Everything is Kung-Fu: Recent Episodes
Santanu Rahman
Discussions of martial arts media and philosophy, hosted by Santanu Rahman, director of Austin Kung-Fu Academy. Co-hosts are Roddy and Santiago.
In this episode, Santanu, Santiago, and Roddy explore "The VOID" (the fifth and final chapter of Musashi's "Book of Five Rings") and how it is symbolized and interpreted in martial arts culture, and of course, adding their own interpretations and perspectives of it. This one focuses a lot on meditation.
In this episode, Santanu, Santiago, and Roddy explore the element of WIND, and how it is symbolized and interpreted in martial arts culture, and of course, adding their own interpretations and perspectives of it.
In this episode, Santanu, Santiago, and Roddy explore the element of FIRE, and how it is symbolized and interpreted in martial arts culture, and of course, adding their own interpretations and perspectives of it.
In this episode, Santanu, Santiago, and Roddy talk about the ways in which the element WATER is symbolized in the martial arts world.
In the world of martial arts, be it Musashi's Book of 5 Rings, The I-Ching, Ninjitsu, Traditional Chinese Medicine, or Avatar: The Last Airbender, the element EARTH is used. There is a wide diversity of ideas of what Earth has been used to symbolize. Here, we discuss this, and add our own perspectives.
In this episode, Santanu, Santiago, and Roddy talk about Ninjas. From its history, to misconceptions, to pop culture, all from the perspective of guys who practice Kung-Fu, ie, Chinese martial arts.
Links:
Wuxing / Gogyo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuxing_(Chinese_philosophy)
Five Elements Ninjas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Elements_Ninjas
Shuko: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_traditional_armaments#Loaded_fists / http://dictionary.sensagent.com/Tekagi-shuko/en-en/
TMNT - Master Splinter intentionally gave the turtles weapons opposite to their individual personalities. https://www.reddit.com/r/TMNT/comments/cb49kj/master_splinter_intentionally_gave_the_turtles/
Aikido disarm / take down: https://youtu.be/3hIIk2u9EgM?t=676
Iga vs Koga Ninja: https://www.kcpinternational.com/2019/02/ninja-iga-koga/
Chinese Connection 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fist_of_Fury_II
Ghost of Tsushima: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_of_Tsushima
Roddy's Twitter: https://twitter.com/djgeki
Ninja II: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninja:_Shadow_of_a_Tear
Santanu, Santiago, and Roddy ponder how to explain to someone who Jackie Chan is, if that person has no idea who he is.
He truly is one of a kind.
This conversation is loaded with a lot of film references, so, get ready to jot down some names of films you need to (re)watch!
By the way, thanks for listening! It's been a long time since Austin Kung-Fu Academy did a podcast, and we are super stoked about rebooting and restarting it all with this episode! Here's to many, many more!