You don’t have to be an environmentalist to be able to understand that reduce, reuse and recycle make perfect sense. Guess what, the same principles are applicable to our approach in martial arts too: Reduce – reduce energy used to
Channeling / redirecting
We practice push hands to improve on sensing the direction of forces, to learn how to absorb forces and to redirect it into something to our advantage. Whether you start to realize it yet or not, there are lots of
How to find strategic relaxation
We talked about ‘relaxation’ for a couple of weeks. Everyone knows the advantage to be able to relax. The concept and criteria seems to be so simple but realistically, it is hard to achieve when under stress. Therefore, I think
Evaluating your delivery using the SDAA model
Self assessment is always required to know if you are on the right track. As you can see in this blog, just throwing a few hundred punches a day may not give you the desired results. To be effective, a
Speed
The challenge is NOT just about how to punch and kick faster. Instead, we need to find out ‘WHAT SPEED really means’ to a fighter. Having “Movement speed” is one of the many attributes needed to be a good fighter.
Shortest distance between 2 points
Shortest distance between 2 points is a straight line. This is the cornerstone for some styles to the extent that they do not even have any circular hits in their arsenal (e.g hooks or uppercuts). While the principle is correct
Posture
Many people are aware of the concept of posture but most don’t fully appreciate its significance. It affects all of the following muscle tension – poor posture is a common cause of stiff shoulders and back. Muscle tension causes stiffness
How is your Qi today?
Joking aside, to a lot of people, Qi and internal martial arts are inseparable. Well… I can share my own Qi experiences with you. My mom had an aneurism some 15 years ago and was in critical care for a
Power of alignment
Just watched a documentary about how the Estonians gained independence through songs and music – (click here for The singing revolution trailer). The documentary hit home with me because I can just see the similarity to the mechanics of internal
So what?
Excess information from school, work, TV, internet, newspaper, radio, family, friends, etc. is part of today’s reality – filtering out what is irrelevant is natural and needed. Most of what you see stick for only 24 hours or less, a