Martial Studies

Martial arts in general and Chinese martial arts in particular are in far too many cases a source of false narratives, promoted by those who lack historical understanding of their development. As a result "fake news" are easily taken as fact, for this reason we work to educate people about the history of Chinese martial arts through different types of media using primary source material collected throughout many years. 

Magazines & Scholarly Journals

• • Chinese Martial Arts: Changing Views and Practices, Via Media Publishing

  • Republican Period Guoshu Periodicals, Classical Fighting Arts April 2014 Vol. 2 No. 26 (Issue #49). William Acevedo, Mei Cheung

  • The History of the Central National Arts Academy, Classical Fighting Arts 2010 #17 & 18. William Acevedo, Mei Cheung & Bonnie Hood

  • Una visión histórica de las artes marciales mixtas en China, William Acevedo, Mei Cheung. Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas, ISSN 1885-8643, Vol. 6, Nº. 2, 2011, págs. 29-44

  • Análisis de las publicaciones periódicas marciales chinas editadas durante el periodo republicano, William Acevedo, Mei Cheung. Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas, ISSN 1885-8643, Vol. 6, Nº. 1, 2011, págs. 35-60

  • Los luchadores japoneses tienen más destreza y arte que los luchadores chinos, o cuando el contexto importa más que el texto, Carlos Gutiérrez García, Mikel Pérez Gutiérrez, William Acevedo, Mei Cheung. Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas, ISSN 1885-8643, Vol. 5, Nº. 1, 2010, págs. 41-52

  • A Historical Overview of Mixed Martial Arts in China, Journal of Asian Martial Arts 2010. William Acevedo & Mei Cheung

  • Las artes marciales del ejército chino en el Periodo Republicano, William Acevedo, Mei Cheung. Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas, ISSN 1885-8643, Vol. 4, Nº. 2, 2009, págs. 22-37

  • El General Qi Jiguang, visionario y defensor de una nación, William Acevedo, Mei Cheung. Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas, ISSN 1885-8643, Vol. 3, Nº. 3, 2008, págs. 26-37

  • Comentarios al Articulo “WU SHU OLÍMPICO UN ARTE CIRCENSE LLEVADO AL DEPORTE, William Acevedo M.Eng., P.Eng. Golden Dragon Revista de Cultura China y Artes Marciales - MAGAZINE OF CULTURE AND CHINESE MARTIAL ARTS No. 43, Noviembre/Diciembre 2013.

  • Lian Bu Quan: El Método de los Comandos Chinos, Dennis Rovere, traducido por William Acevedo. El Budoka 2.0, Nov – Dic 2011.

  • A Lifetime Dedicated to Martial Traditions: An Interview with Professor Ma Mingda, Kung Fu Tai Chi Magazine, 2008. William Acevedo, Mei Cheung & Brenda Hood

  • Preserving the Baji Tradition in the XXI Century, Kung Fu Tai Chi Magazine 2008. William Acevedo & Wim Seewus

  • Artes Marciales Chinas Mitos, Leyendas e Investigación Histórica, Segunda y Ultima Parte. William Acevedo.  El Budoka No. 373 Septiembre, 2002.

  • Artes Marciales Chinas Mitos, Leyendas e Investigación Histórica, William Acevedo.  El Budoka No. 372 Julio – Agosto, 2002.

Books & Reviews

• • Breve Historia del Kung-Fu, William Acevedo, Carlos Gutiérrez García, Mei Cheung. Madrid: Nowtilus. ISBN 978-84-9763-780-0

  • Breve História do Kung Fu - A Fascinante História do Kung Fu, Madras Editora

  • RESEÑA DEL LIBRO “BREVE HISTORIA DEL KUNG-FU”/Resenha do livro “Breve história do Kung-fu” por Gerardo Lopez Sastre

  • Breve Historia del Kung Fu, Revisión por Pablo Pereda González.

Blog

• Zhongguo Wu Xue - Chinese Martial Studies

• Scholarly Review of our Blog in Kung Fu Tea Selects “The Best” of 2017 

• The Printing Press and the Sword, a commentary of our article "Republican Period Guoshu Periodicals" published in Classical Fighting Arts 2014 in the Kung Fu Tea Blog.

Courses

• Literati China: Examinations, Neo-Confucianism, and Later Imperial China, July, 2023, HarvardX.

• Cosmopolitan Tang: Aristocratic Culture in China, March 13, 2022, HarvardX.

• China’s First Empires and the Rise of Buddhism December 28, 2021, HarvardX.

• China’s Political and Intellectual Foundations: From Sage Kings to Confucius, February 22, 2021, HarvardX.

• Chinese Civilization, University of Calgary, 2009.

Conferences

• 2009 Scientific Congress on Martial Arts and Combat Sports, Viseu – Portugal 16th & 17th May 2009. Oral Presentation Certificate

• Conferencia “Lo Mejor del Kung Fu Para la Salud, Tai Chi Chuan”, organizer certificate. Noviembre 1996.