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Aug 3, 2022

Hanfu: the Style of Wuxia

As foreign media has become more available in the West, Chinese period dramas such as “The Untamed” have experienced an explosion of...

Jun 22, 2022

Essential Wuxia: The Legend of Sword and Fairy

The Legend of Sword and Fairy 6 came out in 2015, and as a gamer and a fan of the Wuxia genre, I had very high expectations for this...

May 11, 2022

Essential Wuxia: Boxers & Saints

The beginning of the 20th century was a tumultuous time for China. Westerners began taking positions of power, bringing with them...

May 6, 2022

Monks in Media

The monk - a master of mind and body, a follower of the Buddha, and inheritor of a long legacy of meditation and martial prowess. For...

May 4, 2022

Star Wars: Essential Wuxia Review

May the Fourth be with you! Today is Star Wars Day, and we have been just itching to do an Essential Wuxia Review ever since we first...

Apr 27, 2022

Essential Wuxia: The Shaolin Temple (1982)

“The Shaolin Temple (1982)”, directed by Chang Hsin Yen, is a masterwork of dazzling blows and extreme martial arts, set in a...

Apr 20, 2022

A Sliding Scale of Cultivation Systems

Everyone loves a good underdog story. There’s nothing quite like seeing someone fight their way to the top, using pure will power to get...

Apr 13, 2022

What's the Jianghu?

If you’re new to wuxia, you may just see gibberish when I say it, but the jianghu (江湖) is the parallel world, inhabited by bandits,...

Mar 30, 2022

5 Wuxia Novels for March

Spring is taking its sweet time this year. The nights are still long, and so we've put together a few novels we've enjoyed reading this...

Mar 23, 2022

Wuxia Weapons: Dog Beating Staff

In wuxia, there are many different kinds of staves and rods that are used as weapons, symbols of power, or "ordinary" walking sticks....

Mar 15, 2022

Essential Wuxia: Nirvana in Fire

Nirvana in Fire (also known as Langya Bang) is an exceptionally well-written Chinese drama, available with English subtitles on Viki and...

Mar 2, 2022

Top 5 Wuxia Series on Netflix

Feeling bored, but can't find something good on Netflix? Are you interested in brilliant writing, deep characters and tense drama? Then...

Feb 17, 2022

Wandering Heroes

Wandering heroes are found in almost every culture, stories of do-gooders who come across folks in trouble, and rush to their rescue,...

Feb 2, 2022

Bleach: Essential Wuxia Review

We've been wanting to do Bleach for months, but had to pause it when we got busy with our Immortal Swordsmen launch. But now, we're so...

Feb 1, 2022

Spring Festival: North America

There's a lot to talk about, so let's dive right in and look at celebrations across Canada and the States! Though the traditions we have...

Jan 31, 2022

Spring Festival: Korea

Tonight marks the eve of the Lunar New Year, and celebrations around the world are well underway. The Lunar New Year festivities in Korea...

Jan 28, 2022

Spring Festival: Vietnam

In Vietnam, the Spring Festival is called Tết Nguyên Đán, or Tết for short. It almost always starts the same day as Lunar New Year in...

Jan 27, 2022

Spring Festival: the Philippines

In 2012, then-President Aquino declared that the the Lunar New Year would be a work holiday for all Filipinos, finally recognizing a...

Jan 26, 2022

Spring Festival: Malaysia

The Spring Festival is a holiday celebrating family as much as it is about bringing good fortune, and what better way to do that than...

Jan 25, 2022

Spring Festival Celebrations

The Spring Festival - also known as Chinese New Year - is the biggest festival in Asia. It is a time to celebrate family and encourage...

Jan 19, 2022

Wuxia Weapons: Fans

Today we wanted to talk about one of the weirder weapons we see in wuxia stories: paper fans. If you’re new to wuxia, you might be...

Dec 27, 2021

The Matrix: Essential Wuxia Review

This week we decided to revisit a classic. Since its debut in 1999, The Matrix has been heralded as groundbreaking, famously combing...

Dec 21, 2021

The Witcher: Essential Wuxia Review

This week, we’re taking a look at Netflix’s adaption of The Witcher (just Season 1 though, no spoilers!). Are you guys surprised? Well,...

Nov 26, 2021

Wuxia Weapons: Green Destiny

Named weapons have a long tradition in wuxia stories. In Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, the famed Green Destiny is one such sword. Green...

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