Blog from the Loft

Reading Kathy Sierra’s post on How to be an expert reminds me of my priactising Tai Chi. I do and teach Tai Chi. I am by no mean an expert. Far from it, I learn something new every time I do it or teach it. From a non practitioner’s POV, Tai Chi may seems slow [...]

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I thought I found the perfect atheletic shoes — for walking, running, and more importantly, for doing wushu and tai chi. The Nike Free. When it first came out, I brought a pair online from Finish Line. It was great. I was happy. Until about a month and half later…
The mesh material started tearing from [...]

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Just updated my notes on wushu basic training exercise, section one to four here. Finally I got all four sections down. These trainings, together with Kung Li Cheun, are good for perfecting the punches, kicks, and stances.

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Sifu on doing a form: “You have to enjoy your own movement”.
If you don’t enjoy your own movement, how can others enjoy yours if you are performing in front of people?
Sifu on tai chi movements: “xing yun liu shui”. Wavering clouds and flowing water.

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Part II
Start facing East.
1. turn left into left bow step, double punch to North.
2. swing arms back, left arm elbow strike towards front, right arm straight back, stand on one right leg, left foot point downwards, still faces north
3. step forward with left foot into left bow, left back fist press/chop horizontal down, lean forward [...]

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I have decided to write up some notes from my wushu classes here in the blog. I have been doing this for awhile but kept the notes private as they probably mean very little to the average reader. Now I think if I am publishing these it will force me to think about it a [...]

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11 steps. 1-6 front kick toe, 1-7 front kick instep, at 7 point step.
8 - wheel turn and slap floor. 9 - hook behind heads forward,
10 - wipe, punch down to corner, bend knees, spine straight
bent over. 11 - bow step weight on rt, rt palm push up and left palm push left,
look left.
section two:
11 [...]

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