oh…
is the go fund me active? I’d like to help.
this place was a 2nd home for much of a decade.
much love for all you have done, Gene.
I know you didn’t do it all alone, but you are the face of the magazine here.
Thanks for your promise of support Oso
The gofundme has not begun. The market has to stabilize enough first. Enough schools need to reopen safely so that Tiger Claw's business picks up allowing the bandwidth to pursue this.
If you want to support now, shop at MartialArtSmart - it’s under the TC Media Intl umbrella, which is who published KFTC.
ok, I’ll make a purchase. There is a kung fu school close by that I could donate the merch too.
I’ll try to reach out to them to see what they might need.
One door close, another one opens.
Print magazines are going the way of the dodo, so it was probably inevitable. Hopefully, you can develop new online revenue sources that will keep the content flowing.
Anyways, thanks for letting me write for the magazine many moons ago. It helped me get into one of the best j-schools schools in the country!
Thanks guys
We’re doing what we can at this time. The economy is so askew right now, especially with the martial arts world. We appreciate your continued support of KungFuMagazine.com.
Man I’m really sorry to hear that.
I had a subscription for a while but the last 6 years or so I’ve just been buying it off the rack in my local grocery store. They stopped carrying it maybe five years ago and I talked to the magazine guy and got them to get it back in stock. Since then I never renewed my subscription since I figured buying it there helped keep it on the rack.
Honestly though I’m surprised it lasted as long as it did with how print media is going now.
I hope this forum stays up. There is some good information in some of the old threads. Although a lot in those old threads is now known to be incorrect just because of how much more information has been made available in the last few years.
On that note though it might be good to necro some of the old classic threads to add in current information.
Thanks for your kind post, Tea Serpent
Supporting us on the newsstands was just as important as supporting us through subscriptions. And you’re right - I’m proud of the fact that we lasted as long as we did. If not for the support of Tiger Claw, we really should’ve gone down a decade ago.
As for the forum, I’m striving to keep it going. It’s a deep resource, one that we’ve all been contributing to for over 2 decades now and it would be a shame if it also falls to covid. Please feel free to necro any old threads you find with new relevant information. I always do so when fresh relevant news crosses my feed.
The forum is under the TC Media umbrella, like KungFuMagazine.com and MartialArtSmart.com. At this point, TC Media’s fate is unclear. It may be bought out by Tiger Claw. Obviously, the income stream for TC Media comes from MartialArtSmart, so to support that is to support KungFuMagazine.com and subsequently, this forum.
When our print magazine collapsed, I was flooded with people asking about what they could do or how they might help to keep it alive. It was a little too little and a lot too late. Now, if you want to support TC Media, KungFuMagazine.com and this forum, the only way is to get your gear from MartialArtSmart.com.
Thank you all for your continued support.
Basically, now it has only gotten worse, because of the war the process of recession has started and it is very risky to have a business these days. There are a lot of factors to consider in order to lose profits because times are unstable now. For a more effective business adaptation to the current problems, I advise you to continue reading this, which gives advice on how to cope with such problems.
That was over 2 years ago now, heavens000
Seems like stuff that happened at the beginning of the pandemic was in the jurassic age…
KungFuMagazine.com is doing fine. You’ll know when it isn’t because this forum will shut down.
With the Internet is flourishing, paper media in the publishing market has been declining, and electronic media has been rising. No, I do not think paper media will completely disappear on this planet. There will be an equilibrium.
Regards,
KC
Hong Kong
[QUOTE=GeneChing;1323750]Seems like stuff that happened at the beginning of the pandemic was in the jurassic age…
KungFuMagazine.com is doing fine. You’ll know when it isn’t because this forum will shut down.[/QUOTE]
That’s great to hear!