Kung Fu Tai Chi Fall 2018

Cover Story
46 Soft Power and the Beginning of It All
By Gene Ching

10th Annual Tiger Claw Elite
KungFuMagazine.com Championships
10 2018 Tiger Claw Elite Championships
12 Tiger Claw Elite KungFuMagazine.com Championships

16 The 6th Annual Tiger Claw Elite Taekwondo Championship

18 Tiger Claw Elite KungFuMagazine.com Championships Grand Champions

20 WILDAID Tiger Claw Champions

22 Ku Yu-Cheung Bak Sil Lum Champion

22 Year of the Dog – Top Dog Champion

23 Tiger Claw Elite KungFuMagazine.com Championships Top Schools

24 KUNG FU TAI CHI DAY

28 Tiger Claw Elite KungFuMagazine.com Championships Staff & Volunteers

Features
56 Head to Toe Flexibility
Debunking Myths & Correcting Misconceptions
By Emilio Alpanseque and Joseph Scarcella
64 Uncovering a Taiji Diamond
By Cici Kay
68 The Gentle Side of Five Ancestors Fist By Daniel Kun
74 Choy Lee Fut Internal Training
From Tendon Changing & Marrow Washing to Unlocking Martial Secrets
By Emilio Alpanseque
80 Toisanese Kung Fu
The Crane from a Different Mother
By Peter Pena
88 The Dao of Kung Fu Grappling
How Heavy Ancient Weapons Apply to Unarmed Combat
By Chris Friedman
92 The Sun and the Swastika
Sun Style Taijiquan Small Frame
By Xiao Yijing with Gigi Oh and Gene Ching

102 Featured Weapon
Song Dynasty Jian

Tournaments – Events - News

34 Cal Wushu at 22nd Annual Collegiate Wushu Tournament
By Nancy Ong

36 Descendants of Dean Chin Honored on Capitol Hill
By Ron Wheeler

38 A Boston Qi Party
the 2018 US Dragon and Lion Dance Federation Championships
By Lori Ann White

40 The Tai Chi Gala Ignites the Passion for the Internal Arts
By Violet Li

42 Dr. Dan Netherland 1947–2018
By Zhao Xiaohu

43 Grandmaster Kwong Wing Lam 1947–2018
By Gene Ching