Chinese Martial Arts
Chinese martial arts, often named under the umbrella terms kung fu (Chinese: 功夫; pinyin: gōng fu) and wushu (武术), are the several hundred fighting styles that have developed over the centuries [...]
Wushu
Wushu is both an exhibition and a full-contact sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts. It was developed in China after 1949, in an effort to standardize the practice of traditional [...]
Sanshou
Sanda or Sanshou is a Chinese self-defense system and combat sport. Sanshou is a martial art which was originally developed by the Chinese military based upon the study and practices of [...]
Shuai Jiao
Shuai Jiao is the term referring to the jacket wrestling style of Beijing, Tianjin and Baoding of Hebei Province in the North China. In modern usage, this term is also the [...]
Qinna
Qinna or Chin Na is primarily known as the Chinese art of joint locking. Qin means to seize or catch and Na means to hold or control; so Qinna is the [...]
Mantis
Tanglang Quan – Mantis Fist is a style of Chinese martial arts; it was created by a Kung Fu Master Wang Lang about 1600 A.D. The Mantis Fist is very useful [...]
China Trip 2016
Upon arriving at London City Airport, I realised it was dwarfed by it's counterpart, Heathrow Airport. However, this was a great advantage as navigating the airport proved much easier than the [...]
Heart Sutra
般若波罗蜜多心经 The Heart Of Prajna Paramita Sutra 观自在菩萨，行深般若波罗蜜多时，照见五蕴皆空，度一切苦厄。When Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara was practicing the profound Prajna Paramita, he illuminated the five Skandhas and saw that they are all empty, and he crossed [...]