Talking Fists

I had the absolute pleasure of speaking with Barnard Kwan. Life long martial artist who began with Aikdo and eventually found his way to the internal arts and mainly Bagua. Bernard Kwan is a disciple of C S Tang!

More about Bernard below!
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Viet Le was kind enough to share his journey through martial arts with us. We discuss his training in Chinese Kung Fu along with Vietnamese martial arts. 

Part 1 of my discussion with the great Nabil Ranne. We take a deep dive into his personal training, and the Beijing line of Chen Taiji. 

Topics include
Striking in Chen style
Power generation
Training in both village and Beijing Chen style
and much more!

To celebrate the start of season 2, we chat with real life Cobra Kai Karate; Justin Ichikawa of American Tang Soo Do.

Justin shares what it was like growing up in the martial arts with his father (Dennis Ichikawa ) as his sensei. How his father started with Chuck Norris and eventually went on to own his own Karate school. Justin's journey as a martial artist is fascinating. Please enjoy!

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Jon Nicklin shares his journey through Xingyiquan, which lead him to the exposure of various branches of Xingyiquan, Xinyiliuhequan, and even the original family art, Dai Xinyi.

We also discuss Yang and Chen styles of Taiji. 

Enjoy

Ken Gullette is back! This time we discuss his evolution in his training of Chen Taiji. Comparing village style to the Beijing line. We also discuss Yang style Taiji and much more!!

Maarten Franks discusses his decade long life in china, how he met his master, and his initial struggles when it came to discovering authentic Chinese Kung Fu.

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Today we have a conversation with Wing Chun master Alex Richter of City Wing Chun. We discuss his journey from Non Classical Gung Fu based Wing Chun to traditional Wing Chun. 

Topics include:
Traditional kung fu
Wing Chun
Bruce Lee
Kung Fu in MMA
Wing Chun in an MMA world
Honesty in martial arts

This episode we speak with Jon Dyer, he discusses his journey from traditional Chinese Internal Kung Fu/martial arts to MMA.  This is an in depth conversation that pulls no punches. 
Topics include:
Dai XinYi
Xinyiliuhequan
Internal martial arts
Becoming a disciple 
And more...

Today we chat with Byron Jacobs, a Xingyiquan/Baguazhang practitioner and a former Wushu athlete. This is a hard hitting discussion that holds nothing back. 
Topics include:
Xingyiquan
Baguazhang
Wushu 
"internal" kung fu
Why're internal arts harder to learn
kung fu in mma
Xuxiaodong
and much more!

Byron is extremely knowledgeable, please enjoy!

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