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Wow – amazing how much traffic can be generated with a bit of advertising!
Facebook and Twitter are always touted as being amazing channels for writers, businesses etc, allowing them to network and gain additional fans or business. I have to say that this is true. Yesterday, after I had published a number of articles the number of views on this blog went from 0 on May 6th, to … Continue reading
Superstars – Gordon Liu
Gordon Liu was born November 30, 1955 Guangdong Province, China and is the adopted brother of famed Shaw Brothers director and actor Lau Kar-leung. Gordon learnt the Hung Gar style of kung fu at the Liu family school. The Liu clan traces its pedigree in Hong Gar style Kung Fu all the way back to … Continue reading
Tony Blauer – It’s not who’s right, it’s who’s left
Combat magazine has a well-deserved reputation for speaking to market-leaders and finding out they have not only devised the system they teach, but also why they devised the systems. Tony Blauer is one such market-leader and is the founder of the world-famous SPEAR™ system, as well as the inventor of the High Gear™ suit. Both … Continue reading
Superstars – Yuen Biao – Acrobatic Genius!
Quite simply, Yuen Biao is a god-like genius. His fight scenes are astounding and use his considerable acrobatic skill to amaze the viewer. He was born Hsia Ling-Jun in Hong Kong, and was the fifth child of eight. He studied at the Peking Opera School alongside such other greats as Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan, … Continue reading
Geoff Thompson – The Warrior Poet
This is another one of my favourite interviews. Geoff was very frank and open with me and the material he sent me prior to the interview was a gift that I was not expecting.It also prepared me very well for the interview and gave me a great insight as to the man I was going … Continue reading
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