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Articles about Chinese Martial Arts on USAdojo.com covering martial arts such as Kung Fu, Sanshou, Shaolin, Tai Chi, Wing Chun and many others.

San Shou

San Shou is a martial art which was originally developed by the Chinese military based upon intense study of various traditional methods and combined...
Shuai Chiao

Shuai Chiao, The Mother of Kung Fu

Shuai-Chiao, the Mount Everest of China's martial arts ranges, is a famous killing style paneratium in its sublimity of Kung fu package. This age-old...
Sil Lum Kung Fu

Sil Lum Kung-Fu or Shaolin Kung-Fu

Sil Lum Kung-Fu (or Shaolin Kung-Fu in the Mandarin dialect) is the most well known of the Chinese martial arts. Born in China's Hebei...
Tai Chi

Tai Chi Grand Ultimate Fist

Tai Chi means "grand ultimate fist." Tai Chi is one of the oldest martial arts in the world. It is so old that its origins...
White Crane Boxing

White Crane Boxing

The Chinese call this extremely popular Northern style of Wushu "Pao-hao," "Pak Hok," "Bak Hok," or "Ba Fan." It is from the Lama or...
Shaolin White Crane Kung Fu

Shaolin White Crane Kung Fu

Shaolin White Crane Kung Fu is a rare system of self-defense which combines foot techniques, hand techniques and chin na (seizing and controlling). Although...
Drunkard Boxing

Zui Quan – Drunkard Boxing

In Zui Quan or the drunkard boxing, boxers falter, waddle, fall and sway just like drunkards. Zui Quan can be used for both fighting...
Julio Anta

Shaolin Temple and Southern Shaolin Kung Fu

There are numerous accounts and legends of the origins and history of the Shaolin Temple. In my humble opinion this is the story of...
John Leong

Respect and Discipline: Grandmaster John Leong Honors Tradition

Grandmaster John Leong doesn't look like a man approaching seventy. He certainly doesn't act like one. Every morning he gets up at 5:00 AM...

Cung Le Brings Sanshou into the Cage

It was the shot heard around the world. Late in the third round of the Strikeforce Middleweight Championship title bout, Cung Le delivered a...
Master David Charng

Master David Charng and Legacy of Shuai Chiao

For a six-year-old boy, there's nothing like a day at the movies, especially when Grandpa Master David Charng treats you to ice cream. David...
Lou Reed Kung Fu

Lou Reed on Tai Chi

Redwood City's Fox Theater is still reverberating from the rock and roll pounding it took last November. During a stop on his latest tour,...

Jing Quan Dao – Combat Tactics of Chinese Police

Quick throws, attacks and counterattacks, Chin Na (joint locks), kicking, fist and palm strikes and more . . . Jing Quan Dao "Combat Tactics...

Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do

No set of rules or codified techniques exist for Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do and this art uses methods and techniques from all styles,...
Hsing Yi Chuan creator by General Yu Fe

Hsing I Chuan Body Mind Boxing

Hsing I Chuan translates to "form and intention boxing" or "body-mind boxing". The history of Hsing I Chuan is unclear. One account credits Boddhidarma...
Kung Fu Styles

List of Kung Fu Styles

Bafaquan - Eight Methods Baguazhang (Bagua Zhang) - Eight Trigrams Palm Bajiquan - Eight Extremes Fist Bak Mei - White Eyebrow Black Tiger Kung Fu Chaquan - Cha Fist Changquan...