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Talking craft with Fred Lit Yu and his thoughts on the genre of Wu Xia, martial arts, Yin Yang blades, and baseball strategy. Lit Yu writes fiction in the Asian Fantasy Martial Arts epic genre. He is a filmmaker, chef, Feng Shui practitioner, martial artist, and for over a decade was a risk manager in a bank. He graduated from New York University majoring in film and television, and has directed a number of documentaries and short films while working in the financial services industry. Yu’s first publication, The Legend of Snow Wolf, was published by China Books in 2012, followed by a cookbook in 2017, Haute Tea Cuisine, representing his innovations in extracting artisan teas in French sauces. A martial arts instructional book on his knife system, Yin Yang Blades, was released in May 2018. Yu is currently a full-time writer and lives in New York City. Website: https://www.flityu.com Theme music for the podcast was composed by musical artist, producer, and songwriter Myles Karp.