Ancient Lineage Arts Masters Today let us look at three video clips that show part of the ancient lineage of our martial tradition. In the first clip Ba Gua Zhang Grandmaster Zhao…
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Ancient Lineage Arts – What Are They and Why Do You Want One? Ancient Lineage Arts are inherited wisdom of self-care and self-development created by generations of practitioners, teachers, and masters. The most important of all Arts is the…
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…
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…
Podcast #14: Q and A – Healing Emotional Traumas, and Protecting Your Qi while Training Classical Martial Arts In this episode I answer questions regarding protecting your Qi while…