#kung fu comics

[timbit-robin-art]

I feel sad -> I reread my favorite Tim storylines -> I instantly feel better about my life.

[zndr315-blog]

[doweesig]

Been wanting to draw this since the reveal of the SMB Movie casting lol

[hypnospiralcomics]

Read more at www.HypnoSpiralComic.com!

[violent138]

Real fights are messy and I'm sure biting, scratching, scrambling away on your ass are all on the table and encouraged, but sparring matches in the Batcave between the Bats are probably sick as fuck when they try (aka the siblings are not bent on just beating the shit out of each other), because they're using a meld of techniques from about a hundred different martial arts, tapping into their unique strengths, and a near inhuman reading of each other (both from years of working together and experience) and an insane reflex time.

[shlii]

Story time with zhen

[sealhaus]

Smoking man

Local idiot bird deals with his constant chronic pain in the most unhealthy way historically possible.

(repaint of something I did of Shen a couple years ago for my au)

[thejdblog]

Still waiting for when a Spidey movie or show kinda actually does this. 🕷🕸

[theactioneer]

Ken Barr Deadly Hands of Kung Fu illustration (1970s)

[dresdencodak]

Kung Fu facts with Xiaoling (from Dark Science #153)

As you may guess, these old Kung Fu grannies are the ones that taught Ling Baguazhang ("Eight Trigram Palm"), more specifically Liang-style Bagua. Its beginner form is the Eight Fixed Palms, eight postures held while walking in a circle.

In the panel above, Ling is practicing that form, specifically "Lion Holds Ball," the fifth posture in the set. However she's incorrectly arching her back, hence why she's getting poked by one of the grannies.

Bagua is probably best known for its circular footwork while training (and also being the basis for airbending in Avatar), but in my opinion what makes it so unique is its ability to synthesize and integrate other martial arts into its system. In fact, the creator of Bagua in the late 19th century tasked his top students with developing their own versions of Bagua using the different styles they'd previously mastered.

For example, Cheng style Bagua was created by a master who integrated Bagua into his wrestling, Yin style integrates that master's Shaolin techniques, and Liang style integrated that master's kicking-focused style into Bagua. So there's quite a bit of diversity!

Edit I forgot to also mention that the reason I chose Lion Holds Ball is specifically because it's the first posture of the Fixed Eight to have an asymmetrical hand position, which offers unique ways to Ling to explore coordination with her prosthetic arm.

[scooterpengie]

Does 505 know he was grown in a lab? Probably but this Kung Fu Panda 2 reference was too good to pass up, they're even both bears! 😭

[vertigoartgore]

1978's Master of Kung Fu Vol.1 #64 cover by cover artist Paul Gulacy.

[dirtyriver]

"Immerse yourself in Marvel Madness! ", 1982 Marvel house ad, art by Michael Golden

[artist-the-incorrigible]

The Ring

Transcript:

Shen: You're alive? ...How? Bosswolf: *laughs* Boss Wolf, incredulous: You're asking me? Seriously?

This is a sketch of a another scene from my un-named Shen fic. Here at the fighting ring, Shen and Boss Wolf reunite for the first time since Shen's defeat.

The fic is still yet to be completed and edited, so some details are liable to change. :)

[spaceshiprocket]

Shang-Chi by Mike Zeck and John Beaty

[ct67373]

How to break the kitten’s inner peace.

🐯👀

By the way, I have started updating on Tumblr now😙