Wen Hsiu Quan

So- I woke up today and found this video of my cutest Facebook Friend, Heyly Wan on Youtube. https://youtu.be/1s2mUaRD18s To those who are still wondering I can confirm: Yes, I find Asian girls immensely cute with whatever they do. ^_^ So I decided to take some time out of my busy weekend schedule to give her a look at my Saturday workout! I apologise in advance for it not being too pretty, but it is what I do on Saturdays- whether I am being recorded or not. :D Because this practice area at home is small I sometimes take out a couple of steps from my kata to fit it into the area. Good thing about it, though, is that I can practice attack and defense with limited room for running around. Those of you who don't know Heyly- she is a model that appreciates your support and attention. Like her, add her and follow her. I am inviting her to Martial Arts Forums if she promises to post more nunchuck videos. :)

I have found out only very recently that we have a long weekend coming up- so my self defence group has ditched me to head off on vacation. I was promised, however, that I will soon get to make a demo video. So- I forgive them. Fortunately I had this post to write as well-  In this blog's beginning I have written a post about form practice in Wenhsiuquan saying that I use three different types of form in training: 1. Power Form; 2. Combat Form; 3. Energy Form. These 3 types of form were not developed or invented by myself, but were already there for me to be used when I embarked on a lifetime of martial arts study. The very first kata I have tried to learn was a Shukokai kata called Rohei . It is in Tommy Morris' book on karate without any explanatory notes or those useful arrows that you find in books about kata. At 14 I joined the Shukokai dojo in my town and I got a proper introduction to kata. Before the year had passed I have learnt Taikyoku...

Hi- who else has this book? I think a lot of us know it by now. I have said it before that one of the advantages of studying the martial arts is seeing the principles of their underlying philosophies demonstrated. That is why these things require very little discussion with us. One such passage from the Tao Te Ching often comes to my mind: Of course this passage applies to everyday life in that the way you live determines whether or not you will be negatively affected by circumstances and people. In your martial arts studies you will find that the required state of mind shall enable you to continue undeterred by external factors like pain or what your peers have to say on the matter.  In Wenshiuquan the mind is calmed with meditation and qigong and then the student is taught to maintain this calmness throughout combat. In itself it is not a simple task as fear and pain can cause one's qi to rise and affect one's decision-making. In itself is a t...

Who's that handsome judge on the left? :D I'm back from my first karate tournament in more than a decade and got something to take home from it- besides medals... For one thing- I have learnt anew what perseverence means and how it gets tested.  I participated in both a kata and kumite event- and judged for a while. I enjoyed doing my kata and can say in all honesty that the kumite was actually fun- even though my endurance got pushed to a new limit... About that- I have often said that I don't get why we were made to do all those fitness exercises and running if your time on the floor is only a minute at most and then it's done... Well- the WKF rules have done something about that- Now we have a 3 minute bout. (Okay MMA people! I know you are used to fighting for longer times in the cage, but bear with me here...) In the first couple of seconds it was all well as reflexes got a jump start and we found that all systems ar...