KISS rule – Keep It Simple, Stupid. The amount of work behind such simplicity often goes unappreciated. Balances, pivots, extreme flexibilities, jumps and flips all seems so effortless when performed by a high level gymnast; a ball that rolls around
Rehab – contrast bath
Even though the bone is ‘clinically’ healed, the X-ray doesn’t show enough calcification yet. Ulna is one of those bones that takes a longer time to heal. I still need to avoid strength training or any heavy loads for at
Art of misdirection
A change of pace. A few of the following videos may open your eyes to the art of misdriection: Exercise While they are all interesting, how is this relevant?
3 different aspects of learning
Some think of them as different phases / stages of learning. In reality, sequencing is not mandatory and therefore I would like to think of it as different aspects or angle of learning – sequenced or simultaneously. Each aspect have
Martialgym info session for seniors
Held an information session at the Edmonds’ Community Center last week. Session was time limited to about 45 minutes including Q and A. The session include not just talking and presenting but actual exercises, hands on experiments and interactions. The
Olympics – some parting thoughts
Olympics came and gone. What an incredible couple of weeks! Following are some of my personal thoughts: Lots of kids get inspired by the Olympics and want to represent their country one day. Most won’t and so the motivation cannot
Olympics – peak performance
With sport, you know about your target event dates way in advance. With those dates, you start to work your training schedule backwards so that you peak at the right time. All top tier athletes worked hard throughout their career
Knock outs
Different fighters different approaches. There is however a common thread to those that win as well as those that lost. Exercise Summarize what you saw.
Good / bad of competition rules and protection
This championship between Taichi (in white) and Shaolin (in orange) includes more than just on stage combat, as a separate event, the individual demonstrates the form artistically and therefore with makeup and costume. I am not totally sure but I
Heaven, earth and mankind 天地人
These ‘primary’ entities were identified in I Ching and discussed by many Chinese Philosophers. In I Ching, the universe is represented by eight trigrams (pa-qua). Each trigram consist of 3 strokes that can be whole or broken (state). Two to