SHAOLIN JAZZ is pleased to present the next edition in our SOUND PATTERNS Art Exhibition

series with No. 8: An exploration of martial arts within the Black aesthetic, on view in

Washington, DC at The Honfleur Gallery from 3.4.23 – 4.8.23.

There has long been a relationship between martial arts and the African diaspora which goes

back for centuries. This relationship has been exhibited in a range of martial arts films where the

poor and disenfranchised fight against an oppressive force. This same sense of resiliency and

affinity towards martial arts culture has also been referenced in hip hop and black music

throughout the ages.