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• “In the south [of China], people go barefoot all the time, and there is a lot of water on the ground,” Bucksam Kong says in his cover story on kung fu. “So the idea in the south is to get closer to the ground and have a strong grip on it, a good sturdy balance. Then you can hit your targets better