Kaela Kang and Bernard Beno Hwang.
Photo by Brendan Kredell
Sifu Tony Chen.
Photo by Totten
Janet Gee and Steve Brown.
Photo by Totten
Janet Gee.
Photo by Peter Dickson
Janet Gee.
Photo by Peter Dickson
Doug Kim and Christopher Cheung.
Photo by Totten
Christopher Cheung and Kaela Kang.
Photo by Brendan Kredell
Christopher Cheung and Patrick Chew.
Photo by Brendan Kredell
It is well known that Buddhism traveled along the Silk Road into China, but less well known that the Indian missionary who introduced Chan Buddhism to China (later called Zen in Japan) may have also brought with him the seeds of Chinese kung fu, or Chinese unarmed fighting techniques. America's attention and enthusiasm for martial arts soared with the advent of Bruce Lee's kung fu films in the 1970s.
The Asian Martial Arts presentation at the 2002 Smithsonian Folklife Festival features:
- Steve Brown
- Sifu Tony Chen
- Christopher Cheung
- Patrick Chew
- Laura Copenhaver
- Janet Gee
- Bernard Beno Hwang
- Kaela Kang
- Jia Tao Zhang
