective on Bruce Lee
Theorizing Bruce Lee: For thoughtful martial artists. We’ve been writing about Bruce Lee in some of our posts. I came across a very well written article, “Theorizing Bruce Lee” by Paul Bowman on Bruce...
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Shek Kin is Bruce Lee’s Bruce Lee
It’s ironic. On the same day that the celluloid Shaolin master, David Carradine, died, an authentic kung fu master and Hong Kong film legend, Shek Kin, passed away. Although martial artists and film...
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Asking The Master
Imagine you have an opportunity to ask one of history’s most influential and famous martial artists a single question? What would it be? I asked this question on Facebook: “If you could ask Bruce Lee...
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Are Styles and Systems Obsolete?
One does not need to learn a traditional system to fight. You do not even need to master a style to fight well. The effectiveness of modern eclectic methods, MMA and kick boxing attests to this. But...
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Horses and Bayonets: Modern Martial Arts and Traditional Martial Way
In last night’s presidential debate, President Obama’s phrase “horses and bayonets” – referring to outmoded military weaponry in today’s technological world – aptly applies to traditional martial...
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When Push Comes to Shove: Your 3 Core Fighting Techniques
Martial artists love to learn new movements. And with the prevailing open attitude to styles and techniques from round the world on internet, we can access new fighting to get the critical edge. As...
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Remembering Bruce Lee
This November 27, 2012 would have been Bruce Lee’s 72nd birthday. He died at 32, but is an icon who brought martial arts to global awareness. Time has given me a mature perspective on the...
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Fight Lab: Dragon Fighting
One of our goals at TanDao for Evolving Martial Artists is to bridge the gap between modern fight science and traditional martial arts. In our latest TanDao fight lab, Dragon Fighting, John and I...
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Kung Fu and the Rocky Road to Dublin
How do we write a single post that both celebrates St. Patrick’s Day and combines TanDao fight science? Hmmm? Toni came up with a great idea that bridges that old east/west dichotomy: kung fu fighting...
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Is Bruce Lee Right About Forms?
Received a comment and question from Ofir, who is part of our growing TanDao Clan: “Hi Master Tan, you’ve got great clips, very inspiring, I’ve got a question: how do you bridge the gap between Bruce...
View ArticleMy Year With Bruce Lee’s Teacher – Wong Shun Leung
Working with Wong Shun Leng Imagine: having the opportunity to spend a year working with the master who taught Bruce Lee kung fu. Awesome! In 1982, I wrote and directed the first video on Wing Chun –...
View ArticleThe Little Dragon Doesn’t Dragon Step
In the mid seventies, while studying Damo Animal Kung Fu in Taiwan, Master Li Min-Ching showed me secret dragon stepping techniques. A series of quick steps employing an intricate pattern of movement...
View ArticleEvolving Martial Artist Unleashed
The Evolving Martial Artist is unleashed! C’mon….Evolve with us! Here’s our first episode….The Great Equalizer. Sign up for our newsletter to get further insight into this video…cause you can always...
View ArticleBruce Lee Reincarnated?
Bruce Lee incarnate! He’s called the Afghan Bruce Lee, and the resemblance and mannerism are beyond striking — he may be more Bruce Lee than Bruce Lee. Taking the concept “absorb what’s useful” to the...
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