Inside Kung-Fu Magazine

RD_S_Alias_1A · August 27, 2007, 10:36pm

Ahhh dammmmmm!!! I jsut got +5, now I’m -6…that means I am still too deep in negative numbers to count!

gwa_sow · August 28, 2007, 4:59pm

and if being in a magazine means anything than that yahoo from black eyed peas is a master

user21 · January 8, 2008, 4:55am

[QUOTE=gwa sow;790745]
and if being in a magazine means anything than that yahoo from black eyed peas is a master [/QUOTE]

I saw that a while ago. Isn’t his name Taboo? The dude with the long hair.

GeneChing · January 8, 2008, 6:44pm

yahoo, taboo, whatever…

…BEP is really all about Will.I.Am and Fergie obviously.

user21 · January 9, 2008, 2:06am

[QUOTE=GeneChing;832739]…BEP is really all about Will.I.Am and Fergie obviously.[/QUOTE]

Regarding the group, I’m sure that is true. But in reference to his name, I figured that it couldn’t hurt to make an addendum.

It had to have been at least a year ago. If i remember correctly, he was holding a sword in one pose and he was quoted as saying that he wanted to learn Ninjutsu. Memory is a little fuzzy.

But I have no problems with IKF.

GeneChing · February 6, 2008, 6:03pm

From perfect bind to saddle stitch

With this intense rise in paper prices and distribution (mostly from gas and postage increases) I’m not surprised at all to see IKF step down to a saddle stitch binding. It’s cheaper. We’ve been pondering it ourselves. I’m just glad they went there before we did.

user21 · February 8, 2008, 4:52am

O?

My subscription ran out some time ago and I hadn’t renewed yet.

Do you think that it was a good idea (in regards to the stitch)?

GeneChing · February 11, 2008, 5:12pm

In this market, anything that’s more economical is a good idea

Saddle-stitch is perceived as lower quality in the magazine world. It’s definitely a step downwards. However some believe that saddle-stitch give the appearance of a fuller magazine. This is good when you reduce your page count and paper weight. Page count and paper weight also have dramatic price-reducing effects, not just on the raw materials (lighter paper is cheaper to buy and less pages are cheaper to print) but also shipping. Increasing gas prices and postage have been hammering all magazine distribution to newsstands and to subscribers. In short, it’s a horrid economy for print magazines now and I don’t fault IKF for going saddle-stitch. We’ve discussed it too, but we’re going to stay perfect-bound as long as we can. We’ve been perfect bound since 2000, just after my watch here began. I can’t promise you we can stay that way, but we’re certainly committed to delivering the highest quality magazine possible.

Thank you all for your support on the newsstands and with your subscriptions!

Oso · February 11, 2008, 8:01pm

[QUOTE=GeneChing;841754] We’ve been perfect bound since 2000[/QUOTE]

sounds like a sig to me…or an ad for a fetish site

he say’s with his 6996th post

GeneChing · January 11, 2011, 11:36pm

startling rumor from an unlikely source

I just heard some startling news about IKF. Before I start an unconfirmed rumor, anyone else hear anything?

YouKnowWho · January 12, 2011, 12:19am

The reason that I no longer subscribe that magazine because there are too much:

Wushu stuff.

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/1954/kungfu1.jpg

movie stars.

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/9489/kungfu2.jpg

beautiful girls.

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/5485/kungfu3.jpg

mooyingmantis · January 12, 2011, 3:05am

[QUOTE=readytorockbabe;790200]Well, my main question was just how long have they been in existence, because one of the kung fu schools I’m looking at claims their master was in it in '81/82.[/QUOTE]

I believe I purchased their first issue in 1977.

GeneChing · January 12, 2011, 5:43pm

@ YouKnowWho

We have

Wushu stuff.

movie stars.

beautiful girls.

oh wait…what am I saying?

Never mind.

GeneChing · January 12, 2011, 10:32pm

Ok, I just got confirmation from another independant source…

…looking for more. Still nothing official.

This could be a game-changer.

SPJ · January 13, 2011, 12:38am

After 38 years

the inside kung fu magazine last issue feb 1, 2011

after 38 years

David_Jamieson · January 13, 2011, 1:04am

[QUOTE=SPJ;1072221]the inside kung fu magazine last issue feb 1, 2011

after 38 years

:([/QUOTE]

? what are you talking about?
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Inside-Kung-Fu/115818808470987?v=wall&viewas=0

GeneChing · January 13, 2011, 1:36am

I’ve just seen an official letter acknowledging termination of publication

The last issue is to be on sale on Feb 1st. It will be their March 2011/Vol. 39, No. 3 issue.

Northwind · January 13, 2011, 2:08am

I love Kung Fu Magazine. But still, IKF going down? That does rather suck.

PalmStriker · January 13, 2011, 3:17am

A sign of the times. Should help KFM stay afloat, this is happening across the board in the business sector. Tough times.

mickey · January 13, 2011, 3:35am

Greetings,

Dave Cater was my reason for my exodus from IKF. He destroyed it with controversy.

I began missing the early years of IKF a long time ago. I remember walking over 2 miles to find an IKF magazine in 1983. That was how much I loved it.

I do not miss what it has become.

The only decent thing they can do now is put it all on cd-rom.

Good Riddance,

mickey

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