Short list of publications by
Gregory Brundage
Some of my professional writing experience
USA 美国
1980-1983:
Journal of American Geographical Society (AGS) 杂志Published a series of book reviews
1988-1992:
Milwaukee Community Journal (MCJ) Full time newspaper Reporter 时报 记者 (African American newspaper)
Over this four-year period I published hundreds of articles including interviews with Senators, Congressmen and so on. Those publications include:
+ Fourteen part series on Cracks in the Child Protective System (This series led to several laws being changed.)
+ Series on Becoming a man in the African American Community
+ Series on Jeffrey Dahmer Murder Trial – Lead reporter for the African American press
1991 Promoted to editor 主编 of MCJ subsidiary newspaper “Northwest 76er”
MALAYSIA 马来西亚
1992-1995: New Straits Times (newspaper - Malaysia) Stringer and freelance reporter 记者
+ Four part Child Abuse Prevention series (July – Aug. 1992)
+ Kashmir war series (January 1994) 巴控克什米尔
+ Interviews with Afghan refugees (January 1994) 阿富汗
+ Pakistan 巴基斯坦
Sunday Star (newspaper - Malaysia) Freelance newspaper 时报reporter
+ More than 20 interviews采访 with foreign Ambassadors to Malaysia (May – December 1994)
Series title: “Ambassadors at Large” (See below for list)
+ Many others, including “Plight of the Legal Immigrants”April 18, 1993
Asian Defense Journal – Freelance, (October 1994) 学报
Islamic Herald Magazine - Freelance writer and assistant editor Published by PERKIM (1994 – 1995)
Suara Masjid Negara, Magazine of the National Mosque, 1994 -1995, ISSN: 1207-1979
USA 美国
1980-1983:
Journal of American Geographical Society (AGS) 杂志Published a series of book reviews
1988-1992:
Milwaukee Community Journal (MCJ) Full time newspaper Reporter 时报 记者 (African American newspaper)
Over this four-year period I published hundreds of articles including interviews with Senators, Congressmen and so on. Those publications include:
+ Fourteen part series on Cracks in the Child Protective System (This series led to several laws being changed.)
+ Series on Becoming a man in the African American Community
+ Series on Jeffrey Dahmer Murder Trial – Lead reporter for the African American press
1991 Promoted to editor 主编 of MCJ subsidiary newspaper “Northwest 76er”
MALAYSIA 马来西亚
1992-1995: New Straits Times (newspaper - Malaysia) Stringer and freelance reporter 记者
+ Four part Child Abuse Prevention series (July – Aug. 1992)
+ Kashmir war series (January 1994) 巴控克什米尔
+ Interviews with Afghan refugees (January 1994) 阿富汗
+ Pakistan 巴基斯坦
Sunday Star (newspaper - Malaysia) Freelance newspaper 时报reporter
+ More than 20 interviews采访 with foreign Ambassadors to Malaysia (May – December 1994)
Series title: “Ambassadors at Large” (See below for list)
+ Many others, including “Plight of the Legal Immigrants”April 18, 1993
Asian Defense Journal – Freelance, (October 1994) 学报
Islamic Herald Magazine - Freelance writer and assistant editor Published by PERKIM (1994 – 1995)
Suara Masjid Negara, Magazine of the National Mosque, 1994 -1995, ISSN: 1207-1979
Though I published a rather large number of articles during the past 20 years, mostly these days I'm trying to "gestalt" articles into books that cover topics from a wider perspective than most articles can provide with their very limited word counts.
We are Innocent - Islam, Peace Solidarity and The Great Linking Project Proposal
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For some odd reason, academia.edu would not allow me to publish the above book on their site. That's rather odd. They always published everything else I wrote. Mmm.
Below is a collection of five articles I'm working on now and may explain why academia.edu wouldn't publish my innocent book above.
Below is a collection of five articles I'm working on now and may explain why academia.edu wouldn't publish my innocent book above.
Alt News During the 3rd Red Scare
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For more on these inter-related topics see my newest site:
thegreatlinking.org/
thegreatlinking.org/
I started working on the above recent series of research projects when I noticed President Biden was loading his cabinet with known "interventionists," (Individuals with histories of advocating for and profiting from wars). This world does NOT need more wars.
Below is a book I co-authored with an old Korean friend in about 2008:
Kumdo - Korean Sword Fighting Art
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Though it's true during the Yuan Dynasty the Silk Roads were quite safe to travel, for most of history security was a real issue. Certainly mounted bow and arrow skills were required of Silk Road caravan security, but so too were sword fighting skills.
This is a short book I put together with an old friend Ahn Jeong Huan (안정완) some 10 years ago and has since just sat in my computer files. So, this morning I took the various parts and put them together into this short book. I hope it is of some use to those who might wish to learn something about the fine art of Korean Kumdo.
This is a short book I put together with an old friend Ahn Jeong Huan (안정완) some 10 years ago and has since just sat in my computer files. So, this morning I took the various parts and put them together into this short book. I hope it is of some use to those who might wish to learn something about the fine art of Korean Kumdo.
Interviews with Foreign Ambassadors
in three countries
MALAYSIA
The Sunday Star - Ambassador at Large Series
30/05/93 Pakistan
23/05/93 Britain
06/06/93 Finland
20/06/93 Palestine
27/06/93 Brazil
07/04/93 Romania
11/07/93 Denmark
18/07/93 Kuwait
25/07/93 Sudan
01/08/93 India
26/09/93 Argentina
17/10/93 Thailand
09/01/94 Mexico
There were several others including the ambassadors from Papua New Guinea, Belgium and a few different interviews with the Ambassador of Palestine at that time Ahmad Al Farah for one story or another. My records are not complete due to moving a lot over past decades. I also was publishing in The New Straits Times, Islamic Herald (published by PERKIM), Suara Masjid Negara (Voice of the National Mosque), Asian Defense Journal, and other publications during those years in Malaysia.
SOUTH KOREA - Embassy Row Series
In this series I brought students from the high school where I teaching, Honam Jeil High school, and had them interview the ambassadors; I added follow-up questions and wrote the series.
July 31, 2003 Embassy Row
Korea and Belgium have more in common
than meets the eye
Interview with Ambassador Koenraad Rouvroy
August 7, 2003 Embassy Row
Italy, Korea Share Common Passions
Interview with Ambassador Franchesco Raussi
August 14, 2003 Embassy Row Series
Building Human Bridges across the Pacific
Interview with Ambassador David Taylor
IN CHINA
Global Times Diplomat and Optimist
January 7, 2010 Interview with Ambassador of Belgium to China, Patrick Nijs
I did a few other interviews with Ambassadors in Beijing but discontinued the series because I wasn’t satisfied with the editing. Was it a real editor, or just some entry-level “copy editor” (?) I have no idea.
The Sunday Star - Ambassador at Large Series
30/05/93 Pakistan
23/05/93 Britain
06/06/93 Finland
20/06/93 Palestine
27/06/93 Brazil
07/04/93 Romania
11/07/93 Denmark
18/07/93 Kuwait
25/07/93 Sudan
01/08/93 India
26/09/93 Argentina
17/10/93 Thailand
09/01/94 Mexico
There were several others including the ambassadors from Papua New Guinea, Belgium and a few different interviews with the Ambassador of Palestine at that time Ahmad Al Farah for one story or another. My records are not complete due to moving a lot over past decades. I also was publishing in The New Straits Times, Islamic Herald (published by PERKIM), Suara Masjid Negara (Voice of the National Mosque), Asian Defense Journal, and other publications during those years in Malaysia.
SOUTH KOREA - Embassy Row Series
In this series I brought students from the high school where I teaching, Honam Jeil High school, and had them interview the ambassadors; I added follow-up questions and wrote the series.
July 31, 2003 Embassy Row
Korea and Belgium have more in common
than meets the eye
Interview with Ambassador Koenraad Rouvroy
August 7, 2003 Embassy Row
Italy, Korea Share Common Passions
Interview with Ambassador Franchesco Raussi
August 14, 2003 Embassy Row Series
Building Human Bridges across the Pacific
Interview with Ambassador David Taylor
IN CHINA
Global Times Diplomat and Optimist
January 7, 2010 Interview with Ambassador of Belgium to China, Patrick Nijs
I did a few other interviews with Ambassadors in Beijing but discontinued the series because I wasn’t satisfied with the editing. Was it a real editor, or just some entry-level “copy editor” (?) I have no idea.
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Sports and culture publications from
& in South Korea
Black Belt Magazine (USA) 武术 杂志
Feb. 2006 Hwarang History (Vol. 44 No. 2, 42)
May 2010 Buddhist Martial Art of South Korea (Vol. 48 No. 3, 86-89)
Taekwondo Times Magazine (USA) 跆拳道 杂志
March 2007 Zen & Sunmudo; Martial Art Training at Golgulsa Temple (Vol. 27, No. 2, 20)
May 2008 Kuk-gung - Korean Traditional Archery (Special Korean culture issue)Vol. 28, N. 3 Issue number 163 pp. 36-38
August 17, 2008 Two Historical Events at the 10th World Taekwondo Festival & Korea Classic Open, July 1 – 6
http://www.taekwondotimes.com/index.php?PAGE_ID=436
November, 2008 Korea’s MMA is Spirit MC Vol. 28 (6) pp. 58-61
May, 2009 Buncheong Pottery Vol. 29, (3) pp. 41-44
May, 2010 Taekwondo Scene in Beijing pp. 78-81
Kendo World (Japan) 剑道 杂志 (日本)
June, 2007 Living Your Art - An Interview with Park Yong Chon - Korean Sword Master (Vol. 3.4)
BOOK
Korea Up Close – Photographic Encounters Summer 2007 -by Foreign Observers - Lords of Swords – Korean Traditional Swordsmiths: Revival of a Lost Art, Compiled by Craig White, Seoul Selection Publ. Pages 117-133ISBN: 978-89-91913-18-9 03980
Feb. 2006 Hwarang History (Vol. 44 No. 2, 42)
May 2010 Buddhist Martial Art of South Korea (Vol. 48 No. 3, 86-89)
Taekwondo Times Magazine (USA) 跆拳道 杂志
March 2007 Zen & Sunmudo; Martial Art Training at Golgulsa Temple (Vol. 27, No. 2, 20)
May 2008 Kuk-gung - Korean Traditional Archery (Special Korean culture issue)Vol. 28, N. 3 Issue number 163 pp. 36-38
August 17, 2008 Two Historical Events at the 10th World Taekwondo Festival & Korea Classic Open, July 1 – 6
http://www.taekwondotimes.com/index.php?PAGE_ID=436
November, 2008 Korea’s MMA is Spirit MC Vol. 28 (6) pp. 58-61
May, 2009 Buncheong Pottery Vol. 29, (3) pp. 41-44
May, 2010 Taekwondo Scene in Beijing pp. 78-81
Kendo World (Japan) 剑道 杂志 (日本)
June, 2007 Living Your Art - An Interview with Park Yong Chon - Korean Sword Master (Vol. 3.4)
BOOK
Korea Up Close – Photographic Encounters Summer 2007 -by Foreign Observers - Lords of Swords – Korean Traditional Swordsmiths: Revival of a Lost Art, Compiled by Craig White, Seoul Selection Publ. Pages 117-133ISBN: 978-89-91913-18-9 03980
Publications from and about China, and/or relating to Wushu Kung Fu
Book
North Shaolin Monastery - History, Culture and Reincarnation
Above is a book I wrote about the history and culture of North Shaolin Monastery on Pan Mountain in East China. Its the only official sub-temple of Songshan Shaolin. Whereas Songshan Shaolin was destroyed in 1928 during the Warlord Era in China, North Shaolin survived until 1942 when the entire mountain was burned by the Japanese mountain. There were 72 monasteries on that mountain and all were obliterated. The mountain was a stronghold of anti-Japanese resistance during the war. After the war the North Shaolin was lost until a friend named Professor Gao Wen Shan from Tianjin found the ancient White Tower that survived, filled with bullet holes as it is. One of the reasons I moved to China in 2009 was to see this venerable monument to martial valor. I first visited in 2010. Since then the monastery has mostly been rebuilt. The North Shaolin first became a Shaolin Monastery during the Yuan Dynasty some 800 years ago. No doubt the Shaolin Monasteries were upon tributaries to the great Silk Roads - especially during the Yuan Dynasty.
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Kung Fu Magazine (U.S.A.) 武术 杂志
Jan/Feb 2008 The evolution of Modern MMA in China 散打
http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=986
Nov. 2010 Rebuilding the Northern Shaolin Temple 1 少林 (Print Edition)
May/June, 2011 Rebuilding the Northern Shaolin Temple 2 少林 (Print Edition)
July, 2011 Rebuilding the Northern Shaolin Temple 3 少林
http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=96
Jan/Feb 2012 New Star in the Universe of International Wushu Competitions (Print Edition)
Jan, 2012 Chinese New Year's at the True North Shaolin Temple: Rebuilding the Northern Shaolin: Part IV
http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1028
December, 2012 A Visit to Chin Wu Athletic Association - Headquarters in Shanghai
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1074
January/February, 2013 Rebuilding the North Shaolin Temple – Part V: “Reconstruction Full-Speed Ahead! - (Print Edition)
February 13, 2013Visiting the Home of the Monkey King Sun Wu-Kong
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1084
March, 2013 The Broad-based Roles of Kung Fu, Tai Chi and Other Martial Arts in Education - A Brief Literature Review
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1085
May, 2013 Rebuilding the Northern Shaolin – Part VI
New Years at Baitasi Branch Shaolin Temple (Year of the Snake, 2013)
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1093
August, 2013 In the footsteps of the Masters – Search for the Ultimate Kung Fu Shoes (Visit to Neiliansheng Shoe store in Xianmen Beijing & Baitasi Temple – a Shaolin Branch in Jixian) Aug. 2013
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1120
October, 2013 Rebuilding the Northern Shaolin Temple: Part VII
Reconstruction Surge and other changes in Panshan
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1126
January 2014 North Shaolin Kung Fu - Historical background and an interview with 7th Generation - Master Shāng Mián Huī, from Panshan, in Jixian, northeastern China (Print Edition) January, 2014
Rebuilding the Northern Shaolin Temple: Part VIII Spirit of the Masters (On-line edition)
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1144
June, 2014 Rebuilding the Northern Shaolin Temple Part IX: Steps and Emptiness (On-line edition)
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1164
September, 2014 Three Shaolin Monasteries in Fujian Province: The Jewels of Southern Shaolin Part 1: Quanzhou (On-line edition)
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1175
October, 2014 Three Shaolin monasteries in Fujian Province: The Jewels of Southern Shaolin Part 2 – Putian (On- line edition)
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1176
October, 2014
Three Shaolin monasteries in Fujian Province: The Jewels of Southern Shaolin Part 3 – Fuqing (On-line edition)
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1181
January, 2015
Rebuilding the Northern Shaolin Temple - Part 11: View from the Qian Xiang Monastery at the base of Panshan and Reconstruction News
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1198
March, 2015
Rebuilding the Northern Shaolin Temple – Part 12: Fan Yi Hui Chan House – Beijing
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1211
February 10, 2016
Rebuilding the North Shaolin Temple: Part 13: Meditation Hall, Mountain Spirits, and an elephant in the living room – Summer 2015 and Winter, 2016
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1281
March to May 2015 Kung Fu in Kabul
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1213
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1214
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1219
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1223
June, 2015 RAMIL ALLAHVERDIYEV – “PROFESSOR OF THE RING” IN WORLD SANDA CH AMPIONSHIP
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1229
SILK ROAD KUNG FU FRIENDSHIP TOUR
August 18, 2015
Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 1: Introduction
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1239
August 27, 2015 Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 2: The Kung Fu Masters of Xian
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1241
September 4, 2015 Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 3: TURPAN: FLAMING MOUNTAINS, EID AL-FITRWITH A UYGHUR FAMILY, AND BEZEKLIK 1000 BUDDHA CAVES
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1243
September 16, 2015 Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 4: Turpan to Urumqi Jingwu School
Interview with Faculty Member Young Master Ali and other Kung Fu schools in Urumqi
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1245
September 30, 2015 Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 5: Road to Almaty Kazakhstan
Interview with Shifu Mike Adams that teaches private classes in Wing Chun and Tai Chi in Almaty
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1250
October 7, 2015 Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 6: Master Yuriy Vyalkov and Vinh Xuan Dang Gia, Vietnamese “Buddha style” Wing Chun Kung Fu
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1256
October 15, 2015 Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 7: Bishkek Kyrgyzstan and an interview with Dmitrushenko Yuriy Vladimirovich, President of the Kung Fu Federation of Kyrgyz Republic
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1258
October 23, 2015 Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 8 Interview with Mr. Ganiev Ravshan, President of the Wushu Federation of Uzbekistan And a Visit to the Barakh-khan Madrasah
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1260
October 29, 2015 Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 9: Kung Fu Magazine and International Diplomacy
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1261
March 19, 2016The Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 10: Shifu Arteom and the Tashkent Traditional Wushu Association & The State Museum of the History of Uzbekistan
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1287
April 8, 2016 The Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 11: The Wushu of Young Master Anar Budagli, Tashkent’s City Center’s Chorsu Bazaar & a Visit to the International Caravanserai of Culture in Tashkent
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1291
June 14, 2016 The Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 12: The Road to Ashgabat: Interview with Yazmyrat Annamyradov & a Visit to the National Turkmen Kurash (Traditional Wrestling) Training Center
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1292
June 15, 2016 The Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 13: Silk Road’s Northeast Terminal Beijing, the Niujie Masjid, China’s Islamic Association and Wang Zheng Yi, also known as Great Broadsword Wang the 5th
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1301
October 14, 2016 The Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 14: Interview with Azer Mallem, President of the Azerbaijan Wushu Federation & Azerbaijan Muay Thai/Thai Boxing Federation and “Zorkana” – The House of Force and Strength
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1320
Oct. 19, 2016 The Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 15: Visit to the Georgian Wushu Federation Summer Camp in Kobuleti & Interview with Federation President & Taolu Head Coach Giorgi Verulidze, their Sanda Head Coach Lasha Sumbulashvili and some Junior National Team Members
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1321
January 5, 2017 Silk Road Friendship Tour Part 16: Interview with Abdurrahman Akyuz, President of the Turkish Wushu Federation and Fathomless Histories in Ankara, Bursa and Istanbul
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1334
April 3, 2017 Silk Road Friendship Tour Part 17: Amazing Pakistan: Interview with Wushu Master Noor Ahmed Saqib & Visit to the Ancient Metropolis and Silk Road Junction of Taxila
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1350
Silk Road Friendship Tour Part 18: Kung Fu Federation of Pakistan in Lahore – Interview with Grandmaster Malik Iftikhar Ahmed, President & Founder of the Pakistan Wushu Federation and Interview with Muhammad Shah Bukhari, Director of the National Museum of Pakistan
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1355
August 17, 2017 Silk Road Friendship Tour Part 19: Ancient Martial Arts of Gansu Province, China
THROUGH THE EYE OF THE CAMEL – THE SECRETS OF ANCIENT KUNG FU IN CHINA’S MOGAO CAVES, WESTERN FRONTIER FORTRESSES AND THE GOBI DESERT
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1365
October 5, 2017 Silk Road Friendship Tour Part Part 20: Through the Eye of the Camel – Dunhuang Museum and Mosque, and White Horse Temple
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1373
January 4, 2018 The Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 21: The Noble Martial Art Legacy of Qatar
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1379.
January 4, 2018 The Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 22: The Noble Martial Art Legacy of Qatar Continued
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/index.php?p=article&article=1394
May, 2018 Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 23: Wushu Federation in Vietnam
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1490
June, 2019 Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 24 - Nam Hong Son Bac Ninh Martial Arts in Hanoi
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1493
Jan/Feb 2019 Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 25 - Wushu in the Land of the Rising Sun
Interviews with Japan Wushu Taijiquan Executive Director Hiroo Kawasaki, International Exchange Committee Vice-President Seiichi Agarihama, and media director Kazumasa Nagae at their national headquarters; interview with National Team Head Coach Sun Jian Ming and several national team members
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1502 (Published Aug. 2019)
Jan/Feb 2019 Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 26 - Wushu in the Land of the Rising Sun Continued
Kyoto Imperial Palace and Kyoto Ginkakuji Zen Temple and in Nara (ancient Silk Road city) Nara Horyuji Temple Fujinoki Tumulus Tomb with swords from ancient Balkh - Afghanistan - and China and Todai-Ji Temple. Also visited Himeji (town) with its amazing castle Himejijoh . In Tokyo National Museum, Samurai Museum, Kodokan Judo headquarters where I did competition with some awesome players and Kyumeikan Kendo Dojo where I was honored to compete with some truly great swordsmen
Awaiting publication
July/Aug 2019 Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 27 – Wushu in Indonesia
Visit with the National Wushu Team in Jakarta, Meeting Hobbits, Buddhas and Hindu Gods in the National Museum, Introduction to Pencat Silat and Journey up Kawah Putih, or White Crater Volcano
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1513
Sept. 2019 Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 28 – Wushu in Indonesia Continued
Visit to a countryside Pencat Silat (martial art) School in South Kalimantan Island in Indonesia, dig and pan in the traditional ways in Indonesia’s second largest diamond fields at Cempaka, followed by a spectacular Pencat Silat martial art festival, and then a few beautiful days at the National Pencat Silat Training Center in Jakarta called Padepokan Pencak Silat Indonesia.
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1517
Nov. 2019 Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 29 - 15th World Wushu Championships in Shanghai
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1521
2019 Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 30 - 15th World Wushu Championships in Shanghai, Cont.
Interviews with Wushu Federation presidents, coaches, athletes and journeys to the ancient Maritime Silk Road Port in Zhenhai District of Ningbo City in Zhejiang Province (just a hop across the bay from Shanghai), Tientong Temple that passed the torch of Zen to a major branch of Japanese Buddhism, and back in time some 7,000 years to the archeological site of Hemudu where some of the most ancient domesticated rice in China was found.
Awaiting Publication
2019 Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 31 - Wushu in Thailand
2019 Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 32 - Wushu in Thailand
Awaiting Publication
Silk Road Taekwondo Quest Series
A parallel series of stories of my Silk Road travels was also published in Taekwondo Times Magazine, print edition. Below is a list and pdfs of a few can be downloaded. I believe all can be downloaded (for a small charge) now from:
https://www.zinio.com/gb/tae-kwon-do-times-m33504
https://www.zinio.com/gb/tae-kwon-do-times-m33504
Silk Roads - Taekwondo Quest Series - Published in Taekwondo Times Magazine (USA)
Note: Part 8 was just published March, 2018, so publication date lags behind writing in some cases by more than a year. This is normal for most martial arts magazines. Fortunately, Taekwondo Times recently started an online e-zine and hopefully we’ll get caught up quickly! The dates below are interview dates and and not publication dates.
TKD Quest Part 1 - 7/2015 Interview with Kyrgyzstan ITF President Vitalii Oleinichenko
July 28, 2015 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Welcome to the Silk Road and A day with Vitalii Oleinichenko, President ITF Kyrgyzstan, and our visit to internationally famous ancient Silk Road site called Suyab in ancient times and Ak-Beshim in more recent history, located about 50 km east of Bishkek the capital city and eight km southwest of Tokmok, a small nearby town.
TKD Quest Part 2 Uzbekistan ITF Chairman Master Han
August 1st, 2015 Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Interview with Chairman of the Board of Federation of Taekwon-Do ITF Uzbekistan and Senior Vice-President of Asia Taekwon-Do ITF Federation, Master Han
TKD Quest Part 3 Uzbek Jhoon Rhee TKD, WTF TKD HQ
February 1, 2016, Tashkent Uzbekistan, Interviews with Mirzahid Mirdjalalov, Vice President of Jhoon Rhee Taekwondo of Uzbekistan, WTF GMS Event Assistant Sarvar Shamusarov, Dr. Abbos Latipov, Secretary General of the Uzbekistan WTF Association, Farrukh Usmanov, Director of the Academy of Art of Uzbekistan International Caravanserai of Culture of Ikuo Hirayama, and Sheyko Constantine, Chief Supervisor Archeologist of Silk Road sites in Uzbekistan working out of the Uzbekistan International Caravanserai of Culture. (Download below!)
TKD Quest Part 4 Bukhara Uzbek - Interviews with ITF Masters Umida & Furkat
February 4 – 6, 2016, Bukhara, Uzbekistan - Umida & Furkat’s Taekwondo - Love in Action - Visits with them include to the comic iron statue of Nasridin Afandi , followed by Magoki-Attari Mosque (sacred to Zoroastrian religion, Buddhism and Islam), the colossal Citadel of the Art, the museum therein, and Zimdan, the medieval Amir’s gruesome prison behind the Citadel. (Download below!)
TKD Quest Part 5 City of Mary, Turkmenistan, ITF 7th Dan Master Ayhan
February 7 - 11, 2016, City of Mary/Merv, Turkmenistan, Interview with Master Atabayev Aydogdy (Master Ayhan) Vice President of the Turkmenistan International Taekwondo Federation and National Team Coach, fabulous ancient oasis city in the Karakum Desert, and major stops along the Ancient Silk Roads: Dayahatyn Caravansarai - Most excellent Silk Road trading center, Gosha Gala IC, twin fortress, Astanababa Mausoleum and Akmuhammet Isan Madrassa, along the ancient caravan route leading from Babylon to the city of Hamadan. (Download below!)
TKD Quest Part 6 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan Interview with WTF Federation President Master Gurbanov Yazmyrat - Harmony of Ancient and Modern in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan – This National WTF Taekwondo Team’s Rocks!
Feb 12, 2016, Visits to the National Museum of History and Ethnography of Turkmenistan, Interview with Master Gurbanov Yazmyrat President of National Taekwondo WTF Center of Turkmenistan and Coach of the Turkmenistan National WTF Team and, visit to the Turkmenistan National Junior Kurash (traditional wrestling) Team
TKD Quest Part 7 Georgia ITF Levan Tsaretashvili
July 17, 2016, Tbilisi, Georgia - Interviews with Georgian International Taekwondo Federation President Mr. Levan Tsaretashvili and founder and General Secretary of the Israel Taekwon-Do Association Leo Oros Duek, and visits to the Georgian National Museum and Mtskheta, Georgia’s former capital city
TKD Quest Part 8 WTF Georgia WTF Trainer Ioseb Osidze
July 18, 2016, Tbilisi Georgia, Interview with WTF National Team and Trainer Ioseb Osidze and at least part of their national team and visits to their National Museum, Narikala Fortress, Black Sea and the Mother of Georgia, Kartlis Deda
TKD Quest Part 9 Azerbaijan WTF International Relations Chief and National Team Manager Jalal Safarov
July 28, 2016, Baku, Azerbaijan, Interview with Azerbaijan’s WTF International Relations Chief and National Team Manager Jalal Safarov and a brief tour of the Azerbaijan National Museum of History, introduction to Zorkana, the House of Strength and Power, and the Old Town “Icheri Sheher,” including Maiden’s Tower, and the exquisite Palace of Shirvanshah
TKD Quest Part 10 Turkish WTF President Ali Sagirkaya
August 2, 2016m Ankara Turkey, Interview with Turkish WTF President Ali Sagirkaya in Ankara, visit to the training center of their national team, interview with senior coach Cihat Kutuca as well as several of their team members, and an Interview with Ancient History Professor Gregory McMahon, visit to Bursa, and the Sea of Marmara.
TKD Quest Part 11 Pakistan WTF Federation President Lt. Col. Waseem
December 27, 2016, Interview with Pakistan WTF President Lt. Col. Waseem Ahmed Janjua in Islamabad, visit to one of their National Junior Team Training Centers, a National Team Training Center and interviews with Coaches Muhammad Hanif and Najia Khan & Silk Road Sights in Pakistan including Ancient Metropolis of Taxila, Lahore Fort, Mohenjo Daro and Karachi
TKD Quest Part 12 Qatar WTF Secretary General Eid Ali Al-Muraikhi & 7th Dan Master Jae Kun Shin
July - August 2017, Visit to the Qatar Taekwondo, Judo and Karate Federation and interview with WTF Secretary General Eid Ali Al-Muraikhi, as well as interview with Master Jae Kun Shin, the head instructor, 7th Dan from Jeonju South Korea at Korean Taekwondo Center and many other Maritime Silk Road Sites including Al Ruwais, numerous ancient forts including Al Zubarah, and the ancient Souk Wakif in Doha, finishing with a traditional Sword Dance at a wedding.
Note: Part 8 was just published March, 2018, so publication date lags behind writing in some cases by more than a year. This is normal for most martial arts magazines. Fortunately, Taekwondo Times recently started an online e-zine and hopefully we’ll get caught up quickly! The dates below are interview dates and and not publication dates.
TKD Quest Part 1 - 7/2015 Interview with Kyrgyzstan ITF President Vitalii Oleinichenko
July 28, 2015 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Welcome to the Silk Road and A day with Vitalii Oleinichenko, President ITF Kyrgyzstan, and our visit to internationally famous ancient Silk Road site called Suyab in ancient times and Ak-Beshim in more recent history, located about 50 km east of Bishkek the capital city and eight km southwest of Tokmok, a small nearby town.
TKD Quest Part 2 Uzbekistan ITF Chairman Master Han
August 1st, 2015 Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Interview with Chairman of the Board of Federation of Taekwon-Do ITF Uzbekistan and Senior Vice-President of Asia Taekwon-Do ITF Federation, Master Han
TKD Quest Part 3 Uzbek Jhoon Rhee TKD, WTF TKD HQ
February 1, 2016, Tashkent Uzbekistan, Interviews with Mirzahid Mirdjalalov, Vice President of Jhoon Rhee Taekwondo of Uzbekistan, WTF GMS Event Assistant Sarvar Shamusarov, Dr. Abbos Latipov, Secretary General of the Uzbekistan WTF Association, Farrukh Usmanov, Director of the Academy of Art of Uzbekistan International Caravanserai of Culture of Ikuo Hirayama, and Sheyko Constantine, Chief Supervisor Archeologist of Silk Road sites in Uzbekistan working out of the Uzbekistan International Caravanserai of Culture. (Download below!)
TKD Quest Part 4 Bukhara Uzbek - Interviews with ITF Masters Umida & Furkat
February 4 – 6, 2016, Bukhara, Uzbekistan - Umida & Furkat’s Taekwondo - Love in Action - Visits with them include to the comic iron statue of Nasridin Afandi , followed by Magoki-Attari Mosque (sacred to Zoroastrian religion, Buddhism and Islam), the colossal Citadel of the Art, the museum therein, and Zimdan, the medieval Amir’s gruesome prison behind the Citadel. (Download below!)
TKD Quest Part 5 City of Mary, Turkmenistan, ITF 7th Dan Master Ayhan
February 7 - 11, 2016, City of Mary/Merv, Turkmenistan, Interview with Master Atabayev Aydogdy (Master Ayhan) Vice President of the Turkmenistan International Taekwondo Federation and National Team Coach, fabulous ancient oasis city in the Karakum Desert, and major stops along the Ancient Silk Roads: Dayahatyn Caravansarai - Most excellent Silk Road trading center, Gosha Gala IC, twin fortress, Astanababa Mausoleum and Akmuhammet Isan Madrassa, along the ancient caravan route leading from Babylon to the city of Hamadan. (Download below!)
TKD Quest Part 6 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan Interview with WTF Federation President Master Gurbanov Yazmyrat - Harmony of Ancient and Modern in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan – This National WTF Taekwondo Team’s Rocks!
Feb 12, 2016, Visits to the National Museum of History and Ethnography of Turkmenistan, Interview with Master Gurbanov Yazmyrat President of National Taekwondo WTF Center of Turkmenistan and Coach of the Turkmenistan National WTF Team and, visit to the Turkmenistan National Junior Kurash (traditional wrestling) Team
TKD Quest Part 7 Georgia ITF Levan Tsaretashvili
July 17, 2016, Tbilisi, Georgia - Interviews with Georgian International Taekwondo Federation President Mr. Levan Tsaretashvili and founder and General Secretary of the Israel Taekwon-Do Association Leo Oros Duek, and visits to the Georgian National Museum and Mtskheta, Georgia’s former capital city
TKD Quest Part 8 WTF Georgia WTF Trainer Ioseb Osidze
July 18, 2016, Tbilisi Georgia, Interview with WTF National Team and Trainer Ioseb Osidze and at least part of their national team and visits to their National Museum, Narikala Fortress, Black Sea and the Mother of Georgia, Kartlis Deda
TKD Quest Part 9 Azerbaijan WTF International Relations Chief and National Team Manager Jalal Safarov
July 28, 2016, Baku, Azerbaijan, Interview with Azerbaijan’s WTF International Relations Chief and National Team Manager Jalal Safarov and a brief tour of the Azerbaijan National Museum of History, introduction to Zorkana, the House of Strength and Power, and the Old Town “Icheri Sheher,” including Maiden’s Tower, and the exquisite Palace of Shirvanshah
TKD Quest Part 10 Turkish WTF President Ali Sagirkaya
August 2, 2016m Ankara Turkey, Interview with Turkish WTF President Ali Sagirkaya in Ankara, visit to the training center of their national team, interview with senior coach Cihat Kutuca as well as several of their team members, and an Interview with Ancient History Professor Gregory McMahon, visit to Bursa, and the Sea of Marmara.
TKD Quest Part 11 Pakistan WTF Federation President Lt. Col. Waseem
December 27, 2016, Interview with Pakistan WTF President Lt. Col. Waseem Ahmed Janjua in Islamabad, visit to one of their National Junior Team Training Centers, a National Team Training Center and interviews with Coaches Muhammad Hanif and Najia Khan & Silk Road Sights in Pakistan including Ancient Metropolis of Taxila, Lahore Fort, Mohenjo Daro and Karachi
TKD Quest Part 12 Qatar WTF Secretary General Eid Ali Al-Muraikhi & 7th Dan Master Jae Kun Shin
July - August 2017, Visit to the Qatar Taekwondo, Judo and Karate Federation and interview with WTF Secretary General Eid Ali Al-Muraikhi, as well as interview with Master Jae Kun Shin, the head instructor, 7th Dan from Jeonju South Korea at Korean Taekwondo Center and many other Maritime Silk Road Sites including Al Ruwais, numerous ancient forts including Al Zubarah, and the ancient Souk Wakif in Doha, finishing with a traditional Sword Dance at a wedding.
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One the subject of Taekwondo there were plenty of other articles I published too... Please recall that Beijing became a capital city during the Yuan Dynasty, during the height of the Silk Roads.
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Below is a short summary of my Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour
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Web publication: Asian Martial arts
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Master Shang Mian Hui - 7th Generation North Shaolin Master living and teaching on Panshan, in Jixian
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Web Publication: Triathlon in China
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Writer Gregory Brundage impromptu interview with Triathlon World Champion Alistair Brownlee before the 2016 Beijing International Triathlon
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Linguistics has always been one of my interests...
During my years in South Korea I was a member of the Society of Socio-Linguistics and presented a few papers at their conferences. In addition to that I also prepared the following study with a Chinese colleague at Nonsan's Konyang University.
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Teacher stress?
Some years ago I researched, wrote and published an article titled: "EFL Foreign Teacher Stress in Korea: Causes and Coping Mechanisms," which was published on Eric educational database, the world's largest source of research literature on education. Click on the link below to read the abstract or download the full-text.
https://eric.ed.gov/?q=Gregory+Brundage&id=ED502354
https://eric.ed.gov/?q=Gregory+Brundage&id=ED502354
Teaching Peace Studies and Writing in an EFL Context
My interest in peace studies goes back to my early childhood when - usually being the "new boy" in different schools in different countries I had to fight a lot. I hated it and wondered: Why? This is one of the main reasons I took a lot of psychology and physiology classes in the University. What is the origin of all this aggression, and is there some way to prevent it?
The great ancient roads of the world were mainly about trade, and in times of peace trade flourished. How many conflicts started because of simple misunderstandings or irrational fears and prejudice? More than a few to be sure.
During my last 15 years teaching in East Asia I incorporated different aspects of peace studies into my curriculum, including conflict resolution strategies, counseling and diplomacy.
I started doing volunteer and then professional work as a counselor in 1980. That work included three years as a member of the Disaster Action Team of the American Red Cross (volunteer) and work as a family therapist with adjudicated delinquents (paid). During this past year I took MOOC on-line classes on related subjects like Conflict Resolution Skills (University of California, Irvine), and Humanitarian Aid in Conflicts and Disaster through Harvard-X.
Starting in mid-March of this year (2018) I began writing a textbook on teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) and writing, in the context of a Peace Studies curriculum.
Below is a far-from-complete draft. Hopefully I'll keep updating it, though such a work can never really be complete. Within a month or two I hope to have a publishable draft. It's a bit different from the usual EFL textbook because it contains a lot of very contemporary issues. It's definitely not the usual English as a Foreign Language textbook. It's half finished at best, but perhaps useful to EFL teachers looking for some ideas.
The great ancient roads of the world were mainly about trade, and in times of peace trade flourished. How many conflicts started because of simple misunderstandings or irrational fears and prejudice? More than a few to be sure.
During my last 15 years teaching in East Asia I incorporated different aspects of peace studies into my curriculum, including conflict resolution strategies, counseling and diplomacy.
I started doing volunteer and then professional work as a counselor in 1980. That work included three years as a member of the Disaster Action Team of the American Red Cross (volunteer) and work as a family therapist with adjudicated delinquents (paid). During this past year I took MOOC on-line classes on related subjects like Conflict Resolution Skills (University of California, Irvine), and Humanitarian Aid in Conflicts and Disaster through Harvard-X.
Starting in mid-March of this year (2018) I began writing a textbook on teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) and writing, in the context of a Peace Studies curriculum.
Below is a far-from-complete draft. Hopefully I'll keep updating it, though such a work can never really be complete. Within a month or two I hope to have a publishable draft. It's a bit different from the usual EFL textbook because it contains a lot of very contemporary issues. It's definitely not the usual English as a Foreign Language textbook. It's half finished at best, but perhaps useful to EFL teachers looking for some ideas.
Download Free EFL & Peace Studies Textbook Here
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Diplomat presenting scroll, photo of painting from Azerbaijan National Museum of History, by G. Brundage
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Most recent article: Francafrique - A literature review and statistical analysis of historic and contemporary policies and practices perpetuating French Neo-colonialism and Neo-crusades in the Sahel region of Africa
September 12, 2019 Draft paper
September 12, 2019 Draft paper
Abstract
Neo-Colonialism is a relatively well-known concept though most people don’t really understand the specific details as to how it is implemented. This paper examines those details - the economic and military mechanisms of Neo-colonialism in conjunction with another aspect of that combined process herein dubbed “Neo-Crusading,” which thus far has effectively and conveniently “slipped under the radar” of the western mainstream press and even the alternative press. Statistical data is provided and analyzed to support the belief that “Neo-crusading” is a significant part of the Neo-colonial process in 14 participating CFA franc scheme nations in Western Africa as demonstrated by correlations between UNDP development data and relative percentages of Muslims and Christians in the participating nations. The four most developed of the 14 nations studied have high percentages of Christians in those nations, above 50% whereas four of the five least developed nations in the 14 participating CFA franc scheme countries have high percentages of Muslims in those nations, above 50% with three of those four Muslim countries being natural resource rich countries (Niger, Chad & Mali). Market fluctuations in oil prices alone cannot explain why Niger is according to UNDP figures the single least developed country in the world while simultaneously being one of the natural resource richest countries in the world. Niger provides almost half the uranium France needs for its energy consumption. That both African Christian and Muslim populations are disproportionately poor given their natural resources is certainly true, however strong correlations suggest African Catholic nations are being robbed less than African Protestants, who are robbed less than the most discriminated against people on earth, African Muslims. Numerous potential solutions are offered at the end of this analytic study and literature review.
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Also see another two-volume set of books here: https://www.silkroadvirtualuniversity.org/white-christian-terrorism.html
