Effective, Adaptive Martial Arts
So, the other day I was watching a video of a martial arts master. He was a Shoalin monk doing kung fu. It was beautiful and powerful. But I noticed something that I thought was off. Some of his stances had him on only one foot. I’ve been teaching for over twenty years that to … Read more
I noticed something strange the other day when I got off the train one morning on my way to work. There was a guy in front of me that got off the train and just before it pulled away, he reached out and touched it. “Hmmm”, I thought. I’m not the only one that does … Read more
Last night, we practiced getting ourselves into a balanced state while defending against and attack. The two main thoughts or objectives during this exercise were getting and keeping our own balance while the attacker was trying to take ours, and taking their balance while they were trying to keep their own. This was mostly a … Read more
Raise your hand if you’ve ever lost your balance and fallen on your face at work? Me too. During the day, I’m a T-SQL programmer. I work at a standing desk. To make use of all this time standing, there’s one thing I do to work on my balance. I stand on a skateboard. I … Read more