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Kung Fu Version 556

The version of kung fu we take is better not taken. But if you do it anyway, physical limits become suggestions.

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Jessica Alpha
Feb 09, 2026
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I remember the first time I saw a compilation of our Sifu’s videos back when he was doing demonstrations with the Shaolin Monks in China. It didn’t look like martial arts. In one of these video clips, they took a Chinese-style broadsword and hacked a watermelon to bits with it.

Then, they took these same broadswords and laid them sharp-side up on a rack…

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