The first one is pure gold.
I totally thought of you, MK, when that letter came in
You like pain, right? 
We always encourage reader mail. It’s been less active since the rise of this forum, but letters sections are a standard in every print magazine. You can mail letters to us here via the post at:
Kung Fu Tai Chi Letters
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or email them to me at:
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Btw
We’ve posted the cover story from our March April 2008 issue - it’s an unabridged version of what appears in our print magazine. Read The Tradition of Modern Wushu: Pioneering Grandmaster Qian Yuanze by Gigi Oh and Gene Ching.