The Forbidden kingdom is a Marvel. It’s where East Meets west and we truly get a grasp of eastern mythology in this film. We all know the action will be superior when choreographed by Yuen Woo Ping. Not only that but we have Jet Li and Jackie Chan staring in the first (and only) film [...]
This is not a title I would have chosen to watch myself, but I was recommended it by someone I met up in London recently. I was too young to watch Tyson fight in his prime, but I remember the time in school when everyone was talking about the rape allegation – this was clearly [...]
I acquired this book very recently the day after the Archery Masterclass: my partner found it for 50p at a car-boot fair. It happened on reading it that it was a relevant piece of writing to not only the Archery that we did, but also to our approach to Martial Arts. In particular, it was [...]
Autobiography of a Geisha Sayo Masuda Translated by GG Rowley ISBN 0-099-46204-4 Adults Only Book Review by Shafagh Amiraftabi Suthern Instructor White Crane Martial Arts Masuda Sayo wrote her life story for a woman’s magazine for money, and also as a voice against the Prostitution Prevention Act, which criminalized and drove underground an existing industry. [...]
Old Boy is a psychological thriller set to the backdrop of twenty first century Korea, the apathy, Internet culture and not to mention hair of the new Milena are all here with powerful camerawork from director Park Chan Wook. Oh Dae Su was heading for trouble from the word go, a life of binge drinking [...]
RECOMMENDED MOVIES. You can’t love Kung Fu without loving Kung Fu movies. There are so many great movies out there, far too many for me to list here, but I have drawn up a list of those must see movies that will give any newcomer a broad overview of what the genre has to [...]
The Art Of War- Sun Tzu. “All of life is conflict. In order to lead, you must fully analyse & understand this.” This is the seminal text for martial artists, also used by businessmen to prepare their campaigns. What is true for two armies of ten thousand is true for two single combatants. This is [...]
