Rhythmic gymnastics requires attention to lots of details – like chin, head and neck position, shoulders, arms, finger, knees, toes, apparatus and to be in sync with music. To excel, one must embrace all these details and make it second
Reduce, reuse and recycle
You don’t have to be an environmentalist to be able to understand that reduce, reuse and recycle make perfect sense. Guess what, the same principles are applicable to our approach in martial arts too: Reduce – reduce energy used to
We are ready for 2012!
2011 was a year of new beginnings and changes for martialgym: The MartialGym program started to include martial arts for teens and adults at Nikkei. I used to teach martial arts outdoors through rain, snow or shine for a very
The human spirit
Everyone faces different challenges in life. You are the only one who can take yourself pass anyone’s dream or expectations. Have a great holiday!
Mental training
As we learn through push hands, knowing ‘what should’ does not mean that ‘you can’ when the situation arises. Mental goals are exactly the same – knowing what needs to be done is far from getting the job done. To
Channeling / redirecting
We practice push hands to improve on sensing the direction of forces, to learn how to absorb forces and to redirect it into something to our advantage. Whether you start to realize it yet or not, there are lots of
How to find strategic relaxation
We talked about ‘relaxation’ for a couple of weeks. Everyone knows the advantage to be able to relax. The concept and criteria seems to be so simple but realistically, it is hard to achieve when under stress. Therefore, I think
Kid Power Conference November 25th
This past Friday, I was invited as a martial arts guest instructor at the Kid Power Conference. The event was jointly coordinated by Strathcona Community Centre, Learning Disabilities Association Vancouver, VSB Community School Team, and funded by the Britannia Community
Stay loose and relax
Some practitioners make relaxation an end in itself. However, I think relaxation is only a means to an end. Without an understanding on why or what kind of relaxation is important and without any specific goals, you will not know
To improve on the ability to learn and innovate
The Chinese invented fireworks but failed to apply it to military use. The Chinese also discovered magnetism but used it only in the first compass. Today, magnetism is applied in credit cards, computers, rice cookers, fridge magnets and much more.