Layers of Teaching Martial arts hands us examples of the close relationship between what we teach and the way we teach it. As a sifu, I have experimented with many approaches. Years ago, when I opened my martial arts studio, I tried to orchestrate topics as best I could. Each class was planned like a […]
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2019
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2019
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2015
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2015
Learning Soft in the Martial Arts
After you have been punched a few times you learn to duck. It’s not really that difficult a lesson. The martial arts abound in key lessons, such as trying to make your opponent miss as much as possible. Not every one of them is as obvious as ducking or as quick to be adopted. It’s […]
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2013
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2013
Learning to be Soft
After you have been punched a few times you learn to duck. It’s not really that difficult a lesson…
Feb
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2011
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2011
Bagua Kicks, Hidden and Otherwise…
These very well-illustrated and easy-to-understand texts clearly demonstrate what is often a mystery to new Bagua students…
