The Path of Traditional Martial Arts

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

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Getting Back To Basics

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     Tsutomu Ohshima, one of Gichin Funakoshi’s last students (and now a senior instructor of Gichin’s legendary Shotokan style of karate...

Getting Back To Basics

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     Tsutomu Ohshina, one of Gichin Funakoshi’s last students (and now a senior instructor of Gichin’s legendary Shotokan style of karate)...
Thursday, July 28, 2011

Got Qi?

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      Over many years I've spent a great deal of time visiting with numerous martial arts practitioners and listening to their ideas r...
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Dress For Success

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     Many years ago there was a book entitled "Dress For Success", which enjoyed considerable popularity. The author (whose name I...
Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Gripe, Gripe, Gripe!

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      I used to think that several of my instructors really had it in for me. It seemed that no matter what I did or how hard I tried, they ...
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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Bring It On!

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     One day, as I was walking up to the building where I conduct my Yiliquan classes,  I noticed two of my die-hard students standing outsi...
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Thursday, June 2, 2011

The Traditional Way

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       In a recent conversation with an old friend I was told that within the past few years there has been a movement back towards "...
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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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