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Tag: martial arts

Home›Posts Tagged "martial arts"
  • BlogTV Reviews
    By Steven Kelliher
    May 25, 2018
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    Cobra Kai Had No Right To Be This Good

    Months ago, I barely made it through the initial trailer for Youtube Red’s Cobra Kai series, thinking of it as little more than another shameless effort ...
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  • Magic and Mayhem
    By Chris Mahon
    May 14, 2018
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    Martial Arts and Magic, Part 4: Qigong and Inner Power

    Part 4, all right! If you haven’t read the previous installments, here are the links: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. I’m going to start ...
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  • Magic and Mayhem
    By Chris Mahon
    April 28, 2018
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    Martial Arts and Magic, Part 3: Internal VS. External Styles

    All right, here we go again–talking about martial arts, movement, and magic systems! If you haven’t read the previous articles in this series, Part 1 is ...
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    Magic and Mayhem
    By Chris Mahon
    April 14, 2018
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    Martial Arts as Magic, Part 2: Baguazhang and the Basics

    Welcome to Part 2 of my mini-series on creating magic systems based on movement and martial arts! If you didn’t read Part 1, start here, you ...
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  • Magic and Mayhem
    By Chris Mahon
    March 28, 2018
    3253
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    Martial Arts as Magic, Part 1: Yoga and Arhat Fist

    Fantasy runs on tropes. In fact, the clichés are so deeply embedded in the genre that you can make a splash by carefully noting them (“okay, ...
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  • BlogMagic and MayhemWorlds Within Worlds
    By Chris Mahon
    December 20, 2017
    4730
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    Qi and Fantasy

    Most people associate magic with strange symbols, chanting, and waving a wand around. Dusty books are usually in the picture, along with ritual circles or sacrifices. ...
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  • Martial Arts (Stock Feature)
    Features
    By Chris Mahon
    December 13, 2017
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    Iaido, Wing Chun, and ‘After the Rain’: Reflections on Martial Arts

    I started taking wing chun classes at City Wing Tsun in Manhattan recently. It’s been a great experience, partly because the people are almost universally friendly, ...
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