Self reliance, responsibility and Obama
When our newly seated President has to be the adult in the room and tell the American public to be more self-reliant and responsible (excerpts at the end of this post), it certainly makes...
Tagged: Martial Arts
Mine and my son’s most anticipated movie of 2009
Tony Jaa in Ong Bak 2 After Ong Bak, then The Protector, we’ve been waiting for the next from muay thai martial arts expert Tony Jaa. Already released in December in Thailand, Ong Bak...
book notes: American Shaolin by Matthew Polly
Almost every martial artist has some wayward fantasy or frequent daydream about dropping out of life and dropping into the Shaolin Temple, to emerge some undetermined time later as a well-tuned, philosophy spouting fighting...
bookrev: The Crocodile and The Crane by Arthur Rosenfeld
Ancient civilizations, martial arts, and a potential biological apocalypse. What more could you ask for in a novel? Don’t categorize it, just read it. I find Mr. Rosenfeld a kindred spirit: an author, a...
My son names my taichi sword
I got a tai chi practice sword last week from my Sifu (and promptly cut my toe, but my lack of coordination as a 45 year old martial artist is not the point of...
essay: Cho Dan Essay, Soo Bahk Do
This is my 1st degree black belt essay for Soo Bahk Do, written in February, 2002. It discusses the joys of training in Soo Bahk Do with my son and the pain of training...
essay: Ee Dan Essay, Soo Bahk Do
This is my 2nd degree black belt essay for Soo Bahk Do, written in March, 2004. The first part discusses the Dan Bon (which is the Soo Bahk Do Dan /Black Belt identification number)...