The Journey Within

…the adventure begins within…

Month: September, 2007

Never force your opponent 100%

In push hands, one of my teacher’s favourite quote is to tell us not to push your partner into oblivion. Push 70% and leave 30% for yourself (逼人七分,留三分给自己) I’ve unconsciously recorded this in my mind, only to realise I like the quote because I used it in my teaching as well! The reason he gave? [...]

A teacher called Pain

Ok, a recent weigh in clocks my weight at 76.7kg. I have to say, it does feel like I’ve swallowed a Boeing 767! I’m 1.76m tall, which puts my Body Mass Index at 24.76, which according to the same people who devised the Body Mass Index, that I am bordering on being overweight. I can’t [...]

Wisdom from Anita Roddick – founder of Body shop

If I know I am dying, I would like to be like Anita Roddick (Body Shop founder). Well, even if I don’t know I’m dying, there’s no reason not to share her wisdom on how to live! To quote her “I could be facing liver cancer tomorrow. It makes me more determined to just get [...]

Form without substance

I’ve been doing the Sun style form since my first lesson with my current teacher. After learning the whole form, it’s been doing it over and over again. The one consistent message which keeps coming through is this – my form lacks substance. I’ve been trying to figure out what this “substance” is. I think [...]

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