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wrote:
>
> A friend just sent this to me. Cute animated shorts following the life
> of a little ninja trying to find meaning in his life...
>
> http://www.atomfilms.com/collections/ninjai/
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Joshua
>
Yes, isn't it cute? I followed the series for a little while...I think
I left off at one of the episodes where a "little bird" was following
the ninja around.

A friend just sent this to me. Cute animated shorts following the life
of a little ninja trying to find meaning in his life...

http://www.atomfilms.com/collections/ninjai/

Enjoy!

Joshua

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Hey Sifu,

Good topic! I'd have to agree the "exotic nature" of martial arts is a
strong pull for me. I grew up watching Bruce Lee movies mostly, then
later (shortly after high school) was introduced to Jackie Chan
(Rumble in the Bronx) and Jet Li (Lethal Weapon 4) and was completely
enamored. Actually I'd have to say Street Fighter 2 was another big
influence as I was a huge Nintendo gamer at the time. When I got to
college (UW) I would spend my lunch break many times in the arcade
watching people play Tekken just to see all the array of moves.

I always held a belief that some martial arts masters out there had
the ability to focus energy like Ryu or Ken do in Street Fighter 2
with their Hadoken or fireball, it would just be invisible to the
naked eye. So I like to keep my senses peaked for any evidence of such
occurrences.

The precision that can be achieved with martial arts is amazing to me.
  The ability to strike an opponent at minute pressure points with
dramatic results, although may take years to master, is part of the
"exotic nature" that intrigues me. After watching Crouching Tiger,
Hidden Dragon and learning a little more about the martial arts I was
fascinated by the ability to not only inflict pain, but also to heal
the body with knowledge of these pressure points. I believe in jujitsu
they call it atemi.

I also enjoy the ability to control an opponent/adversary/uke with
minimal effort. I naturally lean toward the pacifist side of things,
but take comfort in the knowledge that I could defend myself if backed
into a corner.

I started in Tae Kwon Do when I was a pre-teen, only for a few months.
Tae Kwon Do later felt too 'flashy' with high flying kicks that look
cool, but don't seem all that effective if faced against a grappler.
In middle school and through high school I wrestled. Ever since I am
always seeking an art that involves grappling to some degree. I
believe wrestling really forms the base from which I identify myself
now, although I've noticed sometimes that can be a detriment when
trying to learn a new art. I soon realized I wanted to learn more
about joint locks, so started searching for a style that incorporated
them.

Around this time (mid-90's) is when I was introduced to the UFC
(Ultimate Fighting Championship) I thought this was a great idea, put
masters in their respective arts face to face and see which style is
superior. This also shaped my belief that any style is ineffective if
some knowledge of grappling is not taught. The early UFC's were much
more beneficial to understanding which styles were superior compared
to the current UFC's which have too many rules now.

In college I did about 6 months of Aikido, a quarter of Judo, and a
quarter of Tai Ji. Aikido was interesting with the flowing moves, and
I liked the concept of redirecting force rather than meeting it head
on. Judo felt similar to wrestling but I didn't have much time to
devote to it with school and work. Also didn't have much time to Tai
Ji, although I enjoyed it, however it didn't give me much chance to
grapple or practice moves on a person, mostly doing forms. I could see
the benefit of it over a long time, but I was impatient at the time.

In 2001 I went to a meditation retreat called Vipassana
(www.dhamma.org) in Onalaska, WA. It was 10 days of meditating for 11
hours a day, eating vegetarian, and no talking, no media (TV, music,
movies), and no conjugal enjoyments... Although there was no cost
involved, so that was good. I really got a sense of how important
focusing the mind can be in anything you do, especially in martial
arts. I remember thinking after the 10 days that it was like Jedi
training. Shortly after I started to connect how so many martial arts
derived from China and Japan, and ultimately from India, all of which
have deep roots in Buddhist tradition.

I later moved to California while working at Lockheed Martin joined
the Aikido group through work and tried that out for another year or
so. Also found a group during lunch that practiced Escrima and
Kajukenbo, but only joined them for about a month before moving back
home to Seattle. That was fun as I got to jump right in with
practicing knife fighting with rubber knives and such.

Also while at Lockheed Martin, I formed a grappling club which
combined collegiate wrestling and submission wrestlers. I was really
getting more interested in the submission wrestling as my interest in
the UFC was continuing strong.

After returning to Seattle I decided I should just go for it, and try
a style that would be right along the lines of the UFC. So I joined
Brazilian Jiu-jitsu (BJJ) at the Tully's warehouse. I was enamored
with the workout and was having a great time, however I started to
realize it was satisfying the part of controlling an opponent, but not
the esoteric part of martial arts that I was originally drawn to. All
of the spiritual connection with the world around you seemed to be
stripped from this, and just put into a logical framework of getting
the job done. Effective, yes, but still didn't quite have what I was
looking for. That and I got injured, hearing a 'pop' in my knee,
thought it was a torn meniscus, and was out a few weeks. When I
returned, my old knee injury from high school wrestling reared it's
ugly head again and forced me to stop practicing.

So I decided to try a style that would use less time on my knees and
joined Sifu Dejesus in Wushu. I was always drawn to the style from
watching Jet Li movies and seeing how graceful he was, yet the amount
of force he could generate was astounding. I stayed with Sifu for
about a year including a quarter of private lesson in staff (go
Donatello!!).

After watching what was going on in the room next door, the Kajukenbo
or Taikabudo class, my desire to 'spar' or practice against a partner
got the better of me and I joined the class. So for the past five
months or so I've been in Kajukenbo and loving it.

A big part of learning a martial art, to me, is finding the right
teacher/sensei/sifu/guro etc. I feel part of why I've jumped around in
so many styles is I never found a teacher I connected with. I believe
I have now with Sifu and Guro. They understand the esoteric side of
the arts as well as the practical application of it. I'm looking
forward to continuing my studies with them for years to come.

Thanks Sifu and Guro if you read this, for being such great teachers!

Joshua

--- In seattlewushu@yahoogroups.com, "Restita" <restita@...> wrote:
>
> The board is kind of slow as of late....so I'll start a topic to get
> some discussions rolling....
>
> What attracts you to martial arts?? You don't necessarily have to be
> currently studying one, as alot of people are interested in martial
> arts and not actively taking a class.  So...what floats your boat
> about martial arts?
>
> For me, I was attracted to Martial Arts initially by the "exotic
> nature" of it. (hey, I was just a kid!!). I was a huge fan of the
> old "Kung Fu" TV series back in the 1970's, and I thought it would be
> cool to be able to learn stuff like that.....minus the smouldering
> cauldron to brand forearms with! ha ha ha!
>
> I started in Karate, and immediatley fell in love with it. I ate,
> breathed, and slept Karate. I think I checked out every martial arts
> book in my local library, and begged my parents to let me subscribe
> to "Black Belt" magazine.
>
> From there, the addiction kept on. Kajukenbo, Eskrima, Tai Chi,
> Wushu, Iaido, Kyudo.....I gobbled up these arts just as fervently as
> Karate, and still practice/study them.  I can't even imagine not
> doing martial arts.
>
> So there you have my story.....what's yours??
>

Back when I was younger (around 5 or 6), my parents actually decided
it would be good for me to take up martial arts.  But, from then on,
I've been completely infatuated with them.

I trained in Shudokan karate-do for around 12 years, so, I consider
that my primary martial art, but I also dabbled in Yang Taijiquan, and
Axe Capoeira.  Before really discovering Wushu, I had researched
different styles in which I could also train, including (but not
limited to) various styles of Tae Kwan Do, Iaido, Kendo and Judo.

In some ways, I'm attracted to martial arts for the sole purpose of
the art - the intrinsic movement combined with raw, yet controlled,
functionality.  The beauty, the grace...

But on the other hand, I love dabbling in different styles so that I
can find my little niche - to combine them in such a way that would
fit me perfectly.

Karate fits my body type; broad-shouldered, strong, can hold my
ground.  But, at least for Shudokan karate, it doesn't take into
account some of my other strengths, such as my effortless flexibility.

Taijiquan fits my nature better, calmer, but still radiating focus.
But it doesn't use the strengths that karate fit

Capoeira, on the other hand, is probably the best of the three in
terms of using my aforementioned flexibility.  But, Capeoira is too
much about rhythm, I just couldn't get used to that.  It's very much a
reactionary martial art, which is fine with me, but it seemed slightly
nonsensical (at least for me), to have to kick at certain times
according to the beat of the music.

Unfortunately, as of late, I haven't had time to really train nor have
I found a new class for me to take that's not too far from the UW
campus.  Because It would now be about an hour's commute for me to get
to my karate dojo, I've decided against returning there, at least for
the time being.
--- In seattlewushu@yahoogroups.com, "Restita" <restita@...> wrote:
>
> The board is kind of slow as of late....so I'll start a topic to get
> some discussions rolling....
>
> What attracts you to martial arts?? You don't necessarily have to be
> currently studying one, as alot of people are interested in martial
> arts and not actively taking a class.  So...what floats your boat
> about martial arts?
>
> For me, I was attracted to Martial Arts initially by the "exotic
> nature" of it. (hey, I was just a kid!!). I was a huge fan of the
> old "Kung Fu" TV series back in the 1970's, and I thought it would be
> cool to be able to learn stuff like that.....minus the smouldering
> cauldron to brand forearms with! ha ha ha!
>
> I started in Karate, and immediatley fell in love with it. I ate,
> breathed, and slept Karate. I think I checked out every martial arts
> book in my local library, and begged my parents to let me subscribe
> to "Black Belt" magazine.
>
> From there, the addiction kept on. Kajukenbo, Eskrima, Tai Chi,
> Wushu, Iaido, Kyudo.....I gobbled up these arts just as fervently as
> Karate, and still practice/study them.  I can't even imagine not
> doing martial arts.
>
> So there you have my story.....what's yours??
>

The board is kind of slow as of late....so I'll start a topic to get
some discussions rolling....

What attracts you to martial arts?? You don't necessarily have to be
currently studying one, as alot of people are interested in martial
arts and not actively taking a class. So...what floats your boat
about martial arts?

For me, I was attracted to Martial Arts initially by the "exotic
nature" of it. (hey, I was just a kid!!). I was a huge fan of the
old "Kung Fu" TV series back in the 1970's, and I thought it would be
cool to be able to learn stuff like that.....minus the smouldering
cauldron to brand forearms with! ha ha ha!

I started in Karate, and immediatley fell in love with it. I ate,
breathed, and slept Karate. I think I checked out every martial arts
book in my local library, and begged my parents to let me subscribe
to "Black Belt" magazine.

From there, the addiction kept on. Kajukenbo, Eskrima, Tai Chi,
Wushu, Iaido, Kyudo.....I gobbled up these arts just as fervently as
Karate, and still practice/study them. I can't even imagine not
doing martial arts.

So there you have my story.....what's yours??

I wanted to study martial arts ever since I was a little kid but my
parents wouldn't allow it.  They most likely were afraid of me
getting hurt and/or getting into fights in school.  I wish I had the
opportunity to get involved at a much younger age but at the same
time I think I appreciate more aspects of martial arts now that I am
older.

What keeps me interested?  Everything about it.  The physical
training that keeps the body in shape.  The mental training that
keeps the mind focused and raises my level of awareness, and even
the "spiritual" side (focusing and directing energy).  I also enjoy
learning self defense as it really helps my confidence.
Interestingly, I found that since I began studying martial arts it
is much easier for me to defuse pontentially violent situations by
talking things out and/or avoiding the situation.  Martial arts also
teaches respect.  Respect for self and others, no matter how foolish
someone may be acting I am able to find respect for them one way or
another.  This helps me to be a more compassionate and understanding
person.  Finally, perhaps this is more related to the school, but
from my experience I really enjoy the camaraderie shared between my
fellow students, Sifu, and students of martial arts in general.

The board is kind of slow as of late....so I'll start a topic to get
some discussions rolling....

What attracts you to martial arts?? You don't necessarily have to be
currently studying one, as alot of people are interested in martial
arts and not actively taking a class.  So...what floats your boat
about martial arts?

For me, I was attracted to Martial Arts initially by the "exotic
nature" of it. (hey, I was just a kid!!). I was a huge fan of the
old "Kung Fu" TV series back in the 1970's, and I thought it would be
cool to be able to learn stuff like that.....minus the smouldering
cauldron to brand forearms with! ha ha ha!

I started in Karate, and immediatley fell in love with it. I ate,
breathed, and slept Karate. I think I checked out every martial arts
book in my local library, and begged my parents to let me subscribe
to "Black Belt" magazine.

From there, the addiction kept on. Kajukenbo, Eskrima, Tai Chi,
Wushu, Iaido, Kyudo.....I gobbled up these arts just as fervently as
Karate, and still practice/study them.  I can't even imagine not
doing martial arts.

So there you have my story.....what's yours??

Welcome, welcome! You say that you're going to the UW now....have you
already checked out the Wushu club there? Two of my students are
currently members of the UW Wushu club....

Restita

A hearty welcome to Bill....thanks for finding us! Its good to hear
from you!

-Sifu D.

Hi Mike, thanks for writing!! Have a safe trip back from Okinawa!   You're more than welcome to visit our Dojo / Kwoon when you're in the Seattle area. Talk to you again soon!!

 

Restita

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The mechanic that would perfect his work,
must first sharpen his tools."
- Confucius

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Although I'm bummed out that our current building will be demolished
next year, I'm really excited about the school's new chapter in a new
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Seattle Wushu Center will be moving to another location in Seattle....

We'll be moving to Seattle's historic Georgetown district, not too far
of a jaunt from the previous West Seattle area.

Although I'm bummed out that our current building will be demolished
next year, I'm really excited about the school's new chapter in a new
location. Georgetown is a wonderful neighborhood.

I'll have a definite move date as soon as I hear from the landlord of
the old building. So, Seattle Wushu students....keep an eye out for the
official "moving work-party" date!  :-)

A hearty welcome to "roxolana2007", a new discussion group member from
New York! I hope you enjoy your time on our board, roxolana!

-Restita

Welcome, Emiliano! We hope you enjoy the group. Feel free to post and
introduce yourself and meet some of the other folks! :-)

Sifu Restita

Woo Hoo!! Russ and Hoan will be going to Baltimore to vie for spots on
the USA Wushu team. Team trials are this weekend, if I remember
correctly. They've been working so hard to hone their skills for this
opportunity...let's wish them a hearty load of good luck and a
big "Jiayo"!!

Woo Hoo!! Russ and Hoan will be going to Baltimore to vie for spots on
the USA Wushu team. Team trials are this weekend, if I remember
correctly. They've been working so hard to hone their skills for this
opportunity...let's wish them a hearty load of good luck and a
big "Jiayo"!!

Hearty congrats to Joshua, a Wushu student, whose bouncing baby boy
was born yesterday (did I get that correct, Josh??). Good wishes to
you and the family!!!

Mike B:

 

Here you go.  A good chinese pharmicist can fill this out for you.  Find a glass container you can seal up well.  Brown tone is better.  make sure your hands can fit inside of it.

 

You need to find some 180 proof vodka.  Something that is 90% alcohol.  My jar uses three packets of the prescription and a liter for each packet.  (3 prescriptions will need 3 litres of alcohol)

 

Mix it all in the container and let sit for minimum of four weeks.  the longer it marinates the stronger it is.  Make sure to agitate it once a week.

 

When you use it for training:

 

Completely submerge one hand at a time past the wrist.  Then when both hands are soaked, rub vigorously.  Use before and after makiwara training or and iron hand training.

 

two warnings:  for external use only and it will turn yoru hands slightly yellow for the herbs.  Don't worry it washes off.

 

good luck

 

Charles

 

Charles boyett <jinteh1@yahoo.com> wrote:

Thanks,,ill be looking forward to trying it,

 

Mike B.

Charles Shepard <fenris999@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

I do have a recipe for iron palm juice.  i'll get it out this weekend.  It works really well, better than Dit Da Jow or Zhen Gui Shui.

 

Charles

Mike <jinteh1@yahoo.com> wrote:

Great meditating stuff. I enjoy the posture meditating and it
seems as I get older I enjoy it more. When I was young I thought it
was sort of a waste of time,, as more active practice was what I
wanted,,but I know those long , long moments in Pole position
developed something inside me. I can see it and feel it today.
My Wu Sifu today does a bit of it,, but not as lengthy as we
used to do over sea's,, I guess for fear of losing students.. Im not
sure. Or maybe just because of Time retraints.
But on my own at home I practice pole sitting and it always helps.
For those of you that do hand training. As I get older I also tend
to work on the Makiwara more,,I can feel the Chi improve as I use it.
I can still strike it very hard and it tends to improve my
coordination and waist turning. I cant do the bag work for kicks as
I used to (as much),,but I still work on the basic kicks, and use the
Chisei everyother day for my weight work outs.
One question i have for you or anyone else in here,,is for hands.
Even though I love working out on the makiwara,, i tend to have
aches especially in lower thumb and wrist areas,, this is from
arthritis and years of doing karate. I bought some Dit Ja Jow in San
Francisco,,but it was the ready made stuff from a Chinese Pharmacy,
wanted to get some dry herbs and make it myself, so it would be a
little stronger. I make it at home also myself,,from normal over the
counter stuff from the Drug store,,but it tends to be a little
oily,,but it actually works pretty good. Does anyone in here have
any good perscription for a good hand lotion,,even a iron hand lotion
would be good,,if anyone knows how to make it. I know yall WuShu
folks would have good stuff for this.

Charles "Mike"

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Thanks,,ill be looking forward to trying it,

 

Mike B.

Charles Shepard <fenris999@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

I do have a recipe for iron palm juice.  i'll get it out this weekend.  It works really well, better than Dit Da Jow or Zhen Gui Shui.

 

Charles

Mike <jinteh1@yahoo.com> wrote:

Great meditating stuff. I enjoy the posture meditating and it
seems as I get older I enjoy it more. When I was young I thought it
was sort of a waste of time,, as more active practice was what I
wanted,,but I know those long , long moments in Pole position
developed something inside me. I can see it and feel it today.
My Wu Sifu today does a bit of it,, but not as lengthy as we
used to do over sea's,, I guess for fear of losing students.. Im not
sure. Or maybe just because of Time retraints.
But on my own at home I practice pole sitting and it always helps.
For those of you that do hand training. As I get older I also tend
to work on the Makiwara more,,I can feel the Chi improve as I use it.
I can still strike it very hard and it tends to improve my
coordination and waist turning. I cant do the bag work for kicks as
I used to (as much),,but I still work on the basic kicks, and use the
Chisei everyother day for my weight work outs.
One question i have for you or anyone else in here,,is for hands.
Even though I love working out on the makiwara,, i tend to have
aches especially in lower thumb and wrist areas,, this is from
arthritis and years of doing karate. I bought some Dit Ja Jow in San
Francisco,,but it was the ready made stuff from a Chinese Pharmacy,
wanted to get some dry herbs and make it myself, so it would be a
little stronger. I make it at home also myself,,from normal over the
counter stuff from the Drug store,,but it tends to be a little
oily,,but it actually works pretty good. Does anyone in here have
any good perscription for a good hand lotion,,even a iron hand lotion
would be good,,if anyone knows how to make it. I know yall WuShu
folks would have good stuff for this.

Charles "Mike"

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I do have a recipe for iron palm juice.  i'll get it out this weekend.  It works really well, better than Dit Da Jow or Zhen Gui Shui.

 

Charles

Mike <jinteh1@yahoo.com> wrote:

Great meditating stuff. I enjoy the posture meditating and it
seems as I get older I enjoy it more. When I was young I thought it
was sort of a waste of time,, as more active practice was what I
wanted,,but I know those long , long moments in Pole position
developed something inside me. I can see it and feel it today.
My Wu Sifu today does a bit of it,, but not as lengthy as we
used to do over sea's,, I guess for fear of losing students.. Im not
sure. Or maybe just because of Time retraints.
But on my own at home I practice pole sitting and it always helps.
For those of you that do hand training. As I get older I also tend
to work on the Makiwara more,,I can feel the Chi improve as I use it.
I can still strike it very hard and it tends to improve my
coordination and waist turning. I cant do the bag work for kicks as
I used to (as much),,but I still work on the basic kicks, and use the
Chisei everyother day for my weight work outs.
One question i have for you or anyone else in here,,is for hands.
Even though I love working out on the makiwara,, i tend to have
aches especially in lower thumb and wrist areas,, this is from
arthritis and years of doing karate. I bought some Dit Ja Jow in San
Francisco,,but it was the ready made stuff from a Chinese Pharmacy,
wanted to get some dry herbs and make it myself, so it would be a
little stronger. I make it at home also myself,,from normal over the
counter stuff from the Drug store,,but it tends to be a little
oily,,but it actually works pretty good. Does anyone in here have
any good perscription for a good hand lotion,,even a iron hand lotion
would be good,,if anyone knows how to make it. I know yall WuShu
folks would have good stuff for this.

Charles "Mike"

Great meditating stuff. I enjoy the posture meditating and it
seems as I get older I enjoy it more. When I was young I thought it
was sort of a waste of time,, as more active practice was what I
wanted,,but I know those long , long moments in Pole position
developed something inside me. I can see it and feel it today.
My Wu Sifu today does a bit of it,, but not as lengthy as we
used to do over sea's,, I guess for fear of losing students.. Im not
sure. Or maybe just because of Time retraints.
But on my own at home I practice pole sitting and it always helps.
For those of you that do hand training. As I get older I also tend
to work on the Makiwara more,,I can feel the Chi improve as I use it.
I can still strike it very hard and it tends to improve my
coordination and waist turning. I cant do the bag work for kicks as
I used to (as much),,but I still work on the basic kicks, and use the
Chisei everyother day for my weight work outs.
One question i have for you or anyone else in here,,is for hands.
Even though I love working out on the makiwara,, i tend to have
aches especially in lower thumb and wrist areas,, this is from
arthritis and years of doing karate. I bought some Dit Ja Jow in San
Francisco,,but it was the ready made stuff from a Chinese Pharmacy,
wanted to get some dry herbs and make it myself, so it would be a
little stronger. I make it at home also myself,,from normal over the
counter stuff from the Drug store,,but it tends to be a little
oily,,but it actually works pretty good. Does anyone in here have
any good perscription for a good hand lotion,,even a iron hand lotion
would be good,,if anyone knows how to make it. I know yall WuShu
folks would have good stuff for this.

Charles "Mike"

Great meditating stuff.  I enjoy the posture meditating and it
seems as I get older I enjoy it more.  When I was young I thought it
was sort of a waste of time,, as more active practice was what I
wanted,,but I know those long , long moments in Pole position
developed something inside me.  I can see it and feel it today.
      My Wu Sifu today does a bit of it,, but not as lengthy as we
used to do over sea's,, I guess for fear of losing students.. Im not
sure. Or maybe just because of Time retraints.
   But on my own at home I practice pole sitting and it always helps.
   For those of you that do hand training.  As I get older I also tend
to work on the Makiwara more,,I can feel the Chi improve as I use it.
I can still strike it very hard and it tends to improve my
coordination and waist turning.  I cant do the bag work for kicks as
I used to (as much),,but I still work on the basic kicks, and use the
Chisei everyother day for my weight work outs.
     One question i have for you or anyone else in here,,is for hands.
  Even though I love working out on the makiwara,, i tend to have
aches especially in lower thumb and wrist areas,, this is from
arthritis and years of doing karate. I bought some Dit Ja Jow in San
Francisco,,but it was the ready made stuff from a Chinese Pharmacy,
wanted to get some dry herbs and make it myself, so it would be a
little stronger.  I make it at home also myself,,from normal over the
counter stuff from the Drug store,,but it tends to be a little
oily,,but it actually works pretty good.  Does anyone in here have
any good perscription for a good hand lotion,,even a iron hand lotion
would be good,,if anyone knows how to make it.  I know yall WuShu
folks would have good stuff for this.

Charles "Mike"

That was an inspiring exercise. Especially the anecdote of sitting in
horse stance for 45 minutes! Made me want to meditate more!

--- In seattlewushu@yahoogroups.com, Kevin Brooks <kbrooks_77@...> wrote:
>
> I agree, the exercise was helpful.  I think it will help me
tremendously with the basics.  It also sparked a new perspective in
the way I see the transition between stances in the 6 combinations.
>
> andrewacastro <andrewacastro@...> wrote:           I actually liked
that exercise where we were pretending to hold on to
> a tree or post and try to find our center. Since, Sifu, you mentioned
> in class that finding your center helps to improve your forms I think
> I could benefit from these internal drills/exercises.
>
> --- In seattlewushu@yahoogroups.com, "Restita" <restita@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Joshua. I haven't done much any type of "sensing" exercises in
> > Wushu class, mainly because I didn't know how students would take to
> > it. After all, some people are there to learn the "external" elements
> > like cardiovascular conditioning, jumps, acrobatics, etc. But then
> > again....I haven't asked the students what they'd think about it
> > either! But hey, its my class, so I can teach sensitivity exercises
> > if I want, right? ha ha ha :-)
> >
> > What I was thinking of trying, is incorporating certain sensitivity
> > exercises toward the end of wushu classes. I'd also like to show a
> > bit more fighting applications based on our wushu techniques. Self
> > defense applications are handy in giving students a good idea of how
> > to improve our forms by knowing how techniques are used.
> >
> > See ya!
> > -Sifu
> >
> > --- In seattlewushu@yahoogroups.com, "jbartonleingang" <cvinthil@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > That is a nice description of push hands and sensing. That is one of
> > > the main reasons I was drawn to chinese martial arts. Is this
> > > something we might do in our Wushu classes, or is this more in your
> > > Tai Chi class? I would also like to cultivate the ability to
> > > intuitively know how to react like you described to a punch or kick
> > > through sparring. Is this something I could get more from the
> > > kajukenbo classes with Sherril? Do you join her in teaching
> > kajukenbo
> > > sometimes?
> > >
> > > --- In seattlewushu@yahoogroups.com, "Restita" <restita@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I've got a new entry on my blog, finally!! check it out if you'd
> > like!
> > > >
> > > > Sifu
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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I actually liked that exercise where we were pretending to hold on to
a tree or post and try to find our center. Since, Sifu, you mentioned
in class that finding your center helps to improve your forms I think
I could benefit from these internal drills/exercises.

--- In seattlewushu@yahoogroups.com, "Restita" <restita@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Joshua. I haven't done much any type of "sensing" exercises in
> Wushu class, mainly because I didn't know how students would take to
> it. After all, some people are there to learn the "external" elements
> like cardiovascular conditioning, jumps, acrobatics, etc. But then
> again....I haven't asked the students what they'd think about it
> either! But hey, its my class, so I can teach sensitivity exercises
> if I want, right? ha ha ha :-)
>
> What I was thinking of trying, is incorporating certain sensitivity
> exercises toward the end of wushu classes. I'd also like to show a
> bit more fighting applications based on our wushu techniques. Self
> defense applications are handy in giving students a good idea of how
> to improve our forms by knowing how techniques are used.
>
> See ya!
> -Sifu
>
> --- In seattlewushu@yahoogroups.com, "jbartonleingang" <cvinthil@>
> wrote:
> >
> > That is a nice description of push hands and sensing. That is one of
> > the main reasons I was drawn to chinese martial arts. Is this
> > something we might do in our Wushu classes, or is this more in your
> > Tai Chi class? I would also like to cultivate the ability to
> > intuitively know how to react like you described to a punch or kick
> > through sparring. Is this something I could get more from the
> > kajukenbo classes with Sherril? Do you join her in teaching
> kajukenbo
> > sometimes?
> >
> > --- In seattlewushu@yahoogroups.com, "Restita" <restita@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I've got a new entry on my blog, finally!! check it out if you'd
> like!
> > >
> > > Sifu
> > >
> >
>