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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...
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- 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...
- Nov 18, 2021
Chronicles of the Immortal Swordsmen: Interview with Hank Kanalz
Our final interview with the creative team that made our upcoming Chronicles of the Immortal Swordsmen possible is with Hank Kanalz, the...
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