“How’s karate?”, I am sometimes asked. Or, by analogy, another martial art / sport. I’ve noticed that some of my classmates get annoyed by these confusions, but I’m not that interested in them. It is not so important to me that those around me remember the term correctly, because actually the questioners mean the right thing. For those who want to know a little more, I will try to explain the terms.Mehr lesen

During my research on Kung Fu I often enough stumbled upon the term Wuxia. Accordingly I researched it. Wuxia is a Chinese story genre and usually the content is about a knightly hero who is a master of Wushu. So Wuxia is roughly the same as our classic fantasy stories. A modern, well-known representative of Wuxia in the film genre is ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’.Mehr lesen