oh bother

[GeneChing]

It's most annoying when two magazines come out with the same cover. Check out your newsstands this month. Here's Shambala Sun (http://www.shambhalasun.com/Archives/Features/2004/September/index.htm) and here's Kung Fu Tai Chi (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/magazine/article.php?article=531). ****! Well, at least it's not another martial arts magazine.... :rolleyes:

[David Jamieson]

If it's not jackie its jet.

man how do you get an exclusive with these guys? lol

[Starchaser107]

i don't think it's gonna take a significant chunk out of readership

[Ben Gash]

Gene, why is it taking progressively longer to get the mag in the UK? It STILL isn't out here :(

[David Jamieson]

because america hates U

K?

lol

[Ben Gash]

But we're best buddies. Our prime minister bites the pillow whenever Bush whistles. Our brave and loyal servicemen are dying in Iraq to further US foreign policy (and they've not even been shot by the Americans by mistake lately). We've alienated our closest neighbours to support our American buddies :rolleyes:

[David Jamieson]

yeah, some zealous national guard flyboys killed four of ours with a 500 lb-er in afghanistan not so long ago.

stupid go pills and not taking orders right.

[CaptinPickAxe]

Hey, we call Canadians "Camericans"

[David Jamieson]

That's because you like vacationing in Toronto and Niagra falls on the good side of it. :D

camericans...yeesh sounds like a chevy model or something

[CaptinPickAxe]

LOL!

Its better that Nucks or Nadians
a lot less slanderous

[David Jamieson]

actually we don't mind "canucks", it is the equivalent of "yank" in slang terminolgy

[Shaolinlueb]

could be worse, you could be a Hasselhoff loving german.... why does my heritage like his crap :(2

[Tak]

Originally posted by Ben Gash
Our brave and loyal servicemen are dying in Iraq to further US foreign policy (and they've not even been shot by the Americans by mistake lately).

yeah, some zealous national guard flyboys killed four of ours with a 500 lb-er in afghanistan not so long ago.

Those weren't mistakes.

[Meat Shake]

I make frequent use of the terms Yank and Nadian.
:)

Edit: More often than yank, I will say "sissy northerners" or "Soft ass northerners".
:eek:

:D

[CaptinPickAxe]

or "Sissified Soft-ass Northerners"

[red5angel]

But we're best buddies. Our prime minister bites the pillow whenever Bush whistles. Our brave and loyal servicemen are dying in Iraq to further US foreign policy (and they've not even been shot by the Americans by mistake lately). We've alienated our closest neighbours to support our American buddies

the way it should be. ;) The way I see it the Brits owe us one for the whole War of Independence thing.


I think Tak is about to get my vote for king of conspiracy theorists, and that's saying alot on this forum :D

[Ray Pina]

Press release photography will get ya everytime. You should demand exclusives. I have to say though, the other mag did a good job of zooming in.

No big deal. But I could imagine the edit meeting when this broke.

[GeneChing]

Jet's much bigger than martial arts magazines now. The last exclusive I can remember him doing was the one he did for IKF where he just showed up in sweats. I'm told he's on the cover of Men's Health now too.

Actually we were pretty amused by it, especially when you contrast the stories. I think it might actually help our newsstand since most martial artists don't read Shamballa Sun, but a few Shamballa Sun readers might be interested in a little more martial arts than what was in their cover story. So maybe they'll come to us. At least, that's what I hope. :)

[Tak]

You don't vote for kings!

On the other hand, if you want to lob a scimitar at me...

[SimonM]

Originally posted by Kung Lek
yeah, some zealous national guard flyboys killed four of ours with a 500 lb-er in afghanistan not so long ago.

stupid go pills and not taking orders right.

You talking about the Canadians right? Cuz... The magazine is out in Canada, has been for a week!

[norther practitioner]

Yeah,

Jet's on the cover of Men's health, with the standard Jet Li Article, and the guy not knowing what the heck he's writing about...

I think he could take me out... :rolleyes: :D


Buddhism, mind body, east west.. etc.

[Meat Shake]

"I'm told he's on the cover of Men's Health now too. "

Yeah... The article is pretty pathetic.

[Ray Pina]

You guys do a great job.

As an outside editor I would say you guys have better content on a regular basis but your competitor’s cover and the way they lay out the book is more eye friendly. I’ve often wondered why you guys haven’t gone to that glossier, firmer look and cleaned up the inside with a redesign.

I also have some neat money-making ideas like a Top 10 (20, 30, 50) Products of the Year issue sponsored by the winners of course ... platinum sponsors get write ups and full-age adds, gold sponsors get full pagers, silver half pages and bronze quart pagers. You have some cool potential for all types of inserts, too.

[Meat Shake]

Inserts make me spontaneously combust.

[Chang Style Novice]

This thread's title proves that Gene Ching is really Winnie the Pooh.

[Ray Pina]

I wouldn't mind a valuable insert ... say of folding knives and inexpensive wood dummies ... or of good fight gear ... all types of gloves (5 oz to 12 oz), head gear, shin pads, ect.

[Meat Shake]

Pudgy little cudly all stuffed with fluff?

[Chang Style Novice]

E-fist -

KFM is already OWNED by an equipment company. The results of your dealy would never be in doubt.

[MasterKiller]

Yeah, Gigi and her husband founded Tiger Claw (originally Pioneer Interstate) to promote their gear. Eventually they bought the magazine from Pacific Rim (Roger Hagood), which is why you don't see ads for other equipment brands in KFTC magazine.

[Ray Pina]

Now I see.

[SPJ]

Oh Oh Oh!

I do browse Buddhist and Christian periodicals.

Discussion of Mind and body is all right.

But a sword in hand is a different story.

Why not post a G.I, with a laser guided M-16A, infrared goggle, satelite uplink video, audio feeds in camoflage fatigues.

A soldier has a soul.

An assasin has a soul.

Is it about the story or the person?

Jet Li is in common clothe on Men's health cover.

Za zen time.

Peace out.

:cool:

[GeneChing]

Gene Ching is really Winnie the Pooh. OK, that's a fair cop. I've been lifting that line from Pooh bear for some time now, since my kid has been into it. Ever read the Tao of Pooh? Actually, as A.A. Milne spirit animals go, I relate most to Eeyore. That and Heffalumps and Woozles. That's a great hallucinatory piece of animation - heffalumps and woozles - although derivative of one of my all time favs, pink elephants from Dumbo. OK, enough already? My Pooh fu is strong. I have a kid.

MK is right, although the company was founded by Thomas Oh and Gigi wasn't really a part of it at first. She was this award winnning real estate agent. It wasn't until the merger of Pioneer Interstate (Tiger Claw) with Pacific Rim (Hagood) that Gigi became invovled with the company. Like Tai Chi and Qi magazines, we're funded primarily by our own product sales. Interestingly enough, IKF started out the same way, but eventually abandoned product sales, save videos and books, so they could let outside advertisers in. I doubt we'd ever do that. It limits the kind of ads we do since we won't advertise our competitors, but it also gives us a lot more journalistic freedom since we don't have to cater to outside ads. EF, you're thinking about a martial arts mag like other mags. Inserts are really expensive and would require outside advertisers to throw down a lot of money. That money doesn't exist in the martial arts like it does in say, golf or ski equipment. As for layout, we have our style and they have theirs. We're constantly refining our design, but I doubt we'll go the direction of some of the other mags, simply because it isn't as graphically informative. We're a little edgy-er with our layout and I hope we always remain so.

now where's my honey?

[Ben Gash]

Still dodgin' the UK issue Gene.

[Liokault]

Originally posted by Ben Gash
But we're best buddies. Our prime minister bites the pillow whenever Bush whistles. Our brave and loyal servicemen are dying in Iraq to further US foreign policy (and they've not even been shot by the Americans by mistake lately). We've alienated our closest neighbours to support our American buddies :rolleyes:


America has a foreign policy?

[David Jamieson]

America has a foreign policy?

yes and this is it:

the red dots represent nuclear nations:

http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/Lookup/20042972127/$file/Hammer-stepSmall.jpg

[GeneChing]

Still dodgin' the UK issue Gene. Hey, I just want to talk about our magazine. What's all this world politic stuff? ;)