Kung Fu Tai Chi 2009 May/June

Cover Story It Takes a Village The Taiji Economy of Chenjiagou By Gene Ching and Gigi Oh Features Fundamental Martial Arts Conditioning: Jumping By Jonathan D. Chang The Eagle Essence in Dragon Kung Fu By Peter Pena A Day at the Beijing Opera An Analysis of the Wushu and Acrobatic Skills of Beijing Opera By Emilio Alpanseque Featured Weapon Twin Broadswords Stance Work and Footwork Zhanfa and Bufa By Raphael Smith The Professor of Sanshou By Gigi Oh and Gene Ching An Introduction to Hua Tuo’s Five Animal Frolics By Jane Qianying Zhao When Filipino Arnis Turns into Chinese Chin Na By Robert H. Boatman Xingyi’s Five Elements Linked Form By Brian L. Kennedy Sanshou in UFC Patrick Barry Steps into the Octagon By Gene Ching TOURNAMENTS - EVENTS - NEWS Ip Chun and Wan Kam Leung Inducted into Hall of Fame By Darrell Jordan Chinese Health Qigong Association hosted by UEWM and HQAUSA By Sue Woo The 2nd World Junior Wushu Championships: U.S. Team Has Best Results Ever at an IWUF Event By Anthony Roberts Muay Thai vs. Sanshou vs. K-1 at Beijing’s Olympic Center By Gene Ching