Learning challenges

“I tried …” – some things are easier to learn than others. Until you can truly see, feel and understand, you are just trying to imitate something external. If you feel stuck, don’t just discount it, ask, change it up,

Creativity

Have your mind ever drawn a blank when asked to create an art piece, an essay, a design or a routine. We often say that someone is ‘gifted’ when he/she can often come up with something totally unexpected and different.

Piggy banks

Whether you have a physical piggy bank where you store cash or a bank account or credit line, you appreciate the advantage of having a ‘reserve’ that you can draw on when you need. It doesn’t always have to be

Happy birthday Canada!

LHBF martialgym is very Canadian if you think about it: Multicultural – our gymnastics portion comes from Japanese men’s rhythmic gymnastics and liuhebafa comes from China. Here in Canada, without any social pressure or cultural baggage, I was able to

Sifu versus coach

Do they mean the same thing? Close but not exactly. Sifu is a Chinese term and concept and can be written in two ways 師父 or 師傅 – the first meaning ‘teacher father’ and the second ‘master’ or ‘expert’. As