Unplugged!!

Have been unplugged lately..........tried to fix my registry........did a great job......next day tho when I booted up....everything was gone......pictures,blog,programs,videos......................ouch...have been busy trying to figure out what happen and find out what to replace.....aargh.....technology!  then discovered somewhere during security check in LA my Canon disappeared.....who's going to protect us from the TSA security??  So had to scrape some cash together for a new camera.......picked up on sale at Radio shack a Nikon S550........Read more

Carrying on a Tradition

Carrying on traditions is an important part of Wushu, to past on the teachings to the next generation.  Keith is my eldest CalWushu Student from generation one..........help me get CalWushu and Cal Taiji started..........he has since studied Wushu with me and trained extensively with Corey....who is the head of Kei Lun Martial Arts..........Keith I am happy to say has continued to past the traditions down in his family.  A week ago, I performed with the Soohoo Clan at Mckinley School in Brisbane..............last time we performed the...Read more

A Sign of the Times?

If you look around things are not going to well in the "real" world...............millions of people loosing their jobs........homes being foreclosed.....GM wants more money.............and senators flying first class for $14,000.........a pop..........decisions, decisions, decisions.........and no body wants to do anything that might make them look bad later to their constituents...........hey that's us................................so the California Legislature decides to do nothing instead of approving a budget.......on...Read more

Return to Ox Bow

After returning from LA....it was more Lion Dancing.  Hong Lock is the main Senior Services Center in Oakland Chinatown.  I began first performing for them more than 15 years ago....Seniors always enjoy the Chinese New Year's Celebration and enjoy watching the students dance the Lion, and do Wushu for them.

Ely came armed to perform for the seniors at Hong Lock.

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To LA and Back

Have not had a chance to post lately....so time to catch up.  It has been very busy with Chinese New Year's coming up....we have been out Lion Dancing alot.....this is the busiest time of year for us.  I took a short break and attended Matt and Cathy's wedding in Cerritos.........I had a great time......it was good to see many of the members of SCWA........and also many of the Wushu World in LA area.  I have not been back to Cerritos in more than 20 years....it was the site of the 2nd US Wushu National Championships..........that was m...Read more

Chinese New Year's

Something from the Post Office for all you Lion Dancers.......

Get ready to welcome in the Year of the Ox...........get your house in order, put your weapons away, buy some new clothes, get a hair cut.....and get a new wallet!!  These stamps are kool...added several to my collection!

Ok, cya all in the Year of the OX.......will be heading south for Matt's wedding...should be fun and a...Read more

The Dream Lives On

The Dream of America is still what brings people to it's shores...........many Chinese Wushu Masters who are here have come to give their Children an opportunity to get an education and to get a chance to be who they want.  Certainly opportunity and business is much change from the past in China..........but there is just so many people there, and unless you are the best it's hard to rise to the top....and of course even at the top there are still more people..........Wushu is certainly a case of even among the best there is still ...Read more

The Dream Lives On

i am sure you all watched the inauguration.......certainly a very special event...one showing the world what freedom and democracy are about.  Hail to the Chief.....President Obama!! It is a big step toward making the dream of American Forefathers truly be possible for everyone.  I remember once asking my Cal Wushu students whether they had ever felt Asians were discriminated against.................many of them felt that that was something only the Afro-Americans faced.....that was in the past.  The truth be said.....one should check out ...Read more

Chinese New Years and the Coming Changes

Chinese New Years is just one week away, but even more exciting is the inauguration of Barack Obama....truly marks an important change in the state of American Politics.........no more back room good old boys running the country......but make no mistake Obama is going to have to fight them all the way....................regardless it is a significant victory for the legacy of Martin Luther King.  Speaking of future confrontations...........confrontations are a favorite past time of Americans........you just have to ho...Read more

Welcome in 2009

2009 a new wind is in the air change is coming!   Certainly, the world is on the brink of change....good and bad,  weather is for California really cold.......so cold that some nights you can see the frost of my breath inside my home(!!).............no rain tho.....we could use more in the Sierras so we can prevent water drought..........California needs to get it's act together before we run out of money......and for me that means no job...............whoooo, that's scary nowadays as unemployment is rising faster than ever.............Read more