The Drunken Boxing Podcast

The Drunken Boxing Podcast #042  Graham Barlow is a good friend of mine, he is a Taijiquan and Xingyiquan practitioner and teacher as well as being a BJJ black belt and he is based in the UK. He runs the Tai Chi Notebook podcast and blogsite   The Tai Chi Notebook: * https://thetaichinotebook.com/  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

The Drunken Boxing Podcast #041  Sharif Bey is a lifelong martial artist who began studying the arts at the age of 5. He is a disciple of Grandmaster Frank Yee Chee Wai of the Tang Fong/Yuen Ling lineage of Hung Ga Kung Fu, and serves as the World Vice Chairman of Yee’s Hung Ga International Kung Fu Association. He operates the Upstate New York Headquarters for the association located in Syra...

The Drunken Boxing Podcast #040  Dennis Rovere is a martial artist who published a book called the Xingyi Quan of the Chinese Army which was a translation of Xingyi Quan master Huang Bonians military manual from 1928. Dennis Rovere is the last senior martial arts student of Col. Chang Xiang Wu who was  a former chief instructor of Military Strategy and Xingyi Quan at the Central Military...

The Drunken Boxing Podcast #039   Randy Williams, who prefers to be called the Seef, is one of the most well-known Wing Chun martial artists today. He began his training on the art under his first Shifu, George Yau Chu at the age of 13 in Los Angeles California. He opened his own school in 1972, a school that would eventually grow to become the well-known Close Range Combat Academy which span...

The Drunken Boxing Podcast #038  Vincent Mei is a certified "Tan" generation coach of Wu Tan Chinese Martial Arts Association and is currently the head instructor of Wu Tan USA / New Jersey branch. Vincent Mei inherited his arts from his teacher, the late Dr Chen Chang-Lin who in turn was a disciple of the famous Liu Yunqiao who in turn was closed door disciple of the famed master Li Shuwen....

The Drunken Boxing Podcast #037  Daniel Pesina is most well known for his iconic work in and contribution to the Mortal Kombat game franchise to which he gave physical form, creative concepts and did the motion capture for numerous character’s signature moves. Daniel Pesina’s character portrayals include Scorpion, Reptile, Sub-Zero, Smoke, Noob Saibot and Johnny Cage.  What many people d...

The Drunken Boxing Podcast #036  My guest on this episode is Emanuele Papa hailing from Italy. Emanuele has been a guest on the first two episodes of In Discussion with along with Lavell Marshall. Emanuele Papa has studied traditional Chinese martial arts since the age of 15 and started practicing Shuaijiao in 2017. He is a student of Master Li Deshun 李德顺 whom he met during the time he spe...

The Drunken Boxing Podcast #035  Originally hailing from London, Jon moved to Shanghai where he started studying Song style Xingyi Quan under Dai Xueqi. He has delved deep into the art and has traveled in China to various places, including Tai Gu to research and study Xingyi Quan.   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

The Drunken Boxing Podcast #034  Sudan has been practicing the martial arts for over thirty years and trained in both the USA as well as in China. He has studied Che style Xingyi Quan, Dai Family Xinyi  as well as Cheng style Bagua Zhang under Li Tailiang, as well as Ma family Tongbei under Guo Naihui. Additionally he has studied Shuai Jiao under He Guangda and he has competed in Shuai J...

The Drunken Boxing Podcast #033  My guest today is Raphael Smith, who also goes by Ralph. He is a 5th generation Song style Xingyi Quan practitioner under Li Yujie. He also studied Chen style Taiji Quan through a Korean lineage which came from Hong Junsheng’s practice of the art, as well as other arts such as Chinese Shuai Jiao and sports combat related practices. He is a cofounder his school...

The Drunken Boxing Podcast #032  Todays podcast features Richard Amos. He is a highly respected and skilled teacher of the art of Karate who has an incredibly interesting life story. I became aware of Richard Amos and his story through a book he wrote and published in 2020 titled - "Chasing Bushido – How I Learnt to Just Say Oss". This book, which is a memoir, recollects Richard Amos’ life in...

The Drunken Boxing Podcast #031  My guest today is Ilya Profatilov who is a sinologist and ethnographer as well as being a deep practitioner and researcher of Chinese martial arts and Mantis Boxing (Tanglang Quan). He has conducted decades of research in the villages of Shandong on the arts and continues to research, practice and teach today.  Ilya Profatilov - Chong De Tang https://www....

The Drunken Boxing Podcast #030  My guest today is none other than Daniele Bolelli, who is a martial artist, writer and a university professor of history. He is the host of the Drunken Taoist podcast as well as History on Fire. Daniele is a lifelong martial artist, who has years of experience in various arts including Kung Fu San Soo and Judo both of which he holds a black belts in, as well a...

The Drunken Boxing Podcast #029   My guest today is Brendan Tunks who resides in Australia. Brendan is a seven star mantis practitioner who started his training in the art in Canberra back in 1992 under Wang Xiaohua. In 1997 he started his training in Qingdao, China under the late Kang Zhiqiang and Li Qiming and Li Qiyu. He has experience in competing a various combat formats, including bareh...

The Drunken Boxing Podcast #028  This month’s guest is the one and only Mark Houghton. Originally from England, Mark moved to Malaysia at a young age to pursue his dream of learning Chinese martial arts. His fate found him then going to Hong Kong to study under the great Lau Kar Leung and Mark became a well known action stuntman within the Hong Kong film industry. He has worked on over 40 mov...

The Drunken Boxing Podcast #027 This month’s guest is a dear old friend of mine named Paul Hanrahan who originally hails from Johannesburg South Africa. He has been living and training in Taiwan permanently since 2009 in the Chang Hong System founded by the late Chen Qinghe. He is someone who is deeply passionate about the Chinese martial arts. Paul has always been an exceptional martial artist. I...

The Drunken Boxing Podcast #026  This month’s guest is Thomas Holtman who hails from Germany. Thomas is a formal disciple of Zhong Lian Bao, who is a 5th generation master of the Seven Star Mantis system. Thomas is also a Dog Brother, and regularly participates in their events. On top of this, Thomas is also a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt, a judo black belt and a blade master who teaches hi...

The Drunken Boxing Podcast #025   This month’s episode features Per Nyfelt. Per studied in Beijing under Sun Jianyun, who was Sun Lutang’s daughter. Per was an early pioneer who traveled to Beijing in order to study the arts of Sun style Xingyi Quan, Bagua Zhang and Taiji Quan directly with the Sun family through Sun Jianyun. During his time studying in China, he also studied Xin Yi Liu He Qu...

The Drunken Boxing Podcast #024  This is the 2-year anniversary episode of the podcast, and I asked my first guest, Marin Spivack, to return, except this time with a specific topic to discuss. The topic is the contrasts between what we call Chen Jia Gou or Chen Village Taiji Quan today and the style and methods that have been handed down through Chen Fake lineage in Beijing, which continues u...

The Drunken Boxing Podcast #023  My guest is Phil Morrell. Phil hails from the United Kingdom and is a practitioner of Fan style Bagua Zhang under Wen Dasheng. Phil Morrell has trained in Beijing under Wen Dasheng, who is the official lineage holder for the art, for many years. He recounts his history and training in the art and discusses the intricacies of this style of Bagua Zhang in this e...

The Drunken Boxing Podcast #022   My guest today is none other than Mario Napoli. I heard about Mario many many years ago. He rose to fame due to the fact that he was the first and the last non Chinese to enter the Chen village push hands championships and win. After he did this, aspects of participation were changed permanently to avoid such things from happening again in such a manner. &nbs...

The Drunken Boxing Podcast #021   My guest today is Tom Bisio. Tom Bisio is a well known Chinese medical practitioner and martial artist hailing from New York. He has an extensive background in martial arts practice starting in his teens in the Filipino martial arts. In the 80's he started studying both Chinese medicine and martial arts under Vince Black and he then went on to train under num...

The Drunken Boxing Podcast #020   My guest today is James Carss. James is currently based in England and has a lifetime of experience in the practice of martial arts. At the age of 12 he began his studies in Wing Chun. He then went on to study the south east Asian martial arts of Muay Thai and Silat while at the same time pursued an amateur boxing career.  He later got involved in classi...

The Drunken Boxing Podcast #019   My guest today is the esteemed Ma Lianzhen who is the son of the great professor and martial artist Ma Mingda, and the grandson of the legend Ma Fengtu. Arguably, the Ma family is one of the most important families in Chinese martial arts over the last 100 years.   Ma Lianzhen is an accomplished martial artist who also holds a doctorate and continue...

The Drunken Boxing Podcast #018   My guest today is Marcus Brinkman who is an early pioneer from the USA to travel to east Asia in pursuit of his studies, which included both medical studies as well as martial studies. He eventually ended up in Taiwan, where he studied under Hong Yixiang directly and then under Luo Dexiu as well. He currently is still residing in Taiwan where he continues his...