I thought I could post this on some previous thread, but I couldn’t find anything suitable. Maybe there will be more and I can add to this later.
Austin Kung-Fu Academy interviewed me for their podcast: Kung Fu Konversations Ep. 44 – “Journalist From Shaolin: An Interview With Gene Ching”
The interviewer is one of our members here. 
Good stuff. I like your observations about how Kung Fu might see a resurgence as an entertainment art. It will be interesting to see how that would impact the development and styles. IMO - Wushu’s too flamboyant and TCMA is too dull, so there will have to be some sort of a compromise.
On a side note, this is for the guys at Austin Kung Fu Academy - Great work, great idea, loved the podcast, but you may want to look into buying a compressor/limiter/gate. It’ll stop that massive fluctuation that you’re having between the phone and the live mics. Everyone has their favorite, but the Behringer models aren’t that expensive and seem to work well.
Here’s an example of one.
Everybody has their favorite, so you’ll have to do some research to see which one will work for you.
Interviewed by Ben Judkins of Kung Fu Tea
It was an honor to participate in a round table with my industry colleagues, Louis Swaim & Mark V. Wiley.
The State of Martial Arts Publishing Today – A Roundtable Discussion
Excellent round-table discussion on the state of the arts today leading into the future !
Thanks PalmStriker!
I must give Ben Judkins all the credit for putting that together.
I’ve been remiss in updating this thread. Here’s some other recent interviews of mine:
Gene Ching on KQED’s Forum with Michael Krasney
Culture Chat with Master Mimi Chan
More to come (scheduled for some next week).
I was interviewed for Whistlekick
Follow the link to hear the podcast.
Episode 280 – Mr. Gene Ching
April 2, 2018 by Julius Santiago
Mr. Gene Ching is a martial arts practitioner and the publisher of Kung Fu Tai Chi Magazine.
There’s no point where you can kinda sit back on your laurel leaves and go yeah, I’ve got this, I’ve got my blackbelt or what have you…
Mr. Gene Ching – Episode 280
Our guest today had been exposed to the martial arts at an early age when he was playing with toy weapons at home. Mr. Gene Ching is from a family of martial artists and he has found his success not only in handling weapons but through writing for the martial arts community as well. Mr. Ching has trained with a lot of martial arts greats and his story is definitely inspiring. Listen to find out more about Mr. Gene Ching.
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Show Notes
Kung Fu Tai Chi Magazine
Man at Arms
Twitter.com/geneching
Facebook.com/gene.ching
On this episode, We talked about:
Donnie Yen, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Jet Li, Danny Trejo, Shaw Brothers’ movies
The Return of Culture Chat with Mimi Chan
CChat 84: Gene Ching on China’s film market, lightsaber training, and kung fu movies
October 16, 2018 by M Chan
Gene Ching is the editor of Kung Fu Tai Chi Magazine. Last time he was a guest on the show we discussed weapon making, fencing, drugs, and his evolution as a journalist. Today we discuss the China film market and its relationship to Hollywood. Is China going to take over as the #1 film economy in the world? Listen in for Gene’s opinion and his take on what is happening in the film industry today. We also geek out about lightsaber training, weapons, and reminisce about old school kung fu movies.
A second chat with my dear friend, Sifu Mimi Chan
I’ve been remiss in updating this…
…I blame the pandemic.
2021: Everything is Kung-Fu, Santanu Rahman, Interview with Gene Ching, Martial Arts Journalist, Editor, and Publisher
2020: Total BS Wellness, Matt Lucas, Matt Lucas Talks with Gene Ching- The kind side of not fighting fair
Shaolin, Fencing, Tai Chi, Journalism | Ep.16 Transformations with Mark V. Wiley
Gene Ching | Shaolin, Fencing, Tai Chi, Journalism | Ep.16 Transformations with Mark V. Wiley
Wynter Tai Chi “Chats” S2 Ep. 20: Publisher’s Edition - Chatting with Sifu Gene Ching
My latest interview on Fight Commentary Chats with Jerry Liu
That’s great news.
Thanks for sharing man. U interview others and its very rare to hear ur story. Good sign of humility as u never seem to draw attention to urself in interviews.
Had an hour to kill this morning and watched this. I’ve asked you this before, but why can’t you have the magazine in Barnes & Noble’s magazine racks that seem to be packed with innumerable low circulation magazines these days. You’ve mentioned before that retail outlets like B&N relay on distributors, but somehow they are currently distributing magazines that are much more obscure than yours that I’ve noticed in the Los Angeles area stores.
I don’t have a short answer for this. Magazine distribution is very complicated, especially now for niche mags. I’m surprised to hear that your B&N has any obscure titles but it’s likely that those are part of a publisher that supplies multiple titles. We used to do that when we had Dojo & Dojang. It’s a way to play the game. But we dropped those years ago because it wasn’t our area of expertise. What niche titles are you seeing?
Will take some pictures for you the next time I’m in the Calabasas store. The magazine rack is many times the size of their stores in Burbank, Santa Clarita, Ventura, and Westlake.
How anomalous. Might be something the store manager is doing.
