Kai Fu is a martial art that was developed in the Hawaiian Islands in the 1930s. Kai Fu is derrived from the Japanese martial art Ju-jitsu which came to Hawaii with the surge of Japanese immigrants in the late 1860s. The local Hawaiians already had a martial art called Lua, which when combined with the new found Ju-jitsu created the martial art Kai Fu as we know it today. Kai Fu came to the main-land United States after World War II when the sailors stationed at Pearl Harbor returned home. The sailors had been taught Kai Fu by the native Hawaiians as a gesture of friendship.
Composition
According to Dr. James Ketelaar, Professor in History and East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago, when observed, Kai Fu is much more similar to Japanese Ju-jitsu than the Hawaiian Lua. In fact, Kai fu uses the same rank belt system that Ju-jitsu and Judo have used. The belt colors in ascending order are white, yellow, orange, green, blue, brown and black.
Composition
According to Dr. James Ketelaar, Professor in History and East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago, when observed, Kai Fu is much more similar to Japanese Ju-jitsu than the Hawaiian Lua. In fact, Kai fu uses the same rank belt system that Ju-jitsu and Judo have used. The belt colors in ascending order are white, yellow, orange, green, blue, brown and black.
The Greenhouse Park is a park immediately south of the city of Wollongong, New South Wales. It is south of J.J Kelly Park and in the inner suburb of Coniston, New South Wales. It was created in 1999 as a green corridor between the city and the industrial areas at Port Kembla. It was once the site of the council builder's tip, the hill in the park being made from the collected waste buildup, but council has ceased using it for this purpose since the establishment of the park. It has approximately 20 hectares of land and is adjacent to the remnant wetlands of Tom Thumb Lagoon, which once stretched to Swan Street. The park is located on Springhill Road. Due to the society's involvement in funding the main entrance gates, it is also known as the Rotary Greenhouse Park. The council aims to, with the help of community groups such as schools, plant 20,000 trees at the site.
The park consists of an area of wetland to the west, and an area of planted native vegetation and a hill in the centre and east. A bike track runs adjacent to the park. Walking tracks are within the park and there is a lookout, as well as an information panel naming objects visible. The top of the hill has two grassy knobs from where 360 degree views of Wollongong and the escarpment can be seen. There is also a weather station on the hill.
The park consists of an area of wetland to the west, and an area of planted native vegetation and a hill in the centre and east. A bike track runs adjacent to the park. Walking tracks are within the park and there is a lookout, as well as an information panel naming objects visible. The top of the hill has two grassy knobs from where 360 degree views of Wollongong and the escarpment can be seen. There is also a weather station on the hill.
Gou-rou.com is a satirical website based in Beijing, featuring a mix of comedy news and lifestyle articles.
It originally took the form of a parody of the city's expat magazines. This format has shifted over time and the parody aspect is now less obvious.
The content mocks publications such as That's Beijing and City Weekend. While often tackling the life of foreigners in Beijing, the site also satirises Chinese life in general. Most of the humour is accessible to English-speakers worldwide, but many throwaway lines and, more rarely, entire articles are rather specific to China/Beijing residents, or require some knowledge of the Chinese language to get the joke.
Staff
The real authors of gou-rou.com hide behind a variety of pseudonyms, though the characters thus created do have fairly consistent personalities, specialties and writing styles.
Some of the recurring staff members are:
* Arabella Green (editor)
* Henrietta Wang (features writer)
* Solomon West (music/nightlife)
* Dino Zapataria (food critic)
* Irreleva Wu
* Kitty Yip Kee Wah ("party girl") - NOTE: Kitty's predecessor was Angel Chu, who was fired for stealing office supplies
* Delilah Sheraton
* Joy la Joie (fashion)
It is not clear whether the pseudonyms are given exclusively to one writer, or whether they are traded between writers as the need arises. It seems fairly certain that none of the names that appear on the pages are the real names of anyone. While the above list of names might conceivably be real (just about), other less often used names strain credulity. E.g. Reticulated Wu, Kalinga Brendonfort, Dr. Fact Portugal.
Features
The recurring sections include:
* Beijing Beats (live music)
* Down on the Dancefloor (clubbing)
* A Month in Pictures
* City Girl (Angel Chu's former column, now by Kitty)
* A Bite To Eat (dining)
* Audio section (in MP3 format)
* Spotlight on History
Issue 19 included a video segment (a spoof "sneak peek" at preparations for the Beijing 2008 Olympics). It is unknown whether there will be future video segments.
Print versions
gou-rou.com is almost exclusively online. Rumour has it the editors were in negotiations with That's Beijing at one point, but this never materialised. Insiders raised the possibility that some articles of theirs may soon appear in Time Out Beijing, but this also failed to materialise, on the grounds that none of their articles would get past the government censors.
In December 2005, a gou-rou.com book was released, available via Print On Demand through the website. Called "gou-rou.com's Greatest Hits issues 1-10", it contains very little new material (the only brand new stuff being comical fictional biographies of the equally fictional journalists). Most of the book consists of reprinted selections from the first ten issues.
It originally took the form of a parody of the city's expat magazines. This format has shifted over time and the parody aspect is now less obvious.
The content mocks publications such as That's Beijing and City Weekend. While often tackling the life of foreigners in Beijing, the site also satirises Chinese life in general. Most of the humour is accessible to English-speakers worldwide, but many throwaway lines and, more rarely, entire articles are rather specific to China/Beijing residents, or require some knowledge of the Chinese language to get the joke.
Staff
The real authors of gou-rou.com hide behind a variety of pseudonyms, though the characters thus created do have fairly consistent personalities, specialties and writing styles.
Some of the recurring staff members are:
* Arabella Green (editor)
* Henrietta Wang (features writer)
* Solomon West (music/nightlife)
* Dino Zapataria (food critic)
* Irreleva Wu
* Kitty Yip Kee Wah ("party girl") - NOTE: Kitty's predecessor was Angel Chu, who was fired for stealing office supplies
* Delilah Sheraton
* Joy la Joie (fashion)
It is not clear whether the pseudonyms are given exclusively to one writer, or whether they are traded between writers as the need arises. It seems fairly certain that none of the names that appear on the pages are the real names of anyone. While the above list of names might conceivably be real (just about), other less often used names strain credulity. E.g. Reticulated Wu, Kalinga Brendonfort, Dr. Fact Portugal.
Features
The recurring sections include:
* Beijing Beats (live music)
* Down on the Dancefloor (clubbing)
* A Month in Pictures
* City Girl (Angel Chu's former column, now by Kitty)
* A Bite To Eat (dining)
* Audio section (in MP3 format)
* Spotlight on History
Issue 19 included a video segment (a spoof "sneak peek" at preparations for the Beijing 2008 Olympics). It is unknown whether there will be future video segments.
Print versions
gou-rou.com is almost exclusively online. Rumour has it the editors were in negotiations with That's Beijing at one point, but this never materialised. Insiders raised the possibility that some articles of theirs may soon appear in Time Out Beijing, but this also failed to materialise, on the grounds that none of their articles would get past the government censors.
In December 2005, a gou-rou.com book was released, available via Print On Demand through the website. Called "gou-rou.com's Greatest Hits issues 1-10", it contains very little new material (the only brand new stuff being comical fictional biographies of the equally fictional journalists). Most of the book consists of reprinted selections from the first ten issues.
Vintage Hawaiian Treasures is a series of nine compilation albums of Hawaiian music:
*Vintage Hawaiian Treasures, Vol. 1: Hapa Haole Hula Classics
*Vintage Hawaiian Treasures, Vol. 2: Hula Hawaiian Style
*Vintage Hawaiian Treasures, Vol. 3: Toti's Tahitians
*Vintage Hawaiian Treasures, Vol. 4: Mele Hula Hawaiian Style
*Vintage Hawaiian Treasures, Vol. 5: Show Biz Hula Hawaiian Style]
*Vintage Hawaiian Treasures, Vol. 6: Night Club Hula Hawaiian Style
*Vintage Hawaiian Treasures, Vol. 7: The History Of Slack Key Guitar
*Vintage Hawaiian Treasures, Vol. 8: Santa's Gone Hawaiian!
*Vintage Hawaiian Treasures, Vol. 9: Aloha, Hula Hawaiian Style
*Vintage Hawaiian Treasures, Vol. 1: Hapa Haole Hula Classics
*Vintage Hawaiian Treasures, Vol. 2: Hula Hawaiian Style
*Vintage Hawaiian Treasures, Vol. 3: Toti's Tahitians
*Vintage Hawaiian Treasures, Vol. 4: Mele Hula Hawaiian Style
*Vintage Hawaiian Treasures, Vol. 5: Show Biz Hula Hawaiian Style]
*Vintage Hawaiian Treasures, Vol. 6: Night Club Hula Hawaiian Style
*Vintage Hawaiian Treasures, Vol. 7: The History Of Slack Key Guitar
*Vintage Hawaiian Treasures, Vol. 8: Santa's Gone Hawaiian!
*Vintage Hawaiian Treasures, Vol. 9: Aloha, Hula Hawaiian Style