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Posted by Kung Fu Dad on October 27, 2016

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Uncle Frank's Tai Chi Tips

When I was doing Crime watch somehow one of the older American guys who would later learn from me was talking about whether Uncle Frank did Martial Arts. Now this is actually more than just American Stereotyping. Some Asians may groan and say, "Just because a person is Asian and is old doesn't mean they know Kung Fu." But look, if you were to make a movie about the Drama in Chinatown, and it was made in Hong Kong.. frankly all the powers that be would have superhuman Kung Fu as well as their mental strategies and political pull. This is because, Jin Yong wrote a lot of novels where the people in these political positions had secret and powerful Kung Fu. Part of it is just for entertainment. Plus, Chinese people like to explain greatness through practice. Training done after birth. Whereas Americans like to explain it through Divine right or genes. I.e. you are great because it is something you are born with and this power cannot be taught. So the explanation for Unc

Gambling on Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year is coming up. For me Chinese New Year is always about Lion Dance and red envelopes... and that's about it. Grace asked her Youtube "Sifu" what a Chinese New Year dish would be. His response was that he's been posting Chinese dishes for 2 years.. if she could get a dish from that, he didn't know how to help her. So she asked for a specific Chinese New Year dish... and his response was that his adult son liked all the Jook Sing American Chinese food. I vaguely remember vegetariasn dishes and sweet fu jook tofu skins... but for me again, I don't know much about what food you are "Supposed" to have. There are a lot of traditions and they are becoming simplified. A lot of people go out on New Years (Or is it New Year's eve?) So when I lived at the Kung Fu school we would go to Boston Bowl and see that a majority of the people there were Vietnamese, dressed to the nines (especially the girls.) In other words, for different peo

Finale at the Lantern Festival

Photo Credit: Eva Loh I pulled these photos of the Finale off of Facebook. Wong Keung performed the Dragon and Woo Ching White Crane, the Lion. These photos capture more of that incredible feeling that took place in the crowd when smoke and confetti and Lions and Dragons and Drums filled the space of the Greenway park turning it into... magic. I felt like a kid. Look at the smiles on people's faces rushing to capture the event on film. It really was something.

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