I know that I have. Augab is Bagua backwards, and backwards is the way many people approach martial arts. People who approach martial arts backwards try to control their bodies so they can recreate a series of shapes and styles of movement in the hope that this will give them special skills or powers just [...]
18 year old daughter who would like girls her age for self defence
I recently met a group of martial artists. They were from a variety of different schools, but they had some things in common. When I asked what they practised they were very specific in terms of what style they did. This was obliging of them, as I genuinely wanted to gather information about how different [...]
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 [...]
It is easy to think of meditation as a static, cross legged activity involving incense and mantras. In fact meditation is any activity that repeatedly brings attention back to a single focus. In religious meditation this focus can be a deity visualisation, a prayer, sacred word or question. Extracted from the religious context [...]
If you want to progress you need to practise. If you are not entirely sure about what you are meant to practise it can obstruct the motivation to train. Students often say to me ‘I wanted to practise – but I did not want to practise wrong, so I did nothing.’ While it is reasonable [...]