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  1. Zhang Sanfeng was REAL!!! well no…maybe...I don't know

    Personal (and a bit strange) discovery about training taijiquan and Zhang Sanfeng. I am finding it much more enjoyable and easier to train taijiquan if I just go with the thought that it was actually created by a mystical (likely mythical) Daoist by the name of Zhang Sanfeng.

    Much of this can also be found here

    Zhang Sanfeng was not mentioned throughout Chinese history until the 1650s in the Epitaph of Wang Zhengnan; written by Huang Zongxi (1610-1695) and he is mentioned ...
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  2. First Blog Post

    A little about me.
    First..."There are some who call me...Tim"...not because I am some great wizard but because that is my name.

    the first couple of these is from an old blog I had.

    Just wanted to post them as a bit of a practice run.....
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  3. I Am On A Big Search of Methodologies to Combat Brainwashing

    Recitation and repetition are key ingredients in brainwashing - no wonder martial arts instructors can become cult-of-personality types!

    There's a lot out there. My journey is just beginning. My goal is to consolidate.
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  4. Kung-Fu is Best Equipped for COVID

    Lots of martial arts teachers focus on games of dominance. Definitely requires other people, to dominate on or to get dominated by to learn from, so that one day, you, too, can be a dominator.

    I recently heard a quote that I'm going to use for the rest of my life:
    Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

    Well, when so much of the training is geared around the concept of dominance, yeah, when something like COVID hits, it completely messes everything up, LOL. ...
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  5. I'm testing this blog out...is it really a blog?

    I've never really used this feature before. I may use this as my training blog...

    I'm gonna go ahead and hit post, and see what happens.
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