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In the early 1960's Felix Macias Sr. began his rigorous martial arts and self defense training under the great Kung Fu Sifu, James Yimm Lee in Hayward, California. Mr. Macias, Sr. continued to train and study June Fan Gung Fu and Jeet Kune Do with James Lee and Bruce Lee in their famous JKD "Oakland School" until James Lee's death in 1973.The martial arts and self defense knowledge Felix Macias received from Bruce Lee and James Lee was "The Way Of The Intercepting Fist" (Jeet Kune Do, JKD).After James Lee's death, Mr. Macias continued to study, progress, and evolve the self defense and martial arts knowledge he received from James Lee and Bruce Lee. Operating in an underground fashion, he taught this original and powerful martial art to a small group of friends, students, and eventually his sons.The eldest son of the Macias family, Felix Macias Jr., took great interest in what he was learning from his father and trained diligently to sharpen his self defense skills and martial knowledge. He has been committed to The Way Of The Intercepting Fist ever since.Using the knowledge he received from James Lee and his father as blueprints, Mr. Macias Jr. has continued to work underground in the ongoing process of analysis and advancement of this powerful martial art.The Macias family continues to practice, teach and further develop this original self defense art in Hayward California, only a few miles from James and Bruce Lee's original Oakland school.http://www.californiajkd.com/JKDmain.htmhttps://www.facebook.com/Original-Oakland-JKD-310725215666045/https://www.instagram.com/originaloaklandjkd/?hl=enhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQzZexk69R0&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR1bTNThJ-qWp_8B4-UFLa1oiVDASfnWT_KhtoPkdtz4lPsp3E2HfZIZH68https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_MzQ24ZF74P-nNGTeoH_-Q/featuredMusic from https://filmmusic.io "Eastern Thought" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/grounddragonma)

Scott M. Rodell has studied martial arts since the age of nine. He has dedicated the last four decades exclusively to study of Yang Family Taijiquan (T’ai Chi Ch’uan). Rodell spent many years traveling to find and study with the best teachers in this lineage to fulfill a person goal - renovating Yang Family Taijiquan. He sought out teachers known for certain specialties, pulling together elements of the system that have become separated and fragmented. Rodell has been privileged to receive instruction in Push Hands and Free Fighting from William C. C. Chen, Sword and Push Hands from T.T. Liang and the Yang Family Michuan Taijiquan, form, applications, push hands, fan, sword and spear, from Wang Yen-nien. Rodell is the Director of the Great River Taoist Center. The Center was founded in 1984 and now is headquatered in Washington, DC and has branch and affiliated school across America, Europe and Australia. He began teaching internationally in the Russia at the request of the Soviet Wushu Federation in 1991. In 1992, the Moscow branch officially opened as a branch of Great River. For fourteen years, Rodell taught across western Russia before turning over the Russian Branch of GRTC to his disciple student, Albert Efimov. While in Russia, Rodell made TV programs about Taijiquan for Moscow’s learning channel and Sochi local Television and has been interviewed by various daily newspapers. Rodell is also the author of nine books on Historical Martial Arts, Chinese Swordsmanship - the Yang Family Taiji Jian Tradition, Taiji Notebook for Martial Artist, A Practical Guide to Test Cutting for Historical Swordsmanship, Traditional Manchu Archery of the Qing Imperial Guard, Shi Jian Pu - Manual of Ten Sword Skills - A Handbook of Chinese Swordsmanship, Dandaofa Xuan - Chinese Long Saber Techniques Anthology, Fundamentals of the Wudang Sword Method - Selected Translations with Commentary from a Manual of Chinese Swordsmanship, The Taijiquan Classics: A Martial Artist's Translation, and Ming Chinese Military Swordsmanship. Having been called the “Father of the Renaissance of Chinese Swordsmanship,” teacher Rodell is best know internationally for his efforts reviving Chinese Historical Sword Work. He is particularly has been reborn due to his work. Considered the leading authority on Chinese Swordsmanship, Rodell travels frequently to Europe (Estonia, Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom), across the US and to Australia and Canada to lead seminars in this art. Currently, he teaches over 20 seminars a years. He has also recently founded an online Academy of Chinese Swordsmanship. Over the years Rodell has taught a wide variety of classes to a diverse audience including Vietnamese refugee children, jail inmates, seniors at the Library of Congress, in addition to his regular weekly classes.Rodell has appeared twice on the popular series, “Man at Arms Reforged,” in the episodes Green Destiny (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) S3, E8 and 400 Year-Old Dandao Sword S3, E15.Rodell was one of the first ten Americans to enter the door of the Jin Shan Pai, a traditional school of Taoist Nei Gong. Rodell, initiated into the Jin Shan Pai by Wang Yen-nien, is a sixth generation teacher in this tradition.Purchase Scott M. Rodell's cutting Jian and Dao: https://sevenstarstrading.com/site/Music from https://filmmusic.io "Eastern Thought" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommoSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/grounddragonma)

Sifu Ed has studied a variety of martial arts for over 40 years, holding a black belt or equivalent rank and instructor’s certification in Jeet Kune Do, Savate, Muay Thai, Jiu-Jitsu, Karate and Kung Fu. He has competed in numerous full-contact competitions, including full-contact karate, kickboxing, Savate, Muay Thai and “no rules” tournaments.As a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, he studies the effects of movement-based awareness training on children and adults to improve their ability to focus and learn more effectively. As a professor, he teaches mind/body connectivity through the study of movement in the Department of Theater, Film, and Television, as well as applied exercise science and Eastern philosophy. He is responsible for the physical conditioning of students on a department-wide basis.He has studied with many world-renowned Martial Arts Masters including Bruce Lee’s students Sifu Jerry Poteet and Guru Dan Inosanto. He was personally trained in Jeet Kune Do by Sifu Poteet, named by Inside Kung Fu magazine as “unquestionably the greatest Jeet Kune Do Instructor in the world.” He has also studied with many great Lamas, Gurus and teachers of Eastern philosophy and religion.Ed has also assisted instructing courses in defensive tactics for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Force Training Unit and has trained in Special Weapons and Tactics with DEA Mobile Enforcement Team II.He has privately trained many celebrities including Val Kilmer, John Malkovich, Alicia Silverstone, and Julianne Moore.AccoladesCertified by the National Academy of Sports Medicine as an athletic trainer, Ed was chosen one of America’s Top 100 Trainers by Men’s Journal magazine, and one of the top 5 in Los Angeles. In 2010 Ed was inducted into the USA Martial Arts Hall of Fame and voted “Martial Arts Leader of the Year.” https://ekata.net/team/sifu-ed-monaghan/ https://ekata.net/ https://www.jpjkd.com/ https://www.uclahealth.org/marc/ Music from https://filmmusic.io"Eastern Thought" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)grounddragonma.comSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/grounddragonma)

Martial arts teacher Nassem Raufi discovered his fascination with martial arts and martial arts as a child. So he started his way with the martial arts Judo and Tae-Kwon-Do and soon found his home in the Chinese martial arts, which are all too often summarized under the generic terms "Kung Fu" or "Wushu". His path started in the Chinese martial arts school, Bailung. Over the years, the Bailung school became the Zhenwu Osnabrück eV association. Due to the open, tolerant and curious attitude of his teacher, Nassem got to know well-known and extremely capable martial arts teachers from various martial arts and was able to learn from them in part. Against the background of these experiences and encounters, Nassem is committed to developing not only physical abilities and skills, but also mental states, attitudes and philosophy.“Martial arts is a way. You step into it looking for something that you may not always be able to put into words. You look for answers to questions or find questions that are based on answers. You also look for the self and strive for a better self. “ Nassem Raufi So it happened that Nassem could no longer recognize his way in Germany and went to China. One of the countries that can be described as a source of martial arts.In China he met his current teacher and Shifu, Yu Guang De, without effort, without searching, so more likely by accident or fate.He practices a rare martial art that does without the movement sequences (forms) that are otherwise typical in Chinese styles and focuses on essence, skills and applicability. This style is called Zi Ran Men. https://www.ziranmen.de/ https://www.facebook.com/ziranmengermany/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6xCptb_KHAAPZnIRBx0s5Q Music from https://filmmusic.io"Eastern Thought" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)grounddragonma.comSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/grounddragonma)

Professor Neto Gomes is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt. He grew up in Brazil, training wrestling, moving into No-Gi BJJ, and then into Gi BJJ.If you wish to train Brazilian jiu jitsu under Professor Neto, he teaches at Paragon BJJ Academy in Aguora Hills, CA; and Hollywood BJJ in Hollywood, CA.Remember to stay safe and healthy in this time, practice social distancing, and above all else stay at home if you don't need to go out.Music from https://filmmusic.io"Eastern Thought" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)grounddragonma.comSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/grounddragonma)

Master Jason Tsou (鄒家驤) was born in Taiwan, Republic of China, in 1949. He began his martial arts studies more than 50 years ago when at the age of eleven he learned Mei Hwa Chang Quan (Plum Blossom Long Fist kung fu) from Grandmaster Wu Ti-Pang. This was his first exposure to a Northern Chinese Kung Fu style. With that foundation, Master Tsou went on to study with the following masters and learned their respective styles:Master Yang Bao Zen - Shaolin weapons, Mei Hwa Quan, Taiji Quan, and Taiji QigongGrand Master Chang Dong Shen - Shuai JiaoMaster Chang Yi Cheng- Xingyi Quan, Bagua Zhang, Taiji QuanGrandmaster Liu Yun Chiao - Bagua Zhang, Bagua Qigong, Baji Quan, Pigua Zhang and Baji QigongDr. Su Yu Chang-Praying mantis, 18 Lo Han, 12 Meridian, and 5 Element QigongMaster Adam Hsu- Islamic long fist, Chen style Taiji QuanMaster Deng Kuo Hua - Southern Hung Gar QigongMaster Liu Jen Jun - Tibetan QigongDr. Yu Ta Fang- TuinaDr. Su Yu Chang- Acupuncture, HerbsIn 2005 Jason Tsou retired as full time from manager of his engineering company. Since then, he has had more time to work with his senior student Art Schonfeld (a retired lawyer) on many projects. These include instructional DVDs and books. His DVDs includeBagua Chi Kung- the secret’s of the dragon, Tai chi- Chi kung-harmony in transition-, Chin na: Taking control of energy (with accompanying book); The Random Circles-Tai Chi Push Hands, and The Complete Jian Shu: Chinese combat sword for sport (with accompanying book). Master Tsou has also published a book on Taiji — Tsou and Schonfeld (2008), Yang Taiji: The Untold Story.In the summer of 2017, Jason Tsou was elected as the president of Traditional Chinese Martial Arts Federation (TCMAF). He has been continuously on the mission of promoting Traditional Kung Fu and unifying Kung Fu communities in USA.Music from https://filmmusic.io"Eastern Thought" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)grounddragonma.comSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/grounddragonma)

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/index.htmlTim Cartmell is a martial artist best known as an author and translator of martial arts books. He is an Eighth Degree Black Belt (Master) in Kung-Fu San Soo, spent 11 years in Taiwan and Mainland China training in the Chinese Internal Martial Arts, and a Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He fought in Sanda during the 1980s in Taiwan. He placed first at the 2003 IBJJF Pan Championship as a brown belt (Senior 2), and first at the 2004 IBJJF Pan Championship as a black belt (Senior 2).http://www.shenwu.com/He currently is the head Brazilian Jiu Jitsu instructor and MMA coach at the Ace Jiu Jitsu Academy.For more information, please go to http://acejiujitsu.comTim also teaches, Xingyiquan, Baguazhang and Taijiquan in private lessons.For more information, please contact Tim at shenwu@verizon.netMusic from https://filmmusic.io "Eastern Thought" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/grounddragonma)

· Introduction episode· I’m Dr. Troy Schotto Began martial arts in 1994 with Young Olympians Karateo A strong interest in Eastern philosophy and religion.o Influenced by Bruce Lee, Kwai-Chang Caine and the Kung Fu series.o Began studying Yang style Taijiquan with Steve Chevalier starting with the Cheng Man-Ching short form, and then the long form from the Dong family.§ https://www.youtube.com/user/SteveChevalier§ http://www.dongtaichi.com/§ http://alexdongtaichi.com/§ http://www.tungkaiying.com/o I became an ordained Buddhist novice monk at the age of 19 and disrobed at 21.§ Thich Nhat Hanh§ Plum Village and Deer Park Monasteryo Went back to studying taijiquan with Steve, as well as Toni Demoulin, and Alex Dong.o Massage School, 2004-2005o Started reading up on Baguazhang through the Pa Kua Chang Journal on CD that I got from Plum Publications.o Found Tim Cartmell, 2005§ http://www.shenwu.com/§ Began attending the Xingyi and Bagua class on Saturday morningso House of Champions§ https://houseofchampions.com/§ Kickboxing, Dutch-style§ BJJo Ekata, 2008-2011§ https://ekata.net/§ JKD§ Savateo Personal Training, 2008-2010o Chiropractic School, 2012-2015o Continued regular training with Tim Cartmell in the IMA and some BJJo Began training with Jason Tsou, mostly in Yin style Baguao Spent some time training at the UFC gym for Muay Thai and BJJo Fought Sanda, and Free-style Push Handso Founded Ground Dragon Martial Artso Began training BJJ at Hollywood BJJo Founded this podcast· Martial Arts Philosophyo Solo and partner drills and sparring before formso Forms are a process of learning and refining linked movement, sports-specific strengthening and conditioningo Sparring is not fighting nor combat, it’s simulated fighting for the sake of learningo Combat sports are a safer avenue to build real skill that involves minimal injury risko One person versus multiple is not impossible but highly implausibleo Historical myths vs reality· Health Philosophyo Health is personal responsibilityo Health is not the absence of diseaseo Health is proper nutrition§ There is no one diet§ Whole fruits and veggies§ It’s ok to eat meat§ Minimize process foods§ Organic is fine but not always necessaryo Movement is lifeo Strength is the most importanto Mobility is the ability to move through greater ranges of motion with strength and controlo Body work, such as chiropractic, acupuncture, massage, etc can be beneficialMusic from https://filmmusic.io "Eastern Thought" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/grounddragonma)