Today in China

Today, I want to share a really nice website about Kung-Fu… It’s great both on design and content point of view.
On this website, you will learn who Chris, a Martial Arts expert is. At the age of 17, he went to Hong Kong and then spent 10 years studying Kung-Fu with masters in HK, TaiWan and Mainland China.
And then, you will also meet Michelle, working in an Institute of Physics where she is doing a PhD in Atmospheric Physics. Michelle is also interested in Kung-Fu and would like to learn how to break wood with her bare hands. In fact, what she really wants is to understand the Physics behind…

As you see on the picture, this website is organized in sections and for each section, you will have some texts and a small video. Here is the list of the sections:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. About Chris
• 3. About Michelle
• 4. What is Kung-Fu
• 5. Breaking Blocks
• 6. Michelle’s Lab Book - Michelle on Physics
• 7. Newton’s Law
• 8. Michelle’s Lab Book - Conservation of Energy
• 9. Michelle’s Lab Book - Other Aspects of the Technique
• 10. Michelle’s Lab Book - Preparation
• 11. Michelle’s Lab Book - Analysis Part 1
• 12. Michelle’s Lab Book - Analysis Part 2
• 13. Michelle’s Lab Book - Calculations Part 1
• 14. Michelle’s Lab Book - Calculations Part 2
• 15. The Final Test
• 16. Success
• 17. Links and resources

Impressive, no? Michelle is explaining how she calculated the energy needed to break the wood and the energy she would produce if she hit the wood correctly. After verifying that it works mathematically, that the energy she produces is bigger than the one she needs, she tried and… success!!!

Go and check by yourself! ^_^

Links
Kung Fu Science - Chris and Michelle