[HENAN, CHINA] Learning Chinese Kung Fu at Shaolin Temple
Shaolin Temple needs no introduction – even non-martial arts fans around the globe would know that Shaolin is the place where Chinese Kung Fu originated. In a collaboration with Channel NewsAsia (CNA), I flew out from Singapore to Henan, in Central China’s Yellow River Valley, for a week-long adventure which I will detail here in […]
Supermum Arlene Lim is a single mother of three kids, runs three martial arts schools, teaches taekwondo and trains competitively in BJJ
Mothers’ Day is just a week away and I would like to share Arlene Lim’s story. When I went down to check out Trifecta Martial Arts School – opened last November offering taekwondo and Brazilian Jiu-Jiutsu (BJJ) – and interview Arlene, 37, the founder and programme director, I didn’t expect to meet such an outstanding […]