Volume 4, Issue 1
Volume 4, Issue 1 (available by subscription) includes an article on the Three Conditions of Stability (San Ding), a Technique column about the art of misdirection in Mantis Boxing by Shifu Michael Desargo and an Instructor's Perspective column on the role of forms in traditional kung fu training by Shifu Slawomir Milczarek.









 Volume 4, Issue 2
Volume 4, Issue 2 (available by subscription) features an article about the Three Slow (San Man), an article on the history and techniques of Six Harmonies Praying Mantis by Jake Burroughs and Hu Xi Lin and a Voices from the Past column titled "How can we defend against a lightning fast offense?," a section from Huang Hanxun's 1957 publication, Bo Ji Chan Yao, (Elucidation of Fighting Theory), translated by Robert Hui.





 Volume 4, Issue 3
Volume 4, Issue 3 (available by subscription) includes an article about the Twelve Soft (Shier Rou), a Voices of the Past column about the first of the Ten Rules of Pugilism by Kevin Brazier and an article by Ma Han Qin about Praying Mantis combat hand methods translated by Tim Cartmell with additional commentary by Jake Burroughs.




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