The Path of Traditional Martial Arts

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

Friday, August 25, 2023

THE LARGEST OBSTACLE

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  by Phillip Starr       Like most martial arts teachers, I frequently subject my students - all of them - to various and sundry "test...

GOING DEEPER

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  by Phillip Starr I've been involved in the martial arts for over sixty years now and over the decades that I've trained and taug...
Thursday, August 24, 2023

THE FIST AND THE SWORD

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  by Phillip Starr Students are sometimes confused when I tell them that if they really want to improve their bare-handed skills they must ...
Wednesday, August 23, 2023

EXTRA BAGGAGE

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  by Phillip Starr When I ran my full-time martial arts school many years ago, I debated about hanging a sign outside the entrance to the t...
Tuesday, August 22, 2023

CULTURE OR COMBAT?

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  By Phillip Starr I believe that in order to truly understand a given martial discipline and perform it correctly, one must have a firm gr...
Monday, August 21, 2023

ABSORB WHAT IS USEFUL...

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  by Phillip Starr One of the very worst pieces of advice ever given to the martial arts community at large came from the lips of Bruce Lee...
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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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