Be the Presence In the movie “Hidden Fortress”, by Akira Kurosawa, the great samurai actor Toshiro Mifune plays a defeated general escorting his princess and her treasury to safety with…
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Learning from Mistakes in Martial Arts to Perfect Performance When thinking about a future performance I commit to 10,000 mistakes. A great performance is the result of gradual preparation both…
How is your flexibility? “Being asked to demonstrate your flexibility by my teacher Grandmaster Liu Wan Fu (Liou Wan Fu) lead to quick humiliation if you were not humble enough….
Outstanding work by Ila Cantor on the expert level, Plum Blossom Double Dragons Paired Swords!!! Grandmaster Wong Jackman taught three straight sword forms as part of his Northern Shaolin Curriculum….
The Wuxia and the Wulin Return. Of course, I enjoy it when our team wins lots of medals. But that is not really the point for me. Mostly, now, I enjoy the community of…
Just Keep Going and Your Skill Will Keep Growing In the world of Tai Chi and Kung Fu the only absolute sure fire way to fail is to quit. If…
Breathing Control in Classical Martial Arts In Classical Martial Arts, learning breathing control is essential. Forms training builds your foundation physical skills and physique. Forms training in a classical style…
This Saturday 6/19 we will hold our first group workout sessions at Gerstle Park Tennis Court from 9 – Noon. This is a free practice session open to everyone. We…
Tai Chi Course Excerpts As we are still working on post for our Tai Chi program, watch this inspiring cinematic video from the program by Sifu Scott Jensen. Our 10,000…
Learning How to Fight Afraid of fighting? Last thing in the world you would ever want to do is be in a fight? Fighting is against your spiritual beliefs and…