The Path of Traditional Martial Arts

Thoughts and lectures about the spiritual side of the traditional martial arts.

Tuesday, July 28, 2026

THE FIGHT OR FLIGHT MINDSET

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  by Phillip Starr        One very critical element of our chosen martial discipline that is frequently neglected (or unseen altogether) by...

FAST OR SLOW?

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  By Yang Shuangxing Everyone knows that taijiquan, especially that of the Yang style is performed in slow motion. However, few of them wa...
Sunday, July 26, 2026

DON'T HAVE TIME?

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  By Phillip Starr If I had a nickel for every time I've heard this excuse for not attending class regularly or training at home...(sig...
Saturday, July 25, 2026

DA XIANG WUXING

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  by Yang Shuangxing In a lecture by Sifu Yang Hai (a teacher of the Chinese internal arts who is of very high skill and knowledge), he spo...
Friday, July 24, 2026

BUT I DON'T WANNA...

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  by Phillip Starr How many times have you, or perhaps one of your classmates muttered something like, “But I don’t wanna do that @#$% form...
Thursday, July 23, 2026

THE ANCIENT MANUSCRIPT

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  by Phillip Starr If I gave you a 500 year-old manuscript on the martial arts (and let's assume that it's written in English), wha...
Wednesday, July 22, 2026

THE SWORD AND THE BRUSH; WHOLE BODY SHODO

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  by Phillip Starr Shodo is the Japanese term for the art of writing calligraphy with a brush  ( 書道 ). In Chinese, it is pronouned “shudao...
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Phillip Starr
Liuzhou, Guangxi Province, China
I began training in the martial arts in 1956. My primary art is Yiliquan kung-fu, which I developed after training with my teacher, Master W.C. Chen (a student of the legendary Zhang Zhaodong). I am also a yudansha of Kyokushin karate, and a certified instructor of the Pekiti-Tersia arnis system. I was the first kung-fu stylist to become a U.S. National Champion under the auspices of the USKA (United States Karate Assn) in 1976. In 1992 I came out of retirement to become U.S. National Champion once again. From 1991-95 I was the National Chairman for the AAU Chinese Martial Arts Division, which became the largest kung-fu organization in the nation. I have authored five books to date; The Making Of A Butterfly, Martial Mechanics, Martial Maneuvers, Hidden Hands, and Developing Jin. I lived in China for 3 yrs.,in the bowels of the dragon...Liuzhou City, Guangxi Province, China. and have now returned to Omaha, NE. where I continue to write and teach traditional Chinese martial arts.
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