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I wrote my first book, Exotic Pets, using a pencil on a yellow legal pad, sitting at a bar called The Blue Max in Lahaina town on the island of Maui. It is long gone now, but the bar had a nice view of Lahaina harbor and I watched the ships come in and, mostly from memory, chronicled my love affair with parrots and fish and turtles and snakes while sipping the odd tropical rum drink. I’ve been going to Hawaii on a regular basis ever since, e... Read More
I have tried, and never got far with, creating two martial arts in my lifetime. One, which I called Henko-Ryu Ninjitsu, and the other nameless. It was interesting, but the styles just don't fit ME. I'm sure someone else could learn them and be very happy with it, but they just didn't work for me. Henko-Ryu Ninjitsu means the changing style of ninjitsu. Being said, my style changed. The main characteristics were quick pressure point strikes and dodging attacks as the first half, and powerful, uns... Read More
From time to time, I am asked about the compatibility between martial arts and my Christian faith. I have never seen any difficulty in practicing both, but there are some people who do. I believe that much of the alleged tension between the two takes the form of simple cultural misunderstandings. There are those who are concerned about practices of bowing toward pictures of teachers. ... Read More
One of my long-time students experienced a breakthrough this week. Like everything else trying to learn a deep practice, tai chi players experience sometimes-interminable plateaus followed by sharp leaps in understanding and competence. In this case, the student, a slight man with quick reflexes and strong legs, had a habit of ducking and dodging combat confrontations. I figured it was a habit acquired in his youth, as he told me he was often bullied in the schoolyard. Evading, whether by run... Read More
The Yin and Yang of Kung Fu Noir It has been only a few short weeks since I coined the term Kung Fu Noir for my martial arts novels including The Crocodile and the Crane, The Cutting Season, and already I’ve received quite a few questions and more than a little commentary on the subject. As the kungfunoir.com splash page suggests, the phrase describes my particular combination of Chinese martial arts fiction (wuxia) with the American thr... Read More
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