M Chan / Sifu Mimi Chan

219. How to safely drop 2 sizes in 8 weeks!

In this episode, Oscar Agramonte shares tips on how to drop 2 sizes in 8 weeks and achieve fat loss safely!

Oscar Agramonte is both a kung fu Sifu at the Wah Lum Temple and a personal trainer at Control Your Health. He recently began this 8-week fitness challenge with his clients. We discuss nutrition, habit building, strength workouts, and metabolic training.

ICYMI: 218. Chinese New Year traditions and new year goal setting

The Year of the Rat is the first zodiac sign in the Chinese zodiac cycle. According to the Chinese zodiac story, in the competition held by the Jade Emperor to decide the zodiac animals, the quick-witted rat asked the diligent ox to take him on a ride to cross the river and jumped down before the ox crossed the finish line, so the rat won the race and became the first of the zodiac animals.

217. Dan John on hard work, revolutions and America

Dan John is a world-renowned strength coach and mentor to many in the fitness industry. In this episode, Dan discusses the importance of doing the work! Whether it applies to strength training, kung fu, or education… there are no shortcuts in life.

216. Greg Rucka on writing, hope and accountability

Greg shares his process for writing through the mixture of emotions and upcoming projects such as: Lazarus, Black Magick and The Old Guard.

215. ICYMI Best of: Oscar Agramonte on Health and Fitness Goals (New Year resolutions)

How can you stick to your New Year resolutions? Should we make resolutions, or are we just setting ourselves up for failure? Oscar Agramonte of Control Your Health discusses the common pitfalls of setting resolutions and how we can avoid them.

214. ICYMI Best of: The Greg Rucka and Mimi Chan origin story

In this episode we discuss the Mimi Chan and Greg Rucka origin story. I thought it would be fun to share how we met and how we ended up where we are today.

213. ICYMI Best of: What does it mean to be a kung fu sifu?

What is the meaning of the word Sifu or Shifu? Kung fu practitioners around the world have used this term to describe their teachers, but what does it truly mean to be a kung fu sifu?

Oscar Agramonte and I have a conversation about what the word ‘Sifu’ means to us and how it relates to our Wah Lum Kung Fu System.

212. How to stay healthy through the holidays

Oscar Agramonte and I discuss best practices on maintaining your health and fitness through the holidays and 2021. We also share our journey through 2020 during the covid19 pandemic and how we coped with the changes.

211. Greg Rucka on Hanukkah, comics and politics

In this episode, Greg discusses holiday traditions and answers listener questions about comics. Greg also reads the poem Marwan Kenzari sent during the filming of The Old Guard!

209. Greg Rucka on The Old Guard, Lazarus and Batwoman

If you are a fan of The Old Guard, Lazarus, Batwoman, or comics in general, listen on! Greg answers listener questions about all these wonderful characters and comics.

208. Dr. Yang Jwing Ming on tai chi chuan

Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming has written more than 30 books and 50 instructional videos on Chinese Martial Arts. He has taught thousands of seminars worldwide, and was voted by Inside Kung Fu magazine as One of the ten people who have made the greatest impact on martial arts in the last 100 years.

207. Greg Rucka on the imbalance of wealth in the world

For those that read Greg Rucka’s incredible Lazarus comic, you will notice disturbing similarities between the world he built to the one we are living in today. Greed and wealth inequality are major themes in the comic. We discuss these parallels between our society and the Lazarus world. He also shares his research and creative process for world building.