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Hmm, I just don't get to post as often as I would like. Pesky things like work and family seem to get in the way. :rolleyes:

Earth Dragon, it seems I am incapable of keeping to my own claims. ...

"However when you lie to hundreds for years it does more than just hurt feelings...." -- Earth Dragon

Wow, that's a quite an indictment. What were Master Shyun's crimes again? Claiming to be the...

I too am on the heavy weight side. 6'2" and 215 lbs. I find the eight step footwork to fit in well with my frame and movement propensities. I was told the main difference between eight step and...

Perhaps I am bit late for this coversation but I too would like to add my two cents. I am a student of 8 Step here in lovely Birmingham, Alabama. I have been with this group for almost two years...

So, I was walking through the park the other day at lunch and I come across this Taiji guy getting mugged. I would have stuck around to see how the fight turned out...but I only had an hour for...

Since someone already beat me to the Sammo Hung reference I'll defer in an opposite direction. My sifu looks every bit of sixteen years old (well, maybe early twenties) but is actually thirty-six. ...

Okay this is my understanding of the science of what happens when we overtrain. Your muscles can store about five minutes worth of ATP (one of the fuels your muscles run on). Once that's gone they...

I noticed that most of you guys are working high weight and low reps. Power lifting style. How does that help in your martial arts? (Honest question, not sarcasm.) I supplement my income as a...

Sheeeeeeeeeeeit! You Yankee boys don' know diddly bout fightin' iffin' you ain't been South. Hell, we got toddler 'rasslin' and mah daddy's got a school he holds in the back yard where he teaches...

I tend to shop the outer perimter of the grocery store and avoid the aisles.

Bananas (they go in every Whey shake I make at home. I use "Show Me the Whey")
Apples
Celery
baby cut carrots...

What about static training? Bruce Lee was all about wearing himself out trying to lift the floor and push his house over. In our 8 Step Mantis classes we do a "chair" excercise for our legs where...

Bmore Banga,
Is Sammo Hung a fatty? Not when you see him move. If you're on this forum odds are you know something about kung fu. The only way to really know anything about kung fu is to do...

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Its called relevance, what ever one does must have relevance to ones life. For most people the level of commitment and need is just not...

I am in the middle of a transition, myself. After a year of 8 Step Preying Mantis I realized that if I was to progress I was going to have to make some serious improvements in my overall...

Here's a bit of unsolicited advice. I've been reading this book Performance Zone by Dr.s John Ivy and Robert Portman. They reccomend taking in carbs during excercise (sports drink) and then taking...

As a general lurker without much to say, I did want to add in to this discussion. I'm a newly certified personal trainer and "fitness professional" (by no means an expert) and I'm really bugged by...

I would first like to mention how grateful I am to how found an intelligent forum in which to further explore tai chi and martial arts.
Now as, to the applicability of Yang movements I must...

From what I've read Feng Zhiqiang is a real badass. Apparently the Chinese government retained(s) him to meet all official challengers to the Chinese government's wushu program. No small accolade...