Qinna Master

Spent the day with Master Yang.......as Master Zhao had to teach the Russian Delegation....they wanted to work on 64 palms......an important form in Bagua as it teaches a series of applications and responses........once you master you have techniques to deal with any situation. Often my students mistakenly think that this form is not important because it is straight line........but Bagua is about application so this form is of utmost importance.....also while it may seem straight line...if done correctly the form is in fact a straight line insid...Read more

More Beijing

Ah well....never made it to Wangfujang.............it started to rain....when I got into the Taxi....the driver told me he did not know how to get there!!   So we all ended up in Starbucks again.........right next to the school in Lotus Lane.  Last night met with Master Wang.....the Team's Uniform maker......hard to imagine he's been making uniforms for me for more than 20 years.....still looks the same....................he also made uniforms for Getwushu for awhile.............got some pants and uniforms made for my Team.  Afterwards h...Read more

More Wushu

Walked into breakfast at Shichahai........and ran into Coach Yu from Hong Kong...it was great to see him.  We talked about the future of Wushu.....and the way things are going their is going to be a push to develop another road into the Olympics....and that's to promote Traditional Wushu.....Collin and Gao Song were not here because they were in Macau competing at a Tradional Wushu Tournament.  This is  sort of what I thought.......with the failure to enter the Olympics there has to be new direction for Wushu........even the Shaolin Monks in t...Read more

Discipleship and Wushu

Spent a day with Grandmaster Zhao and Master Yang...to get me ready for the upoming disciple ceremony.........the event will include 80 of the most prominent Masters in the Wushu World........Grandmaster Zhao has selected me to be part of the next generation of Bagua Masters...........which is quite an honor.  My students have often asked what's the difference between being the disciple and the student.  Well, first thing I learned was that there are many students but only a few disciples........disciples are taught the principles ...Read more

Beijing Again

This year has just been hectic have been travelling alot,  Just arrived in Beijing......the new airport is awesome.......was built for the Olympics so is impressively big,  You might not think that that's a big deal........but when I first came to Beijing......they would turn the airport on only when you arrived!  Doesn't seem to be too long, but it's been three years since I have been to Beijing.....as always it continues to grow and change.  Lots of folks to visit..........just called my Bagua Teacher Master Zhao, probably meet wi...Read more

Finishing the Old Year!

Lots to post up from the old year that I didn't have a chance to do.  I have been away, and have tried to update my laptop to Windows 7.....hehe don't believe all the Hype.....it don't work much better....it will boot up faster...but programs take forever to load..and it still crashes.....and it was incompatible with my MacAfee Antispyware!  One of my students pointed out to make it boot faster they just shifted everything to your memory...windows 7 takes up a whopping 17GB of memory...but less RAM!  Tech sure is great!  A...Read more

A New Year is here!

Hey all of you out there sorry to have not had a chance to wish everyone a Happy Holidays...afterall it is a new year!  I have been travelling was in Las Vegas for a week for some rest and just returned from San Diego.........saw some friends and judged at  the ICMAC Chinese Martial arts tournament....I'll put up pictures and comments as soon as I can.....in the mean time was good to see at the tournament.....David Ross.(.Dr.Taichi).....Li Jing, Liu Yi, Kenny Perez , Matt and Viet...thanks for the great time........Tournaments can be ...Read more

Toronto:World Wushu Championships

I have not been to a world Wushu competition since the first one............I was the US Team Coach at the !st Worlds in Beijing.  Since that time wushu has changed a lot.  10 years ago the US was still a superpower dominating the world economy and the US was still one of the best countries in wushu..........................now the rest of the world has surpassed the US in wushu and the world economy is in bad shape.  Times are a changing....!!  This year though the US picked a much more balanced team..not everyone was from ...Read more

More MidAutumn

This year was kind of cool for me...as my birthday was during the MidAutumn festival...always considered auspicious by the Chinese.  Jason was in charge of the planning for my surprise........he of course knows I like good food!!  So he surprised me this year with Korean Food.  He picked Han Il Kwan on Balboa and 18th Ave.  I had always wondered if it was any good as I drive by it all the time....and I see lots of Korean Tour groups eating there.

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More MidAutumn Festival

The Dragon Boat Races is a pretty cool event bringing teams out from all over the Bay Area to compete.  As part of the event there are lots of Cultural Performances.  Last time I posted some pictures of the SF Wushu Team's performance....also performing after us was Yau Gung Moon.  It is always good to see that some one is still carrying on the torch for traditional wushu...otherwise these styles will die out.  Yau Gung Moon is led by Sifu Lai lok Sang, their style is known as Southern Dragon.....it's postures are reminiscent ...Read more