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...

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 includeStriking in Chen stylePower generationTraining in both village and Be...

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...

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. 

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.https://www.youtube.com/user/MaartenSFS/featured

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 fuWing ChunB...

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 XinYiXinyiliuhequan

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:XingyiquanBaguazhangWushu "internal" kung ...

Today we chat with life long martial artist David Tavares. As you can read from the title he's a practitioner of Kempo/Kajukenbo. We discuss the history of Kajukenbo and mainly what happened the night of Joe Emperado's tragic death. Thi...

Today we sit down with Sean Madigan of Big JKD and the co-host of The Dudes Of Kung Fu.He's a lifelong martial artist specializing in Jeet Kune Do and Wing Chun. He discusses his martial arts journey which took him from training at a lo...

In this episode I interview Ken Gullette of Internal fighting arts. He’s a life long martial artist that specializes in Chen Taijiquan, Baguazhang, and Xingyiquan.Longest episode yet, clocking in just over two and a half hours.Topics...

Continuing the San Soo series where the first episode left off. We speak to Master Ron Gatewood regarding San soo fact and fiction. If your a San Soo practitioner or interested in early American Kung Fu this episode is a MUST! Ron helps separat...

Legendary martial artist and MMA coach John Hackleman was kind enough to join Talking Fists. Many know him through former UFC LHW champion Chuck Liddell, however his life journey as a martial artist is amazing.We discuss:Why he ...

In Episode 2 I have the pleasure of interviewing Will Wain-Williams of Monkey Steals Peach. He's a Mantis Kung Fu expert.He'll share his kung fu journey with us and give advice to those who also wish to live the kung fu dream in china. ...

This is the first episode of the martial arts podcast Talking Hands. Kung Fu San Soo is a popular martial art in California thanks to Jimmy H. Woo (Chin Siu Dek/陳壽爵). It's my first martial art I've ever studied, so obviously I fe...