Introducing the "?" Project.

I'm excited to announce that Steven Vance and I have joined together to form a sort of martial arts preservation society.

The blog can be found here. It's still in its infancy, but we should have it relatively functional this weekend.

We haven't worked out the exact details of the project yet. We haven't even decided on a name. To start with, we will be publicly sharing and discussing our research into the Chinese martial arts associated with the Kunlun mountains. We also both share an interest in the Indonesian arts, so that is a likely area of research.

This may turn into a larger organization with the focus of preserving, documenting, researching and restoring the traditional martial arts.

Steven and I first made contact shortly after I released my website mentioning the Kunlun Mountain Fist. Steven had an interest in Kunlunquan, a related style, and we shared notes. We also learned that we both shared a love of the Indonesian arts.

We also share a belief that the martial arts have suffered due to issues of personal ego and politics. We have both separated ourselves from certain styles because of this.

Steven is brilliant. I have spent almost a decade looking for teachers of Kunlunquan in the U.S. About 2 weeks after we discussed this, he called me up with the name of a teacher born into the family. His blog can be found here.