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Masters Demo Videos

Posted by Pek in Monday, February 22nd 2010   under: Martial Arts    Tags: , ,    

Today I participated in the Chicago Shaolin Kungfu/Wushu Tournament as chief judge of the contemporary wushu division. Students from All Star Kung Fu, Chicago Wushu, and Extreme Kungfu were present. It was great to see the next generation of martial artists perform. One of the things that many look forward to at these events are [...]

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What is Wushu Class Like?

Posted by Pek in Wednesday, January 20th 2010   under: Martial Arts    Tags: , ,    

For people who are interested in the classes that I take, here’s a peak at Extreme Kung Fu. At any martial arts class, I usually try to get there early – usually to stretch, warm up, and to do some calisthenics or conditioning exercises.

At Extreme, warm up is part of the class. This part [...]

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Wushu Workout

Posted by Pek in Saturday, September 26th 2009   under: Martial Arts    Tags: , , , ,    

Here’s a video clip of last week’s workout with Taylor and Don.
It’s so funny. I never posted anything during the peak of my wushu career. Well, I didn’t even have a blog then but that’s besides the fact. I was too busy practicing to be bothered with sharing what I did with the rest of [...]

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5 Animals Conditioning

Posted by  in Friday, September 11th 2009   under: Martial Arts, Uncategorized    Tags: , , , , , , ,    

I’d like to share some of my training tips. Here’s an exercise/game/race that I came up with to help strengthen the body and help with wushu training. I have the kids do it in kids class and the adults seem to like it too. Not only does it help improve basics but also contains some [...]

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Extreme Kung Fu (and Pek) on Slant TV

Posted by Pek in Saturday, April 18th 2009   under: Martial Arts    Tags: , , ,    

Slant TV is Chicago’s Asian American cultural TV show on local cable channel KBC-TV. A couple weeks ago, they came to Extreme Kung Fu Martial Arts school run by Tony Marquez of Mortal Kombat fame to do a segment on the school.
I think it’s a great idea. I’m glad they came over to give [...]

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Pek Pongpaet is an internet entrepreneur. Pongpaet’s expertise ranges from product design and development, user experience, and martial arts. Pongpaet worked at Accenture Technology Labs in the research department coming up with next generation user interfaces. At Roundarch, a technology and strategy consulting firm, Pongpaet’s work included envisioning and designing the dashboard of the future for the Tesla Model S electric car. He has given talks at Northwestern University, DePaul University, and University of Chicago on topics such as Design, Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship.

Pongpaet is a (retired) world class martial artist and performed motion capture work for 6 Mortal Kombat video games. He also is a medalist in international wushu competition in Beijing and currently teaches at two martial arts schools.

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