The man first appeared on a Chinese talent show in 2015 I have no recollection of a Slinky being part of that epic multi-weapon fight scene in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, but it has been a while.

This story appears in the March 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. The master spent his last day of life wrapped in a quilt stitched by his wife, his rasping, irregular breaths filling the ...

Fighters aren’t usually the blushing type. But Xu Xiaodong can’t hide his embarrassment when asked about his latest battle scar, a three-inch crimson railroad track that snakes over his right eyebrow.