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  • No Time for Exercise – How to fix it!

    Exercise. Everyone knows they should get more, yet many of us feel that we just don’t have enough time for it. Kung Fu to the rescue.  How?  It’s because Kung Fu is an energy cultivation practice.  To be precise, it is a well-defined system of practices that keeps you healthy and fit, it clears your…

  • Baguazhang and the Physics of Yin and Yang

    One day during a session with my Sifu, I commented that the sequence of movement we were training was like Yin and Yang. He replied, “Everything is like Yin and Yang”. To which I replied, “ I suppose, but I really see opposite forces at play here.” I recall his subdued yet emphatic response which…

  • Baguazhang and the Sword Polisher’s Wisdom

    This is a story that one of my Sifu’s shared with me a long time ago. It is a short story and it goes like this…   ‘   A sword is just a blunt piece of steel to begin with. To make a sword you first have to develop the rough shape of the…