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Reminder from: seattlewushu Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/seattlewushu/cal Sifu leaves for Japan Friday April 6, 2007 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm All...
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I'm back!! Remember, the new quarter started 4/25/07. I look forward to this quarter! See you all in class!...
Hi: Old Karate Ka here. Charles "Mike" Boyett,, Been involved with martial arts since 19mmm forgotten,,back in the mid sixties. Have been involved with...
Here's a version of what we refer to as jr. longfist which is similar to the version we do: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEllGdmG7K8 What we call jr....
Hi Zane,, I trained Yang style Tai Ji out in Calif for several years,,and thought I was doing pretty good.Even learned a short staff form. Came down here to...
Thanks Restita, It looks like a very nice site,, If i answer with my Middle name,, Mike,, its what i usually go by,, I have a son Michael who comes on line...
Mike, I know wushi is a good fighting style, as is chenshi, but I think yangshi is mostly for hippies. Is that your impreession? Regarding starting younger I...
Then "Mike" it is, then! :-) I wish I would have started Taiji at a younger age. Wow, I'm only 40 and Im talking like I'm as old as the hills! (my knees feel...
Hi,, Understand about the knees,, Ive had two knee operations..sometimes My knees behave,, sometimes,,they just dont do right,, then if it aint my knees its my...
Hi Zane, Well as far as fighing is concerned,,I think any system has its combat effectiveness and weaknesses.. Some are better for somethings,,others are...
Hi Zane,, Nawww didnt take it seriously,,, You were a flower child,,I was in the military in those days,, it seems we have sort of arrived at the same tip of...
woooooooowwwwwww!!! Man,, if Only I could move like that. Forgive my ignorance though when you speak of 5th Duan,,is that the new grading system they have...
As far as I know the official duan system is still what it was in 1998 but I'm still doing research on that issue and regarding the issue of which moves can...
Ok,,i knew that some time ago,,i dont remember exactly when,, that they started using a Duan system. I hope that they can control the ranking better than what...
Hi Zane,, Im with you...I was just curious about it.. Zane Thomas <zanes.the.name@...> wrote: Mike, I don't really care much about ranking ... otherwise...
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...
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...
Oh oops. Duh. I guess including the link would help. Here ya go. Don't Fight the Tao--Sifu's blog <http://www.seattlewushucenter.spaces.live.com/> -Sifu...
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...