Over the course of my experience I’ve bumped into a number of lesser known styles (at least outside China) that have delighted me…
Sep
3
2010
3
2010
Aug
31
2010
31
2010
You Can If You Believe You Can…
Among the topics I investigated was the subject of mastery which proved to be bigger and even more interesting than I had anticipated…
Aug
29
2010
29
2010
Aug
23
2010
23
2010
When All About You
A quick thought, nothing more. It’s nice in times like these to take stock of things. And when the market is crumbling, the job rate rising, we Americans are embroiled in what some see as the wrong wars, and generally the world is wobbling, it is indeed time to separate the flimsy from the solid. [...]
Aug
17
2010
17
2010
A Rock and a Hard Spot
For Those Times When the Training Seems To Stop
One minute you’re Bruce Incarnate, the next you’re unable to tie your shoes without the danger of a self-inflicted eyeshot.
Jul
28
2010
28
2010
Clicking
When it happens to you, you know it. That electric dusk-sensitive porch light clicks on…
Jul
26
2010
26
2010
Eenie Meenie Minie Fu
In the introduction to his book, Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States, Bill Bryson suggests that “nursery rhymes…are fastidiously resistant to change” and later continues:
Jul
22
2010
22
2010
The Facets of Chin Na
Two young boys engaged in grabbing one another, trying to gain a momentary upper hand, catching and locking each others joints must go back to the time before the pyramids.
Jul
12
2010
12
2010
JinGang LiGong: Buddha Disciple Strength Method
Jin Gang is said to originate in the Song Dynasty over 1100 years ago.
Jul
5
2010
5
2010
The Sash
Recently my teacher announced that he would be issuing a lineage certificate and black sash to one of his students…
Jun
12
2010
12
2010
Booby Prize Martial Arts
One of the real mistaken ideas which people get caught up in— especially if they started training young— is that some martial practices are …
Jun
6
2010
6
2010
On Chin Na Practice
As I looked at the illustrations I couldn’t help but think of a few things about Chin Na which are rarely mentioned in the books but are useful for the training…
Jun
5
2010
5
2010
Randy Williams, Back in the House!
Turn in your toes, settle into your stance, and brush off the wooden dummy…Randy Williams is BACK at Plum! It has been a very long wait (too long, in our opinion) but we nagged and cajoled the publisher until…Randy Williams’s great DVD series is back in print and once again available at Plum (for those [...]
Jun
4
2010
4
2010
Animals in Kung Fu
Everyone knows that Kung Fu has animal styles, but the subject is a little more interesting that what people first suspect…
Jun
3
2010
3
2010
Eight Immortals Boxing
8 Immortals style originated in that crucial period for martial arts at the end of the Ming and the beginning of the Qing dynasties (around 1644).
Jun
2
2010
2
2010
Product: Wu Dang Nine Palace Arts
There are many martial styles in the WuDang Taoist category.
Jun
1
2010
1
2010
Practice SPACE!
Everyone says Kung Fu came from the animals, then they never look at any animals.
May
28
2010
28
2010
Fahrenheit 001
The basic idea was that in the future no one reads (which was pretty prophetic on Bradbury’s part)…
May
27
2010
27
2010
Product: 18 Circles DVD
You will note that a number of instructors are getting to an age, informed by their experience and years of practice, where they are trying to
May
22
2010
22
2010
Sifu Staff
The saying goes that the spear is the king of the weapons and the straight sword is the queen. Then what is the staff?
May
17
2010
17
2010
Product: Shaolin To Go
Not every martial book can be a winner.
May
11
2010
11
2010
Reader Asks: Can Kung Fu be Solely a Personal Journey?
What Gives ? am I being too selfish by not doing demonstrations? Is competing nessesary?
May
11
2010
11
2010
Apr
19
2010
19
2010
Classic Training
I’ve told this story before but I like to repeat it:
Apr
8
2010
8
2010
A Little False Humility, Please
You get tested in the strangest ways, in the most unlikely places…
Mar
12
2010
12
2010
Courtyard, Camp and Village
Now, while the heat of the afternoon has not yet risen and the dust still lies there without tainting the air…
Mar
12
2010
12
2010
Product: Sword Classic from Lion
He is a traditional Chinese character text of a classic on the sword.
Mar
9
2010
9
2010
Mar
7
2010
7
2010
INB #21 Fooling the Flash
Personally I like speed practice because true speed suggests efficient neurological path ways and that seems beneficial to just about everybody.
Mar
7
2010
7
2010
Product: Shaolin 6 Harmony and Tiger
Appropriately, we add the Pouncing Tiger form