Over at The Stone, philosopher Peimin Ni explains what kung fu is and how it applies to contemporary life. Anything can be kung fu, so long as it is carefully cultivated, deliberately practiced, and artfully pursued:
[A]ny ability resulting from practice and cultivation could accurately be said to embody kung fu. There is a kung [...]
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After recently watching “The Cove” and a Mad Men episode titled “The Chrysanthemum and the Sword” — a clever allusion to Ruth Benedict’s justly famous cultural study of Japan, I decided it was time to bone up on Japanese religions. Japan is a multi-faceted nation and getting your head around its history, culture and people [...]
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