This episode features the fascinating style of Wuzuquan, or Five Ancestors Boxing. Itself an amalgamation of different martial arts traditions, it is also one of the more famous southern styles of Kungfu. Our guest, Russ Smith, shares insights

Gongfu Crew S01E11 - Yiquan with Paul Rogers

30 days ago 1h 2m

This episode will focus on the training methods of Yiquan (Mind Boxing). My guest is UK-based Paul Rogers, who has been practicing and teaching Yiquan for decades. He shares his understanding of the method, its theory and practice, and his coll

Gongfu Crew S01E10 - Southern Praying Mantis with Phillip Le

Apr 5th, 2024 59m 17s

This episode will feature another staple of Southern Kungfu: Southern Praying Mantis. Specifically, we will be talking about the Kwong Sai Jook Lum variant. My guest, Phillip Le, has a very broad background in martial arts, but specializes in t

Gongfu Crew S01E09 - Xinyi Liuhequan with Derek Notman

Mar 1st, 2024 1h 2m

This episode dives into Xinyi Liuhequan, a style stemming from the Muslim communities of Henan province. Derek Notman from Massachusetts shares his insights into the training method, and how it changed his understanding of (internal) martial ar

Gongfu Crew S01E08 - Tongbeiquan with Rosa Mei

Feb 2nd, 2024 54m 33s

In this episode we talk about Tongbeiquan, a Chinese martial art that has been around for a long time. My interview partner is Rosa Mei, who is currently residing and teaching in Prague. She has a wealth of experience, not only in Tongbeiquan b

Gongfu Crew S01E07 - Bajiquan with Vincent Mei

Jan 5th, 2024 57m 23s

In this episode we dive into the practice of Bajiquan within the Wutan tradition, founded by Liu Yunqiao in Taiwan. Vincent Mei, who learned the art in Taiwan and is now teaching it in NYC, shared his insights with me. We talk about the approac

Gongfu Crew S01E06 Baguazhang with Carsten Stausberg

Dec 1st, 2023 56m 27s

This episode will focus on Baguazhang, one of the three so-called internal styles of Chinese martial arts. Bagua became quite well-known and influental in Beijing during the early Republic. It developed into a number of substyles, some of which

Gongfu Crew S01E05 - Xingyiquan with Byron Jacobs

Nov 3rd, 2023 52m 5s

This episodes deep dives into Xingyiquan, one of the so-called internal martial arts, usually grouped together with Taijiquan and Baguazhang. It was quite influental during the Republican era on the Chinese mainland, where its practitioners wer

Gongfu Crew S01E04 - Hunggar with Ghyslain Kuehn

Oct 6th, 2023 1h 8m

In this episode we will talk about another extremely famous school of Chinese martial arts: Hunggar. Originally coming from the area around Canton, it has become famous not only because it was featured in countless Hongkong movies, but also bec

Gongfu Crew S01E03 - Taijiquan with Nabil Ranné

Sep 1st, 2023 56m 40s

This third episode will introduce a variant of one of the most well-known yet misunderstood styles of Chinese martial arts: Taijiquan. I had the chance to sit down with Nabil Ranné, practitioner of Chen-style Taijiquan and a tudi of Chen Yu, hi

Gongfu Crew S01E02 - Praying Mantis with Will-Wain Williams

Aug 4th, 2023 56m 49s

In this first full episode of the Podcast I had the opportunity to talk to Will Wain-Williams, the man behind the Monkey Steals Peach channels. The style of Kungfu that he studied himself for many years is Taiji Meihua Tanglangquan, a form of P