Join me in the woods for a long weekend of fitness, meditation and martial arts August 13-15th This is for you if: you want to get away from the city You want to develop your body, balance and coordination you need reflection time you enjoy intelligent company that goes beyond superficial social trivia [...]
What attitudes and beliefs support a healthy body? How is it that some people approach exercise with enthusiasm? How can you eat well for your body and enjoy it? How does your self image and personal history affect your body shape? On July 20th at 19H15 I will hold a seminar that looks at these [...]
I just came back from a weekend teaching bagua for at the Shen Yi school in Valencia. It was my first time there, and whenever I come to teach somewhere new there is a degree of uncertainty… What kind of people will I find? Will they have any skill? What kind of attitude will they [...]
During the Summer I taught a number of introductions to Bagua outdoors in the jardins de Palais royale. I had a variety of people come to train, but two young women stood out for me, even if each attended only once. While they were both distractingly pretty what I really liked about having in them [...]
Internal martial arts are an interesting way to reap all kinds of benefits to your health, flexibility, strength, focus. They also present a number of challenges. The first is to find a good teacher since you cannot really learn from books or videos even if they can be a useful aid when used with intelligence [...]
One area of struggle within martial arts is the balance between the sense of healthy power that comes from training, and the appreciation that even with all the correct training you are still vulnerable. It is easy to slip into craving for more power, for more dangerous techniques, for an increased capacity to overawe and [...]
I’m standing at the bottom of the hill. My heart rate has dropped down to about 140bpm, my breathing is full and even again. I have decided what I will work on next. I take a deep breath feel through my body and relax. I take another breath and imagine my focus for the next [...]