Kung Fu

Should Shaolin Monks Be Asian? Just Ask Abbot Shi Yan Fan of Shaolin Temple Los Angeles

Stacey Nemour | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Zen Buddhism, Qigong, Meditation, Healing, Shaolin-Monks-Kung-Fu, Tai Chi, Kung Fu, Healthy Living News

Should Shaolin monks only be Asian? Can a Westerner ascend to the exalted level of an abbot? Venerable Abbot Shi Yan Fan of Shaolin Temple Los Angeles can answer that.

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Get Flexible For Martial Arts Training

Stacey Nemour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anti-Aging, Health, Fitness, Flexibility, Living, Stretching, Kung Fu, Wellness, Martial Arts, Martial Arts Stretching, Martial Arts Fitness, Kung Fu Stretching, Home News

If you include regular stretching before and after training, it can help keep your body youthful for the rest of your life!

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China's Worldview: Three Timeless Truths

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Yin and Yang, Hegemony, Chinese Medicine, Nature and Japan, Shanghai, Tangshan Earthquake, Yellow Mountain, Tcl, Luxury Brands in China, China, Success in China, Gao Kao, Change, The Economist, What-Color-Is-Your-Parachute, Palace Exam, Individualism in CHina, Technocracy, Contemporary Chinese Culture, Chinese Cosmology, Middle Kingdom, Yi Jing, Steve Jobs, Yellow River, Nature and China, Face, Bill Gates, Gmat, Daoism, Kung Fu, Japan, Confucianism, Evil Chaos, Harmony, Miguel Patricio, Moral Absolutes, Ni Peimin, Chinese Government, Sichuan Earthquake, Communist Party, Feng Shui, Ba Gua, Book of Changes, Deng Xiaoping, Inbev, Fish Breeding, Aftershock, Legalism, Metersbonwe, Zhaungzi, Zodiac Signs, World News

What is Chinese culture? Now and forever, perpetual yet shape-shifting,in modern and ancient guises, the Chinese worldview can be distilled down to ...

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Kung Fu, and the Presidency of Barack Obama

Michael Gene Sullivan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bruce Lee, Health Care, Kung Fu, President Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Progressives, Bush Tax Cuts, Politics News

Back when President Obama was Candidate Obama one of his most commented on talents was his style of dealing with seemingly impossible political situations.

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Inside the Life of a Shaolin Monk

Stacey Nemour | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Kung Fu, Wheel of Life, Shaolin Temple, Shaolin Temple Kung Fu, Shaolin Kung Fu, Shaolin Monks Kung Fu, Shaolin Monks, Shaolin Monks Powers, Shaolin Wheel of Life, Buddhism, Shaolin Monks Wheel of Life, Healthy Living News

Most martial artists are familiar with the extraordinary powers of the Shaolin monks. I recently had the great fortune of sharing the afternoon with Sifu Wang Bo, a Shaolin monk who was 11 years old when he toured with "Wheel of Life."

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Qigong: Unleash Incredible Healing Powers

Stacey Nemour | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Meditation, Qigong, Moving Meditation, Healing, Cancer Prevention, Kung Fu, Health, Martial Arts, Healthy Living News

Qigong is recognized as a Mind-Body Medicine. Focus on the breath, body posture and state of awareness opens up the channels for energy (Qi) to be moved.

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A Master of Kung Folk: a Conversation With Benjamin Taylor

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dobie Gray, Music Marketing, Myspace, Jamie Cullum, Free Downloads, David Saw, Paul Simon, Native Americans, Twitter, Sade, Facebook, Harry Chapin, Barack Obama, Benjamin Taylor, Donnie Hathaway, Livingston Taylor, Bill Withers, Ben Thomas, Stevie Wonder, Entertainment News, Carly Simon, Iris Records, Tribeca Films, Michael Bubble, Hair, Joni Mitchell, Cat Stevens, Peter Frampton, Kung Fu, Itunes, Sally Taylor, James Taylor, Entertainment News

If Benjamin Taylor had made one album and it was 2008's The Legend Of Kung Folk, he would have fulfilled his creative contract with the music gods.

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Reviewing 'The Karate Kid' Remake with My Hardass Asian Mom

Disgrasian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Karate Kid, The Karate Kid Remake, Asian Moms, The Karate Kid, Gong Fu, 1980's, Jaden Smith, Jackie Chan, Kung Fu, Karate Kid Remake, 1980's Movies, The-Karate-Kid-Remake, 80's, Will Smith, Gong-Fu, Moms, China, Bananarama, Comedy News

Any use of inappropriate cultural terms or conflation with the original movie is entirely intentional: The Karate Kid (Jaden Smith) and his Mom (Tara...

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Kung Fu Meditation: Staying in Your Power Center

Stacey Nemour | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Meditation, Kung Fu, The Inner Life, Kung Fu Techniques, Kung Fu Practices, Kung Fu Tips, Kung Fu Meditation, Healthy Living News

In meditation or moving meditation, we have access to an inner sanctuary to retreat; a safe haven, a place no one can ever touch or destroy, available to us at any time.

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Mastery of Martial Arts in Sports and Life

Stacey Nemour | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Sports, Meditation, Healing, Injury Prevention, Kung Fu, Spirituality, Martial Arts, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News

I have learned the hard way in my younger years about obsessing and trying to force things to happen. By doing this I unknowingly created resistance to what I would be trying to manifest.

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The Transformative Powers of Kung Fu

Stacey Nemour | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Kung Fu, Healing, Anti-Aging, Fitness, Mediation, Spirituality, Wellness, Exercise, Weight Loss, Kung Fu Benefits, Balance, Enlightenment, The Inner Life, Stress Relief, Healthy Living News

Kung fu is one of the many ways to enlightenment. It incorporates inner and outer training designed for mind expansion, spiritual growth, healing, strengthening and excellent health.

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The Transforming Power of Martial Arts For Children

Stacey Nemour | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Kung-Fu, Healing, Children's Health, Child Safety, Martial Arts, Emotional Wellness, Healthy Living News

After twenty years of teaching martial arts to students from age three to eighty, I have observed that the benefits to every age has been nothing less than astonishing!

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Martial Arts: Finding the Perfect Style for You

Stacey Nemour | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Meditation, Kung Fu, Martial Arts, Wellness, Personal Health, Karate, Fitness Tips, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News

Finding the right style and teacher that fits exactly with where you are on your path, can require some research to help make an informed decision. Here are some suggestions that may inspire you.

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The Dharma of Celebrity Death

Dean Sluyter | Posted 05.25.2011

Everybody dies. Why, from a spiritual point of view, are celebrity deaths such an extra big deal?

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Ode to Kwai Chang Caine

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Quentin Tarantino, Kung Fu, David Carradine Dies, David Carradine, Martial Arts, Bruce-Lee, Chuck Norris, Entertainment News

The Hollywood press and celebrity trackers everywhere are having a high time with the sad story of the late actor David Carradine's kung fu noir demise.

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The Pathologist and The Grasshopper

Casey Sherman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Thailand, Boston Strangler, Kung Fu, David Carradine, Dr. Michael Baden, Entertainment News

The body is a merely a canvas on which to find evidence that may be hidden to the naked eye.

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"KUNG FU" TV SERIES 1972 Actor David Carradine Found Dead In Hotel

CBS News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Death Race, Kung Fu, David Carradine, Home News

The 72-year-old actor's body was discovered Thursday in his luxury suite at Bangkok's Swissotel Nai Lert Park Hotel. Police initially said they suspec...

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Quiet Teacher (Part Three)

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Novels, Serialization, Tai Chi, Kung Fu, Martial Arts, Noir Fiction, Healthy Living News

This may be the first time a major online newspaper has serialized a book as a pre-publication "tease" for the print edition.

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A Review of Chandni Chowk to China

Melanie McGanney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: India, Heroes, Bollywood, Villains, Warner Bros, Kill Bill, Chinese, Acrobatics, Film, Kung Fu, Movies, Steve Martin, Dancing, Warner Brothers, Chinese Culture, Western World, Singing, China, Chandni Chowk to China, Entertainment News

An embodiment of all things Bollywood, director Nikhil Advani's Chandni Chowk to China interweaves singing, acrobatic dancing and kung fu into this effusive picaresque.

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Folkin' Around with Benjamin Taylor, His Dad James, Dar Williams and That Guy Mark Erelli

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Simon Draper, Keith Urban, Kate Markowitz, Jimmy Johnson, Michael Landau, Cd, Hudson River, Grey Zeien, Glen Campbell, Mark Erelli, Joan Baez, Kathy Feighery, Daryl Hall, Coal Miners, Matthew Kinney, Aidan Draper, Livingston Taylor, John Mayer, Bill Mumy, The Temptations, Naras, Folk, Val Clark, Carly Simon, Stephen Robinson, Dar Williams, Marshall Crenshaw, John Anderson, Kung Fu, Sally Taylor, Grammy Awards, David Lasley, Folk-Rock, Simon & Garfunkel, Entertainment, RIchard Bruce, Suzanne Vega, Jamie Cullum, David Saw, Lou Marini, New York, Benjamin Taylor, Digipak, Christopher Albert, Barry Mann, Greg Leisz, Leonard Cohen, Muscle Shoals, Musician Magazine, Marnie Hillsley, The Dixie Chicks, Joni Mitchell, Steve Gadd, Arnold McCuller, James Taylor, Jimmy Webb, Smokey Robinson, Mississippi River, Entertainment News

"Buzzer" is the album's most complex and surreal recording. It is an edgy piece crafted around her character's life choices and their results.

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