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Jul 18
KFEB # 90 – What a man dislikes in his superiors, let him not display in the treatment of his inferiors.
“What a man dislikes in his superiors, let him not display in the treatment of his inferiors. What he dislikes in his inferiors, let him not display in the service of his superiors.” – Confucius, The Great Learning Chapter 10, para 2. So, I’ve tagged this particular entry into the Kung Fu Exercise Book (KFEB) as …
Jun 07
I want to be my son’s superhero…
Have you ever noticed that major comic book characters are adults, yet comics have been generally associated with childhood. Even today’s relative acceptance of all-things-geek hasn’t changed this perception, for the most part. Now, most people who know me will agree – I’m a proud geek, have been since I was a kid, and I still …
May 03
I hope my son is like Peter Parker…
Advanced warning – Spoiler alert. Last night, my girlfriend and I went and watched The Amazing Spiderman 2 in theatres with a couple of friends. Honestly, the entire evening was awesome and very much necessary – which is something that I we won’t be able to do for the first few months after our baby …
Apr 27
Empty your cup…
Most Martial Artists will have heard some variation on the “Empty your cup” at some point in their training career. For those who have not, or would like a reminder, here are two of the many incarnations – Empty your Cup (long), A Cup of Tea (short). Even if you are not a Martial Artist, you …
Apr 19
The Paradox of Power as an Algebraic equation
A theory: P=Q2 / R Power equals Energy (Qi) divided by Resistance. A mathematic representation for the Paradox of power: To increase our power, we must simultaneously increase our energy (and the ‘mind’ focus to direct it) while decreasing our resistance to deliver this power. No matter how focused our minds are, if we are …
Feb 16
East vs. West – from another point of view.
TEDTalks Although this isn’t specifically related to Martial Arts, but it is directly related to subjectivity and objectivity, and is also a topic that is extremely close to my heart – that of intercultural understanding and tolerance. http://www.ted.com/talks/devdutt_pattanaik.html Martial Arts practitioners are guilty of this, at least conceptually. Too often the subjective “My style” becomes …
Jan 21
Martial Arts and gender segregation?
The first article we’ll look at here is one that I read recently from the Toronto Sun about a teenage girls experience in an Aikido dojo in Halifax who had apparently experienced gender segregation imposed by her instructor due to a new student with a religious restriction. Admittedly, the Sun is not the standard-bearer of …
Dec 30
Martial Arts Movie review: Tai Chi Zero (2012)
Tai Chi Zero is apparently the second part of a trilogy, and was supposed to be the next big thing in martial arts movies with the addition of the steampunk genre. As of this writing, I have not watched the first in the series but I don’t believe that it should be necessary. Every movie …
Dec 28
Zen as a Loaf of Bread
One of the easier concepts that “westerners” have with Zen is mindfulness – that action-less action of being present in the moment and experiencing everything about it. Conceptually, this seems to make sense to most people, likely because it truly is an easily understood idea – When you’re doing something, pay attention to what you’re …
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