Excess information from school, work, TV, internet, newspaper, radio, family, friends, etc. is part of today’s reality – filtering out what is irrelevant is natural and needed. Most of what you see stick for only 24 hours or less, a
The concept of opposites (yin and yang)
Yin and yang explains how opposites are part of a whole, how they interact and affect each other. The concept of yin and yang is fundamental and core to Chinese medicine as well as internal styles. Regardless of whether you
Paradigm shifts
Just yesterday, I was ‘teaching’ my dad (who is 89) Google map, Skype and stuff. I just realize that there is a mindset difference with kids today who learn to point-and-click before they even know what they are clicking..absolutely no
The art of decision making
It is great to have options but having options also mean that you have to pick and choose. Stating the obvious regarding the decision process: There are always a minimum of two options, to act or not to act –
Keeping options open
From a self-defense point of view, having more than one options during different phases of a conflict is important: Increases your chance of a desirable outcome Gives you confidence Allows you to be unpredictable in terms of response and delivery
“Practice at home” Part 2
Associated with the word “Practice” are quantitative words like “repetitions, duration, sets”. Most just repeat what was taught last class and do not have a specific training strategy that support constant improvements. To compare effectiveness of different ways to practice,
“Practice at home” Part 1
Everybody put a little extra effort right before an important exam. While you can study and memorize more within a 24 hour time slot, it is impossible to improve your physical baseline within 24 hours. If I tell you that
What, where, when, who, why and how
Some martial art classes that are taught like gymnastics where skills are standardized and the learning process is more on imitation and less on understanding. As an example, kung-fu forms (or routines) are meaningless without a context of what it
Body building, weight lifting, world’s strongest man and weight training
They all use weights but what are the differences? Do they play a part in martial arts? They each have different emphasis. Body building is about size of muscle and looks. It is about poses and not above movements and
Scope of the kung fu class
The martialgym program consist of two streams – gymnastics and kung-fu. (The name of the streams are a little less than precise but it does get the general idea across for our purposes right now) In the gymnastics stream, we