{"id":11183,"date":"2026-09-10T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/?p=11183"},"modified":"2026-09-09T13:49:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T20:49:04","slug":"im-featured-in-kung-fu-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/im-featured-in-kung-fu-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m Featured in Kung Fu Magazine!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When I first began working for the publishers of what would become Kung Fu Tai Chi<\/em> magazine I had no real idea how significantly my work would define the look of this publication and the industry which grew up around it. Equally so, I had no idea how significantly that work would shape a decades long career. That career cleaved from in-house art department duties when nearly three decades of continuous publication was halted with the arrival of a global pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kung Fu Tai Chi<\/em> magazine has only just recently returned to print under new upper-management. Despite a few unexpected interruptions KungFuMagazine.com the platform remains. It is there were I can regularly continue the work of reviewing movies and interviewing creators who can be found at that cross-roads between Martial Arts and popular (genre) media. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the course of those long years, I have had a number of articles published within the pages of the print magazine. My image has appeared in a number of product photos (such has been my modeling career) and with-in an occasional application sequence. This latest issue is the first time I\u2019ve been the actual subject with-in a feature. A news feature spotlighting the 30 yrs of Tiger\u2019s Tale<\/a><\/em><\/strong> gallery tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Want to order a copy of this issue?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Get the Mid-Autumn issue<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Mid-Autumn 2026 issue of Kung Fu Tai Chi magazine covers the art gallery appearance by Patrick Lugo (a.k.a. PLUGO) whose artwork cleaves traditional Kung Fu with modern technology and media in the traveling gallery exhibition celebrating 30 years of Tiger\u2019s Tale – martial arts\u2019 longest running comic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":222,"featured_media":11181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"The Mid-Autumn 2026 issue of Kung Fu Tai Chi magazine includes a new feature covering the famine art gallery appearance of Patrick Lugo (a.k.a. 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