The Path of Traditional Martial Arts

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

Sunday, July 30, 2017

BABY STEPS

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by Phillip Starr Although the term, "kung-fu" (also, "gongfu"), serves as a generic term for Chinese martial ...
Thursday, July 20, 2017

MY TEACHER AND ME

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by Phillip “Pete” Starr Many years ago, I used to write articles about various aspects of the martial arts and send them out to m...
Monday, May 29, 2017

ETIQUETTE

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by Phillip Starr I would hope that the majority of my readers would be more than a little familiar with the basic forms of etique...
Thursday, May 25, 2017

GOOD TEACHERS, WORTHY STUDENTS

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by Phillip “Pete” Starr      When I was finishing my first book, “The Making Of A Butterfly”, I asked my literary agent about the odds...
Friday, April 28, 2017

DO WHAT YOU CANNOT DO

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by Phillip Starr “ Do what you cannot possibly do. Make the impossible possible.” -Masutatsu Oyama Founder of Kyokushin karate ...
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Monday, April 17, 2017

BABY STEPS

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by Phillip “Pete” Starr Although the term, "kung-fu" (also, "gongfu"), serves as a generic term for Chinese m...
Wednesday, April 12, 2017

WUJI; THE STATE OF POTENTIAL

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by Phillip Starr      At the very beginning of any form, there is a brief period where you just stand still in a "natural" stance...
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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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