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Yin & Young Podcast EP 75: Eight Years in Review
May 27, 2025
Yin & Young Podcast EP 75: Eight Years in Review
May 27, 2025
May 27, 2025
Yin & Young Podcast EP 74: Gabriel Toya-Meléndez - Filmmaking, Identity, and Finding Your Tribe
Feb 11, 2025
Yin & Young Podcast EP 74: Gabriel Toya-Meléndez - Filmmaking, Identity, and Finding Your Tribe
Feb 11, 2025
Feb 11, 2025
Yin & Young Podcast EP 73: Paul Hoi #2 - Japan Stories, Skiing, Solo Traveling
Nov 24, 2024
Yin & Young Podcast EP 73: Paul Hoi #2 - Japan Stories, Skiing, Solo Traveling
Nov 24, 2024
Nov 24, 2024
Yin & Young Podcast EP 72 : William Gee Wong - Author of "Sons of Chinatown"
Jun 28, 2024
Yin & Young Podcast EP 72 : William Gee Wong - Author of "Sons of Chinatown"
Jun 28, 2024
Jun 28, 2024
Yin & Young Podcast EP 71  Aileen Cho - Intergenerational Trauma, Marriage, and Healing
Apr 18, 2024
Yin & Young Podcast EP 71 Aileen Cho - Intergenerational Trauma, Marriage, and Healing
Apr 18, 2024
Apr 18, 2024
Yin & Young Podcast EP 70 - Writer Peter Kageyama returns with MIDNIGHT CLIMAX
Feb 21, 2024
Yin & Young Podcast EP 70 - Writer Peter Kageyama returns with MIDNIGHT CLIMAX
Feb 21, 2024
Feb 21, 2024
Yin & Young Podcast EP 69 Daniel Tong - Editor: Finding your place in film and pursuing your passion
Feb 9, 2024
Yin & Young Podcast EP 69 Daniel Tong - Editor: Finding your place in film and pursuing your passion
Feb 9, 2024
Feb 9, 2024
Yin & Young Podcast EP 68 - Married Life, Cooking, Regret and Time
Aug 28, 2023
Yin & Young Podcast EP 68 - Married Life, Cooking, Regret and Time
Aug 28, 2023
Aug 28, 2023
Yin & Young Podcast Episode 67 - Kelly Hebestreit - Art, Identity, and Please Take Off Your Shoes
Apr 29, 2023
Yin & Young Podcast Episode 67 - Kelly Hebestreit - Art, Identity, and Please Take Off Your Shoes
Apr 29, 2023
Apr 29, 2023
Yin & Young Episode 66 - Peter Kageyama - Writer
Feb 2, 2023
Yin & Young Episode 66 - Peter Kageyama - Writer
Feb 2, 2023
Feb 2, 2023

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photo courtesy of Robert Jay Arnold

photo courtesy of Robert Jay Arnold

Yin & Young Episode 17 - The Journey of Robert Jay Arnold

July 18, 2017 in Society & Culture, Travel, Martial Arts

Y&Y w/ RJA: Martial Arts, Race, and Life in Taiwan

Yin & Young are back! In this episode we speak with martial artist and writer Robert Jay Arnold (孔有有). Robert is a martial arts lineage holder for Gao style Bagua Zhang (高式八卦掌)in Taiwan and a published author (links below). In this episode we get into some deep topics:

  • Growing up as a black kid in Ohio near the KKK

  • Martial arts as part of the Arnold family culture

  • When to fight

  • Martial arts as a lifestyle

  • Traditional Martial Arts and Mixed Martial Arts

  • Xu Xiaodong vs Wei Lei: "MMA vs Taichi match"

  • Blasians kids in Taiwan

  • Humility

 

Martial Arts Tips:

James - Try standing meditation aka standing like a post (站樁 zhanzhuang).

Daniel - Your forms are the language of your style, know them well.

Robert - Test your style in many different scenarios.

 

Check out Robert Jay Arnold’s novels here!

https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Jay-Arnold/e/B01EKPEK7Y/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0

Robert's blog "Fox Bagua Zhang":

http://warriorfox.blogspot.com/

 

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Tags: martial arts, Taiwan, Bagua, race, 八卦掌, writing
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