In this episode Randel and Owen talk with Taiji practitioner and journalist Michael Dorgan about training Kung Fu, living in Beijing and training Chen/ Hun Yuan Taiji with Feng Zhiqiang.

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"Michael Dorgan, who began training in Asian martial arts as a teenager. He first studied Okinawan Karate and then Korean Taekwondo before moving on to Chinese styles in the late 1970s. He trained in Northern Shaolin, Xing-I and Yang Style Tai Chi with Master Wong Jack Man in San Francisco from 1978-1984, and studied Liu He Xinyi Quan with Master George Xu from 1984-1990. For nearly six years in the early 1990s, he trained in Hunyuan Tai Chi with Master Zhang Xue Xin, a disciple of Grandmaster Feng.
In 1999, Dorgan moved to China to become the Beijing bureau chief for Knight Ridder Newspapers. Shortly after settling in Beijing, he had the opportunity to begin studying privately with Grandmaster Feng, as well as with his daughter, Feng Xiuqian, and Master Chen Xiang, one of Grandmaster Feng’s most accomplished disciples."

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In this episode, Owen and Randel talk about their top 5 favorite Internal Martial Arts books!

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In this episode Randel and Owen talk with Kung Fu Coach and Teacher Abi Moriya about training in Taiwan in the 80's, Tang Sho Tao, Acupuncture and Hong Yi Xiang.

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"Martial artist, movement and Chinese medicine. One of the pioneers of Chinese and Filipino martial arts teachers in Israel. In his youth, in 1987, he embarked on a study trip following the documentary series "The Way of the Warrior," which ended with the late teacher Hong Yi-Shiang in Taiwan. My father balances the way of the warrior with the way of the healer: he is an expert in the martial art of Xingyi Chuan, various Chinese weapons, as well as the Filipino martial art of Serada Eskrima. In the field of health care, my father teaches Qigong and Tai Chi and trains instructors. He practices Chinese medicine with an emphasis on acupuncture, moxibustion and tui-na, as well as shiatsu. Head of the Martial Arts Department at the Nat Holman School for Instructors and Trainers, Wingate Institute. Author of the book "Bright Tiger, Dark Dragon: Chinese Martial Arts in the Mirror of Culture", Madaf 2017.Co-author with Guy Moore of the book "Krav Maga - Teaching with Doubt", self-published, 2016"

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In this episode Randel and Owen talk with Kung Fu Coach and Teacher Abi Moriya about training in Taiwan in the 80's, Tang Sho Tao, Acupuncture and Hong Yi Xiang.

Form his Web Site:

"Martial artist, movement and Chinese medicine. One of the pioneers of Chinese and Filipino martial arts teachers in Israel. In his youth, in 1987, he embarked on a study trip following the documentary series "The Way of the Warrior," which ended with the late teacher Hong Yi-Shiang in Taiwan. My father balances the way of the warrior with the way of the healer: he is an expert in the martial art of Xingyi Chuan, various Chinese weapons, as well as the Filipino martial art of Serada Eskrima.
In the field of health care, my father teaches Qigong and Tai Chi and trains instructors. He practices Chinese medicine with an emphasis on acupuncture, moxibustion and tui-na, as well as shiatsu.
Head of the Martial Arts Department at the Nat Holman School for Instructors and Trainers, Wingate Institute.
Author of the book "Bright Tiger, Dark Dragon: Chinese Martial Arts in the Mirror of Culture", Madaf 2017.
Co-author with Guy Moore of the book "Krav Maga - Teaching with Doubt", self-published, 2016"

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In this episode, Owen does a solo cast with Joseph Crandall. Pioneering translator of Chinese Kung Fu manuals and practitioner and teacher of Bagua, Xingyi and Taiji.

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"Joseph Crandall, translator, is a Ba Gua practitioner who has taken onto himself the heroic task of translating and making available many key works of WuShu...... As Crandall writes in his introduction; "I have been waiting for someone more qualified to come along and do a better job at these translations than I do. I know that there are many out there who could do it." What Crandall doesn't mention is the dedication and knowledge he has brought to the worthy fundamental project."

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In this episode Randel and Owen talk with Veronika Partikova PhD about learning traditional Hung Gar in Hong Kong, coaching Kung Fu on her online line platform "The Kung Fu Academic", and training MMA in Thailand.

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"Born in the Czech Republic, I fell in love with martial arts in 1999. My journey has taken me from Shotokan Karate to Hung Kuen Kung Fu and now Mixed Martial Arts (MMA). I am a professional MMA and Muay Thai fighter, a World Champion in Kung Fu, and a proud holder of a black belt in Karate.​

Pursuing my love for Kung Fu, I relocated to Hong Kong eight years ago to further my studies and earn a Ph.D. in Sports Psychology. In 2022, I moved to Thailand to train professionally in MMA.

Now, at 36 years old, I fight professionally and coach kung fu online."

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In this episode, Owen and Randel continue their talk about why Dong Hai Chuan, the founder of Bagua Zhang, was the Greatest Kung Fu Teacher in Modern History through the lens of his students.

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In this episode Randel and Owen talk with Shifu Jacque Bois about teaching and training Yip Man Pre-Hong Kong Wing Chun, Taiji, Praying Mantis and Shaolin.

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"Sifu Jacque started traveling into the world of martial arts at age 5 starting with Judo and Karate. When he was twelve he discovered a local Traditional Chinese Martial Arts School in South Africa. He fell in love with what he learned there and has been privileged to be taught by Sifu Leslie Reed, Seven-Star Grand Master - Sifu Lee Kam Wing, Wing Chun Grand Master - Sifu Lun Gai, Tai Chi Master - Sifu Ou Rong Ju and Sifu Derek Frearson. He opened his first school in 1991 and built a dedicated group of students before travelling to the US in 1997.

in 2013 he opened a new school in Monroe WA and has been teaching and cultivating students with the aim of creating positive change in their lives and helping make the world a better place through martial arts"

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In this episode, Owen and Randel talk about why Dong Hai Chuan the founder of Bagua Zhang was the Greatest Kung Fu Teacher in Modern History.

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In this episode, Randel does a solo cast with the Budo Brothers about martial arts filming and training with world class martial artists, trips to Japan and the their new book.

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