The Real Fake Sword's Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Podcast weblog on the past, present, and future of Chinese martial arts. Focus on weapon fighting in the art which is on the rise
Jessica Gerrity come to tell us about her background and her martial arts journey. Hailing from New Zealand, Jessica has been featured on many Japanese media outlets promoting various style of Japanese martial arts (Budo). Her main focus is on the art of ritual archery of kyudo and horseback archery of Sport Yabusame.
Mr. Jang is one the the earliest guests of this podcast returning again to speak on his craft and business. The topics covered will be the details of the crafting, promotion of archery, and the impact on the business and sport due to the pandemic
Mr. Viet Le came onto the show per recommendation of our previous guest, Jason Liao. Mr. Le is a Vietnamese American neurologist from Southern California who is a very avid martial artist. He is best known for his learning and collecting of various different forms in the traditional Chinese and Vietnamese martial arts.
Proprietor of Mandarin Mansion (https://www.mandarinmansion.com/), Peter Dekker has years of experience trading and handling antique swords and weapons of various cultures. He is also a practitioner of Chinese martial arts and a reconstructor of Manchu archery. He is a major contributor on ATARN, an internet forum on Asiatic Archery. In this episode we spoke of his martial arts journey and various sensitive topics of history.
Sifu Jason Liao and Swiss author Piero San Giorgio returns to have a conversation with each other on the topic of survivalism, modernity, self reliance, and the mind set of martial artists.
Sifu Jason Liao, creator of the Side Gate Bajiquan (偏门八極) System, returns to the show after 3 years. In this episode he updates us about his life during the COVID-19 Pandemic and the role of traditional martial artists in modern society as well as his view point on the rise of anti-Asian hate crime in the year 2021.
Thomas Holtmann comes to speak to us about his martial arts journey.
Hailing all the way from Germany, Mr. Holtmann is a practitioner of many martial arts from Judo, BJJ, to the Chinese martial arts, as well as a spinless knife thrower (Scanf). Mr. Holtmann was the only Chinese martial arts practitioner that participated in the Dog Brothers. He is also a creator of his own knife fighting style Blade Craft Method.
The famous Swiss author returns in this episode 3 years later since his last visit. Mr. San Girogio is know for his books and predictions on the collapse of modern society and the economic collapse, which leads to the relevance of the warrior mind set in the modern era. He is the author of many books in multiple languages such as
Survive the Economic Collapse
https://www.amazon.com/Survive-Economic-Collapse-Piero-Giorgio/dp/1593680147
Women on the Verge of Societal Breakdown: Preserving Hard-Won Freedoms during an Age of Uncertainty
https://www.amazon.com/Women-Verge-Societal-Breakdown-Uncertainty-ebook/dp/B072XFY7Y1
CBRN: Surviving Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear Events
https://www.amazon.com/CBRN-Surviving-Chemical-Biological-Radiological/dp/1912975661
Now one year into the global pandemic lockdown, Mr. San Giorgio's works are more relevant than ever before. This is a conversation that is long overdue
James Dinh of River Reed Craft
https://riverreedcrafts.com/
A martial arts practitioner, bowyer and a maker of fake swords that feels real, James comes to tell us about his journey as a maker of wooden swords. He is unique in using of a rare and dense wood from Brazil called Panacoco that became a signature material for his craft. Extremely serious about his trade, his products caters to serious practitioners.
Hailing from a region of southern China (Longquan) that's famed for its sword production, Mr. He Ping comes to speak with us about his more than 30 years of sword smithing and knife smithing experience. He is the proprietor of his own forge, Million Blades ( https://www.facebook.com/MillionBlades/ ). He does not speak English, but he has his daughter to translate for him on this episode.
This time our honored guest is Katie Roche (進士冨美), a life long martial artist with experience in jujitsu, karate, lung ying kuen, kendo, and the final art she persisted in: Naginatado. In this episode she will speak about her martial arts journey and the history of the naginata.
This episode is an archery episode, with bowyer and archer Jaap Koppedrayer and his wife Kay. Jaap had been a craftsmen for decades, in various different type of archery equipment (fletching and bowyer). He made products from primitive wood bows, Asiatic hornbows, and Japanese yumi. He now owns a bamboo farm in Georgia as a base focus on his craft. His wife Kay is also an archer and an academic, a vital assistant in Jaap's career that made his craft possible. In this episode they will speak about their background and their decade long experience with the craft
In this episode the sensei Don Roley comes to speak on the topics of history Bujinkan and the ninja. In addition he is infamous on the web for exposing fake martial artists and child molesters in the martial arts field. Fluent in the Japanese language, Sensei Roley makes his living translating historical documents and literature pertaining to Bujinkan and the ninja. In his own spare time he teaches martial arts to a small group of students.
In this episode, our guest Klara Iwaszko from Poland, discusses her journey to the currently obscure combat sport from the land of the rising sun, Jukendo. This is the sport of bayonet fighting that came out of Sojutsu, or the art of spear. She will also talk of the martial arts scene of Poland and the history of martial arts in her country
Wing Chun practitioners Carina Carrinicones and James Dees join this show. A true maker of fake swords that feels real, Carina is the artisan behind Raven Studios (https://www.little-raven.com/ ), who had been crafting realistically weight wooden swords for martial arts practitioner for decades. Her husband James is an upcoming blade smith and forest ranger in Arizona.
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Guest: Raphael Smith
An instructor of Xingyiquan in Beijing, Raphael also have experience in the combat sports such as Muay Thai and Brazilian Jujutsu. He will be speak about his martial journey experiences in America, China, and Southeast Asia
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Returning from previous episode ( https://realfakesword.podbean.com/e/real-fake-swords-and-fake-real-swords-episode-14-lavell-marshall-rebel-in-the-wind/ ) In addition to being the international champion of Shuai Jiao (Chinese Wrestling), coach Lavell also strives for his passion in improving his grappling skills in the Mongolian Wrestling (Bokh). Coach Lavell Marshall is now a legend of the grasslands, pursuing competitions on a regular basis Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China. The Mongols named him American Hangai.
His story is an inspiration for all martial artists, and the world needs to know about his journey.
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Sifu Randy Brown is the instructor of Vincent Tseng (https://realfakesword.podbean.com/e/real-fake-swords-and-fake-real-swords-episode-43-vincen-tseng-the-clinching-mantis/) with 20 years of experience in the style of Praying Mantis as well as 7 years of Brazilian Jujitsu, he was able to make the 2 arts complement each other. In this episode we explore his background as well as the past and present state of Chinese martial arts and modern combat sports.
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This episode features Forrest Chang, my kung fu uncle and a life long martial arts practitioner in various disciplines including Taekwondo, Silat, FMA, JKD, internal Chinese martial arts (Bagua and xingyi), and his final niche, Brazilian Jujitsu. In this episode we conversed about his background and his view on the martial arts scene
Guest on the show: Marc Tijohn Cecil Williams
Sifu Marc is an instructor of the art of Traditional Wing Chun under the lineage of William Cheung of Australia and a certified assistant boxing coach. He also has experience in Jeet Kune Do, Kali, and Aikido. In this episode we spoke of the relevance of traditional martial arts in the modern era and how the martial arts scene has changed through out the times.
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Guest on the Show: Sifu David Ross
Sifu Ross continues the conversation on traditional martial arts and modern combat sports. We discussed how times have changed as well as how traditional martial arts are being taught through out the decades.
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Guest on the show: David Ross
Student of the Legendary Grandmaster Chan Tai San, Sifu Ross has 30 years of teaching experience in the lineage of Lama Pai Kung Fu as well as combat sports (Sanda, Muay Thai, Kickboxing). In this episode he will speak of his own background and tell the exploits of Grandmaster Chan, comparing the state of the Chinese Martial Arts from decades ago to today.
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Guest on the Show: Troy Schott
This is a conversation with Troy Schott, a lifetime martial arts practitioner from California, who has also experience in combat sports like Sanda and Brazilian Jujitsu. The conversation delves deep into the state of the Chinese martial arts in the modern era and have a realistic take on martial arts and self defense in general.
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Guest: Lauren Mary Kim
A student of the legendary Dan Inosanto, Lauren Mary Kim is a martial arts stunts woman with extensive background in Taekwondo, Escrima, Silat, Wushu, Muay Thai, and JKD. She was the stunt double for Elektra and also the MoCap actor for the video game Mortal Kombat 11. You can see her works by following her on her youtube channel ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAGMHyAKEpOl1H82hANMzRg )
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Guest on the show: Wei Tran
Another guest from London, of Viet-Chinese descent, who grew up in violent and tough parts of the ancient city, Wei is a life long martial arts practitioner. In this episode Wei will speak to us of his martial arts journey as a practitioner of Wing Chun kung fu and Brazilian Jujitsu.
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Guest on the show: Sang Woo Kim
Sensei Kim is the head instructor of Byakkokan School of Japanese Swordsmanship in New York (https://www.newyorkbattodo.com/), a school of Toyama Ryu Batto Jutsu. In this episode sensei Kim will share with us his martial journey and the background of the style he teaches.
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Guests on the show: Kenric Lee and Rigel Ng
Hailing from Singapore, Kenric and his student and successor to the head of HEMA society came on to the show to speak of their background, the martial arts scene in Singapore, and about their HEMA school.
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Guest on the show: Serena Lynn Caballero
Hailing from Texas, Serena grew up around the cow and rodeo culture of the southwest United States. One of the few instructors in the military art of horseback archery, she competed in the World Nomad Games of 2018 in Kyrgyzstan and came on to the show to speak of her experiences there
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Guest: Marco Sainte aka The Sword Sage
Know as the Youtuber Swordsage( https://www.youtube.com/user/Swordsage ) Marco is one of the earliest Youtubers to speak on Chinese swords on youtube (in English). In this episode he spoke of his own martial arts background as well as the history and the cultural significance of the Chinese sword, the jian, in the Chinese martial arts.
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Guest on the show: Jay Noyes
Mr. Noyes is an instructor of German Longsword and and armored combat in Tokyo, Japan. In this episode he will speak of his experiences as a historical sword instructor as well as what is it living in Japan.
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Guest on the show: Dr. James Guo
Dr. James Guo was an indoor disciple of grandmaster Liu Yun Chiao in Taiwan. He is a life long martial arts practitioner who hold a masters degree in Engineering and PhD in the military sciences. He conducted decades of research in the Ming Dynasty military arts. On the social media he is the inventor and promoter of the daqiang(big spear) competitive sport.
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Guest today: Jerry Liu
Some might know him from Jerry Liu films, others might know him as the Youtuber Fight Commentary Breakdowns guy ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAzXqFoW1Y7KDqwZ1x5m9EA ) He has experience in modern Chinese Wushu and Cobrinha Brazilian Jujitsu. In this conversation we will hear about his views on martial arts, BJJ, and his own background
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Guest on the Show: Gaute Raigorosky
A teacher of HEMA (Historical European Martial Arts) in Mexico and a re-enactor of knights and Vikings in one of the largest Renaissance Faires in Latin America. In our conversation we touched up on the relevance of such arts in modern society, how to gain the interest of the younger generation.
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Vinny the Clinching Mantis( https://realfakesword.podbean.com/e/real-fake-swords-and-fake-real-swords-episode-43-vincen-tseng-the-clinching-mantis/ )
Jason the Baji Chef ( https://realfakesword.podbean.com/e/real-fake-swords-and-fake-real-swords-episode-36-jason-liao-sidegate-baji-chef/ )
Two previous guests with similar outlooks and opinions in the martial arts returns to have a conversation about the state of CMA and what can practitioners do about improving it.
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Guests from previous episode returns:
Miss Fencing: https://realfakesword.podbean.com/e/real-fake-swords-and-fake-real-swords-episode-17-miss-fencing-and-maestro-marek-modern-classical-fencing/
Eszter: https://realfakesword.podbean.com/e/real-fake-swords-and-fake-real-swords-episode-29-eszter-edl-the-old-lady-with-a-sword/
In this episode we compare and contrast the two drastically different sword arts of the ancient East and the modern West. We also explore the issue of role of women in competitive combat sport compared to those of men.
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Guests from before returns:
Warfox: https://realfakesword.podbean.com/e/real-fake-swords-and-fake-real-swords-episode-35-robert-jay-arnold-the-war-fox/
Byron: https://realfakesword.podbean.com/e/real-fake-swords-and-fake-real-swords-episode-30byron-jacobs-international-wushu/
One in Taiwan and the other in Mainland, one practice Bagua and the other Xingyi, discussing the state of traditional martial arts and CMA.
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Guest on the Show: Vincent Tseng
Vinny is a long time praying mantis kung fu practitioner living in Boston. He has experience in various form of wrestling and grappling arts such as Brazilian Jiujitsu, shuai jiao, and a few days of bokh (Mongolian wrestling, especially after his trip to Mongolia). He is very well traveled and experienced in bowmaking and archery in the amazon. In addition he is a blade and knife enthusiast with experience in machete and other forms of weapon fighting.
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Guest on show: Kyle Dawson, a Long Island New York local Taekwondo practitioner and champion who is a talented sportsman and an aspiring stuntman, trying to break into the field of martial arts cinema.
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Jewelianna Ramos, on instagram as https://www.instagram.com/karate.jewels/
Known as Queen of Kicks and a life time martial arts practitioner, Jewelianna Ramos is a practitioner of Tae Kwon Do as well as a practitioner of Japanese Kenjutsu. Barely 20 years old, she already hold World Champion titles and currently lives in Tennessee with her boyfriend Justin who is also a World Champion martial artist, running their own school.
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Vincent Mei is the founder of Bajibot(www.bajibot.com) and practitioner of Bajiquan kung fu like Jason Liao (https://realfakesword.podbean.com/e/real-fake-swords-and-fake-real-swords-episode-36-jason-liao-sidegate-baji-chef/ ) He is one of the head instructors of Wu Tan in New York and New Jersey. One of the few Baji practioners in North America he is proud to carry the legacy of Spear God Li Shu Wen.
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Stephanie Pham: Tae Kwon Do competitor, Actress, Model, Youtuber. She is partner is crime with Angela Jordan( https://realfakesword.podbean.com/e/real-fake-swords-and-fake-real-swords-episode-38-angela-jordan-aj-kicks/ ) and Joey Min ( https://realfakesword.podbean.com/e/real-fake-swords-and-fake-real-swords-episode-7-joey-min-and-the-art-school-dropouts/ ). Check out their youtube channel ( https://www.youtube.com/user/artschooldropouts ). In this episode we discuss the relevance of Traditional styles in the modern times where combat sports such as MMA is on the rise. We also discussed the use of martial arts in the field of stunts and cinema.
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Angela Jordan aka AJ is a life long martial artist with experience in American Kenpo Karate, capoeira, wushu, judo, and Muay Thai. She is also a stunt woman and actress while teaches martial arts on the side. She is a youtuber that frequently appears on Art School Dropout with prevous Guest, Joey Min ( https://realfakesword.podbean.com/e/real-fake-swords-and-fake-real-swords-episode-7-joey-min-and-the-art-school-dropouts/ )
Her action reel ( https://vimeo.com/241886716 )
Her Facebook fan page ( https://www.facebook.com/OfficialAjkick101/ )
Her Instagram Account (https://www.instagram.com/ajkick101/)
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Jonathan Barbary:
Life long martial arts practitioner and history buff, hailing from France. Instructor of the Pak Mei, Southern Kung Fu, Mr. Barbary has demonstrated his skills in his works as a security personel. His is also an avid antique weapons collector and has an interesting and formidable collection in his arsonal.
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Guest on the show, Jason Liao
Hailing from Houston, Texas, Jason is a lifelong martial arts practitioner who has experience in traditional Chinese Martial arts such as Shaolin Longfist, Tibetan Hopgar, Baoding Shuaijiao, Xingyi and Baguazhang. He teaches selective students part time while conducts his own business as a resturanteur.
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Also know as Kong Youyou (孔有有) Robert Jay Arnold aka War Fox is an American musician, novelist, translator and life long martial artist who practice the internal art of Baguazhang. He currently resides in Taiwan with his wife and sons doing work of translating and teaching self defense
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Previous guests returns in this episode:
Piero San Giorgio https://realfakesword.podbean.com/e/real-fake-swords-and-fake-real-swords-episode-24-piero-san-giorgio-survive/
Kelly Ryan Lake https://realfakesword.podbean.com/e/real-fake-swords-and-fake-real-swords-episode-27-kelly-lake-the-daoist-mystic/
In this episode we have two radically different individuals return to speak on the topic of conquering fear, then taking action from different yet similar perspectives.
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Guest on the Show: Purna Darnal
Mr. Purna is the owner of Great Gurkha Khurkri Shop in Nepal (https://www.greatgurkhakhukuri.com/). Coming from a family of Khurkir and knife makers, Mr. Purna is an expert in crafting the military knife that has become a cultural symbol of the Himalayan Kingdom. Speaking through a translator and his business partner he is trying his best to get the word out to the world about his business.
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Guest Today: Stephen Selby
Stephen Selby is a long time research in Chinese history and especially Chinese archery and confucianism. He is the former owner of the ATARN forum and the author of Chinese Archery (https://www.amazon.com/Chinese-Archery-Stephen-Selby/dp/9622095011)
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Thomas Diagne is the first professional combat athlete to come onto the show. He is a full time instructor in kickboxing and MMA in the Bay Area. Hailing from Paris, France, his background was originally in Kung Fu and Sanda kickboxing, having held European titles and competed around the globe. He is currently trying to introduce the sport of MMA to Senegal, the country of his parents. He is living in the Bay Area with his wife and sons.
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Guest on the show: Byron Jacobs(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg_V6eznSvYOFz2naGlgRpg)
Byron Jacobs is a member of the Internation Wushu Technical Federation committee. Hailing from South Africa, he had been a life long martial arts practitioner in Karate, Judo, and mostly the Chinese martial arts. He is also a competing athlete in wushu and Sanda. On his own time he is a practitioner of traditional archery.
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Guest on the Show: Eszter Edl (https://www.instagram.com/oldladywithasword/)
Eszter is from Hungary, a practitioners Taijiquan and a teacher in the Mandarin Chinese language. She lived through the Soviet era of Hungary and spent extensive time living both mainland China and Taiwan. She is currently a resident of NYC continues her practice of Taijiquan.
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Erin is an experienced horsewoman, student of asiatic archery, horseback archery, and a student of falconry. This episode focus on her hobbies that were traditionally male roles. She is truly an untamed shield maiden and an amazon!
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Sifu Lake is a full time martial arts instructor in the San Francisco Bay area and a scholar of Daoist metaphysics.
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Guest on the Show: Piero San Giorgio (www.piero.com)
Piero is a Swiss writer and a former marketer. He is the author of many books in various different languages. In 2013, he wrote Survive: The Economical Collapse (https://www.amazon.com/Survive-Economic-Collapse-Piero-Giorgio/dp/1593680147)
Unlike other episodes that, this episodes' focus on the socio-political-economic situation of the globe where the great collapse is inevitable and the roles martial artists will play in them.
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Guest on the show: Ron Esteller
Sifu Ron has been involved in the martial arts scene for decades, his style is ka(karate)ju(jiujitsu)ken(kenpo)bo(boxing). A true OG that has witnessed the changed in the American martial arts scene in the passing decades. He teaches full time in the Bay Area and has appear on the show Fight Quest. He rons an afterschool program with the local High School to teach young women basic self defense.
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Guest on the show: Dr. Mark Cheng
you might remember seeing him on the Tai Cheng infomercial, Dr. Cheng is a life long martial artist that trained under various masters include David Lin and Guru Dan Inosanto. He has extensive experience in Chinese martial arts, Silat, FMA, and Krabi Krabong. He is also a leading expert on kettle bells
follow him on social media on:
https://www.facebook.com/DrMarkCheng/
https://twitter.com/DrMarkCheng
https://www.instagram.com/drmarkcheng
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Guest on the show: Scott Rodell
Laoshi Scott is the head of the Great River Taoist Center (https://www.grtc.org/)
He is the owner of 7 Star Trading Company (http://www.sevenstarstrading.com/site/)
He is known for teaching contact oriented Tajiquan and applicable weapon arts in CMA. He also has experiences deal in antique Chinese arms. In this conversation we will speak on his way of thinking in the direction of Chinese Martial Arts and his experiences in dealing antiques.
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Guest on the show: Sabine Krestel
The Kung Fu Princess on the Road (https://www.instagram.com/kungfuprincess/) and blogger (https://kungfuprincess-on-the-road.com/). She is an avid martial arts practitioner and traveler who had set foot in many parts of the world, Sabine came on to the show to speak of her experiences in training martial arts and living in China.
She is currently living in New Zealand and studying law.
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Guest this episode: Aaron Chen
A conversation with Aaron on the state of Chinese Martial Arts, his own background and modern combat sports. Aaron is a full time martial arts instructor in Champaign, Illinois. He came from a background of ballet and contemporary dance. His studio is the Dragon Claw Academy (https://www.dragonclawacademy.com/) and you can follow him on instragram at https://www.instagram.com/dragonclawacademy/
his twitter at https://twitter.com/lungshoupai
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Guest on the show: Jane Dillon
Started her martial arts journey at the age of 2, Jane Dillon is a 21 year old Dojang owner in Stirling, IL who received her black belt at the at of 8 in Tae Kwon Do, traveled around the country and taught in various different Dojangs. She owned her own school at the age of 19 and is a fitness model for Adidas. She is the national poomsae and weapons champion
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Guests on this show: Miss Fencing(Dominika) and Marek Jeziorski
Special guest today are from Poland, a country with a strong cultural tradition in sword fighting. Marek Jezioski, the founder of Modern Classical Fencing and the maestro of Aramis Fencing school (https://aramis.pl/) (https://www.instagram.com/aramis.fencing/) and his student, Dominika, better known on the internet as Miss Fencing (https://www.instagram.com/miss.fencing/) (https://www.youtube.com/missfencing).
On the show we discussed the relevance of the modern classical fencing style and the sword fighting scene in Poland.
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Guest on the show: Jonathan Bluestein
Mr. Bluestein is a martial artist, martial arts instructor and martial arts researcher from Israel. He is the author of "Research of Martial Arts" (https://www.amazon.com/Research-Martial-Jonathan-Bluestein-Shifu/dp/1499122519). He teachers
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Guest on the Show: Bob Madonna
Bob is the college friend and fraternity brother of the host, Peter. He is a decade long practicioner of Tang Soo Do. This episode is a casual conversation between two old friends on the martial arts scene and the relevance of traditional martial arts in the face of modern combat sports and MMA.
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Guest on the Show: Lavell Marshall
Known as Rebel in the Wind(https://www.instagram.com/rebelinthewindshaolin/?hl=en) on instagram, Lavell Marshal is a National Shuai Jiao Champion and the Winner of Shuai Jiao World Cup in 2017. A Personal trainer and a competitive athelete, he has been competing abroad in China, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan. Being a lifelong martial artist, he has also trained in Sambo, Jiujitsu, Judo, Hung Gar, and Bokh (Mongolian Wrestling).
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Guest on the Show: Gregory Stinson
Sifu Gregory Stinson is one of the first Sifus the host, Peter, had in his martial arts journey in the style of Traditional Wing Chun of William Cheung's Lineage. Sifu Greg had been a lifelong martial artist who practiced in many different traditional styles ranging from western boxing to Judo. Due to the rough childhood growing up in adverse environment has honed his martial skills. This is an honest conversation between the host and his former sifu on the state of the martial arts scenes from the past to today.
Guest on the show: Martina Slaba
Hailing from the Czech Republic, Martina is the holder of multiple Taijiquan Championships at the age of 26. She came from a family of Taijiquan practitioners. Her specialty is Chen Style Taijiquan, which she had been practicing it for 14 years. Working as an Economist by day, she also works as an assistant instructor at her martial arts school. She helps to train children and teenagers, sometimes works with the elderly in Taijiquan for health and longevity.
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Guest of the episode: Hanshi Dr. Juan Otero
Dr. Otero has been training in the Martial arts for more than 52 years, witnessed the change of the American martial arts scene from the 1960s to today. Expert in the art of Okinawan Goju- Ryu Karate, he also cross trained in Chinese Shuai-jiao under Sifu Jeng Hsing-Ping. Being a life long martial artist has complemented him as a professional in the medical field (psycho-analysis and hipnosis), where he has helped numerous people. He is now currently retired in Florida, and has been kind enough to share his powerful message on this podcast.
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Guest on the show: Justin Ma
Justin is a Software Engineer working for Google, who has PhD from UC San Diego in Computer Science. By night his passion involves traditional Chinese archery, once an important part of the Confucian Chinese tradition now had been lost and forgotten. His specialty is Ming Dynasty military archery. Along with his partner in the archery hobby, Jie Tian, Justin co authored the book
The Way of Archery: A 1637 Chinese Military Training Manual He is also one of the founders of The Annual Chinese Archery Program that now takes place annually in Odum, Georgia.
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Guest on the show: Juan Jimenez
Sensei Juan Jimenez, owner of Born 2 Win martial arts dojo in Richmond Hill, Queens, Sensei Jimenez has over 35 years of Martial Arts experience in Shotokan Karate and Filipino Arnis stick fighting. He is occupational theorapist by day, working with the mentally ill, and being karate Sensei by night. His background as a martial artist greatly complemented his day time job. He has also shown great dedication to the community and younger generation by teaching youths martial arts and keeps them out of trouble. He laments the direction of the martial arts scene in the modern era where much of the spiritual aspects of karate had been lost.
Guest on the show: Alexander Petty
Sifu Petty is the owner of Ravenswood Academy (http://www.theravenswoodacademy.com/) in Fort Worth, TX. In addition to teaching Chinese martial arts (North Praying Mantis) his school offers lessons in other arts such as piano, dancing, history and wester fencing. As a serious mantis practicioner weapon fighting and application is intrinsic to his style. Along with training hard himself and teaching his students he also has an archive of scanned and translated manuals left behind by his previous teachers. Be sure to check them out!
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Guest on the show: Joey Min
Mr. Joey Min is a life time martial artist, film maker, stuntman, and fight action choregrapher. He is the director behind the Youtube channel Art School Dropouts (https://www.youtube.com/user/artschooldropouts).
Joey has extensive experience in training martial arts styles, participated in contact level fighting/application, and also has experience behind the camera in martial arts cinematics.
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Guest this Episode: Yuhua Jang
Mr. Jang is one of the very few traditional Asiatic horn bow makers left in the world. He is a student of the Czech American hornbow maker Lukas Novotney, a researcher in the archery cultures, and a promoter of traditional asiatic archery in Taiwan. Mr. Jang is a knowledgable individual in the field of archery, which was once a very important part of traditional Chinese culture that is now in decline and almost forgotten, Mr. Jang plays an important role in reviving the long lost craft.
Mr. Jang is also looking for business partner to estabilish hornbow making firm in North America. Please contact him if interested!
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Guest of this Episode: Exiel Li
Mr. Li is the foremost promoter and swordsmanship instructor of HEMA, Historical European Martial Arts, in Taiwan. He is the head of the Vor & Nach Society of Historical European Martial Arts . As a full time instructor he came a long way in promoting European swordsmanship and historical fencing in a society where such knowledge is very limited. Some of his most interesting experiences came from sparring with practitioners outside of the HEMA community (against kendo practitioners and traditional Chinese martial artists)
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Guest on the Show: Lancelot Ying Chih Chan
Lancelot here is a well known full time swordsmanship teacher from Hong Kong. He classifies himself as a "Free Style" fencer which extensive knowledge of German Longsword as well as Traditional Chinese Swordsmanship. He also did extensive collection and study on antique Chinese, Japanese, and European swords and sabres.
He also has his company, Realistic Sparring Weapons (http://www.rsw.com.hk/), which specialize on making safe sparring resembling antique feel and weight and needs minimum protective gear.
Guest: Jack Chen from Singapore
Jack is the owner of The Chinese Longsword website (https://www.chineselongsword.com/). Due to his knowledge of Classical Chinese and English he was able to translate a number of Ming Dynasty military manuals into English. A number of manuals are available for purchase at a cheap price or download for free on his website
Credit for podcast Jingle goes to Tengger Cavalry, contemporary Chinese Mongolian Folk Metal
Two Guests on the Show (Sifu Wu and Sifu Shan) from London
For there name sake they are the owners of Wu Shan Steel (http://wushansteel.co.uk/). They company makes steel sparring swords and daggers as well as fencing jackets for Chinese martial arts practitioners who decidees to take up weapon fighting.
Their youtube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZrId4NaToDm2JBMwjppv2Q
They are also pioneer of the group CHMA (Historical Chinese Martial Arts) which focus on free style weapon combat in the Chinese martial arts realm, which has caused quite a lot of havok in London!
Their facebook groups:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/CHMAgroup/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/995968413864732/
Hello this is the pilot episode of Real Fake Swords and Fake Real Swords podcast. The content of the show will focus on the issues of the relevance of Traditional Chinese Martial Arts in the past, present and future. The show will also bring attention to the revelevance of contact oriented Chinese Martial Arts opposed to form. Also bring forth the importance of weapon fighting in Traditional Chinese Martial Arts.
Host of the Show: Huixiao Wang (Peter)
Peter is a practitioner of Xingyi, Dai Xinyi, Shuai jiao, and Sanda. He is an asistance instructor at the Xinyi-Dao Kung Fu academy. He is the owner of the http://www.historicalchinesecombatarts.org/ website, which focus on safe weapon sparing based on the Chinese arts.
Guest of the Show: Evan Chen
Evan is a martial arts instructor from New Zealand, his studio (Lian Wu Tang). He's also a practitioner of Dai Xinyi and a master of Praying Mantis Kung Fu. He is the owner of Enlightenment Swords(http://enlightenmentsword.com/) which sales hand forged high carbon steel Chinese Swords. He's also one of the pioneers in the revival movement in rediscovery of traditional Chinese swords in Longquan, China.
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