Olympics came and gone. What an incredible couple of weeks! Following are some of my personal thoughts: Lots of kids get inspired by the Olympics and want to represent their country one day. Most won’t and so the motivation cannot
Olympics – peak performance
With sport, you know about your target event dates way in advance. With those dates, you start to work your training schedule backwards so that you peak at the right time. All top tier athletes worked hard throughout their career
Wake up call from a broken arm
Being aware of something is just the first stage of learning. Feel it in your bones is the only way to own it. I know about bone mass / density for quite a while. I am physically fit and been
Knock outs
Different fighters different approaches. There is however a common thread to those that win as well as those that lost. Exercise Summarize what you saw.
Good / bad of competition rules and protection
This championship between Taichi (in white) and Shaolin (in orange) includes more than just on stage combat, as a separate event, the individual demonstrates the form artistically and therefore with makeup and costume. I am not totally sure but I
Don’t just stand there!
True heroes come from the heart and not by ability. To help others require guts and knowledge. More often than not, it is very little about your ability to fight, sometimes it is as simple as calling an ambulance or
Heaven, earth and mankind 天地人
These ‘primary’ entities were identified in I Ching and discussed by many Chinese Philosophers. In I Ching, the universe is represented by eight trigrams (pa-qua). Each trigram consist of 3 strokes that can be whole or broken (state). Two to
Making a difference – Pope Francis
Pope Francis has won Time magazine’s Person of the Year for 2013. Whether you are religious or not, his ‘new’ way of thinking will make an impact to the world around us. Short blurp on why Pope Francis is awesome
What makes a hit a knock-out?
Darryl sent me this link last week and asked what makes a hit a KO? The funny part is that I asked him a question back and the conversation went on and off for a few days. Yes, I could
Stress and pressure
It is a known fact that top athletes undergo lots of stress – physical and mental. Those that endures excels and those that can’t never reach the top – regardless of how ‘promising’ they look initially. Stress is required for