quotes
Kung Fu Panda
A panda destined to be a Dragon Warrior, and yet do not have a clue how. Let’s face it, have you seen a panda fight? Even his teacher is clueless how to teach this panda kung fu.
So the movie begins with how each other found faith and belief in each other, and themselves - the [...]
Yesterday’s me and today’s me
I got this quote from a comic book about a kung fu kid:
To surpass yesterday’s me, I have to train today’s me.
It’s original Chinese version is:
为了超越昨日的自己，所以要磨练今日的自己。
Enjoy.
Live the questions, now
I haven’t read any Tai Ji books for a while now. My learning journey in Tai Ji has in a way forced me not to look for answers in books but look for them through experience. And then I come across a quote from Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke.
Be patient toward [...]
Expressing yourself in tai chi
It is quite unfortunate even our Tai Ji education teaches us to focus on the “correct” movements, and not to express ourselves. I don’t know about you, but I’m happy enough to be able to do the correct movements! To perform the choreography well, getting the steps right, the weights right, the joints relaxed etc. [...]
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? If you push [...]
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 [...]
Why is there so much space?
Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship enterprise. To explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life form and new civilisation. To boldly go where no man has gone before…
Ok. Star Trek was part of my daily TV diet during my university days. And because of that, I scored fairly [...]
Character fit
We get signals now and again, about how we should go about our daily lives. The lives we’re trying to lead normally throws us clues as to how we should lead them. Sometimes the clues are loud, like “i’m hungry” and you head for the nearest place you can find food, within budget. Sometimes, the [...]
太极与我 Tai Ji and me
我： 太极呀太极，为什么你还不属于我呢?
太极： 徒儿呀徒儿，其实我并不属于任何人，却又是大家所能拥有的。
我： 那我为什么不能拥有你呢?
太极： 那是在你拥有我之前要自己寻找的答案。
me: Dear Tai Ji, why are you still not mine?
Tai Ji: Dear student, I actually do not belong to anyone, and yet I am everyone’s.
me: And so why can’t you be mine?
Tai Ji: That is the answer you need to seek, before I am yours.
World cup enlightenment
It seems obligatory to write something about world cup during this time. I don’t watch it in the previous years, but after seeing the Argentinian Harmony, I was absolutely hooked. I enjoyed the individual skills, the team spirit, and how all those blend together.
I used to find it hilarious when football fans criticise the game [...]
