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Category Archives: Misc. musing
is your kung fu real “kung fu”?
The word “kung fu” means a skill attained through hard work and time. This means that a pianist has kung fu as well as a martial artist, even though this isn’t the way we normally think of it. I just … Continue reading
are you stacking skills, or just spreading yourself too thin?
Just a brief word on how to most effectively improve your skills. When I was younger I thought that the best way was to work on everything every day. I have since learned that while working on everything a little … Continue reading
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great link on tuo and tai form names
Great link to article on the names of the tai and tuo forms.
My Master’s Wife
In Kung Fu culture we have a great reverance for our Kung Fu teacher or Shifu (pronounced sure foo). The word Shifu translates to Father teacher. As both fathers and teachers are highly respected in Kung Fu culture this is … Continue reading
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The Xing Yi Christian
形意拳 Xing Yi Quan (sying ee chwan) in Mandarin it means “form intent fist” but what does that mean? What was meant to be conveyed by that title? Xing Yi is a chinese martial art and as is often the … Continue reading
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An Example of What NOT To Do With a Knife
A few years ago, I was out with a friend from kung fu class – Josh Cook – and co-worker Jen (who is now Josh’s wife). We went out to dinner at the Pasta House inSt. Louisand after which we … Continue reading
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Animal “style” vs Animal “form”
When people think of kung fu, the average person who even knows what kung fu is thinks of the animal styles. And why not? They are fascinating and unique systems. But people often don’t recognize a clear distinction between animal … Continue reading
Demo Talk in St. Joe
On Aug. 29th, 2010 I will be doing a demo talk in the morning service at New Life Bible Church. What is a Demo Talk? Well, it is a special kind of presentation. I do a brief Q&A session followed … Continue reading
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How Kung-Fu has Helped Me Grow more Spiritual
As an extra credit assignment for his green sash test I asked my student Logan Urbeck to write a small essay detailing how his martial training has aided him in his spiritual growth. I told him to be honest, and … Continue reading
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Monday, 11-24-08, class comments
We had a great class tonight, it was a med. sized class for us so far with just Josh, Conner, Mindy, Dylan and myself. we worked on basic self defense against blunt objects (primarily the baseball bat) I really enjoy … Continue reading
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