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Category Archives: Misc. musing
How do I get calm?
Recently I was able to visit some kung fu family on the other side of the country. While we were all sitting around and visiting, a question from a younger belt was raised. “How do I get calm?” Such a … Continue reading
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Tagged bagua, calm, confidence, fighting, kung fu, martial arts, personal growth, sparring, taiji, wu shu, xingyi
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Teaching Titles in Chinese Kung Fu
When I first started in Chinese Kung Fu, I didn’t really understand the titles used for the teachers. Like many people, I only knew the Japanese title Sensei (teacher). This is where the Chinese and the Japanese titles start and … Continue reading
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Updates
Jan. 2020 I saw my first student test for 2nd degree black sash, Logan Urbeck. Then in the summer of 2021 he achieved Shifu title (also my first student to reach this level). Jan 2020 also saw a first degree … Continue reading
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Evolution of the Tang Shou Dao (Tao)
When I started in the internal arts, I began in the Shen Long TST lineage. I didn’t really know a lot of the unique history of the lineage, and I was curious. I asked my teacher questions, his teacher questions, … Continue reading
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Recent Promotions and Upcoming Tests
Not exactly recent, but thought I would post it anyway, Justin Elliston, passed his 4 hr long black sash test!! (Jan 4, 2017 I know, not recent) Both Andrew and Daniel Wilson are prepping for their brown sash tests in … Continue reading
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Self-Defense and Technique Efficacy
An ongoing debate in the martial arts world, that has probably been going on for its entire existence and probably will continue to go on for its continued existence is about technique efficacy. Does it work? That is the question, … Continue reading
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Successful Sparring Strategies
This post is going to be somewhat random, so I apologize in advance for jumping all over the place. I was browsing a discussion online when I ran across a question about sparring strategies from a new student asking for … Continue reading
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More than Motions
This was written by my student, Josh Mullins ____________________________________________________________ I test next week for my white sash. I am not sure of my readiness, and I am only beginning to see that there isn’t really ever an “attainment” to this … Continue reading
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Great article on sparring
http://www.jadedragonschool.com/Wordpress/sparring-and-the-fallacy-of-martial-proof/
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Excerpt from Kingdom Kronicles, 2nd ed. “Teaching and Learning”
I want to direct my editorial toward the topic of teaching. I was discussing the subject with Shimu Betsy this evening and I summed up my whole philosophy on teaching in 3 quotes, here they are: If learning didn’t occur, … Continue reading