I am so close. SO CLOSE. One more posture, and I’m done with the Double Fan Form. Well, I mean, I’ll have to refine it and make it all spiffy, but I will have taught all 48 postures to myself. 48! I still can’t believe I made it to the end. Well, I can because… Continue Reading
This has been a very shitty year for many reasons. Some are related to the politics of this country, but some of it is personal. I’m not going to delve too deeply into either, but I just wanted to state that at the outset. I don’t have much love for my country– Side note (And,… Continue Reading
I’m back to talk more about martial arts and my goals therein for 2026. Here is yesterday’s post in which I mused about what martial arts mean to me and more. I must say, it was easier when I just practiced Taiji beacuse I could say Taiji and leave it at that. Now, I can… Continue Reading
Let’s talk about martial arts. Why? Because they are very important parts of my life and because I want to. I think those are good enough reasons. I’ve decided that I’m going to do both the idealistic version and the realistic version in one post. Maybe intertwined. ‘Coz that’s how I roll. First, though, I… Continue Reading
I am going to talk about my realistic goals for 2026 once again. Here is my post from yesterday in which I blathered on and on about writing, identity, and the intersectionality thereof. Today, I want to talk about Taiji and Bagua. Why? Because why not? More seriously, because they are very important to me,… Continue Reading
I’ve switched from idealistic goals to realistic goals, but who knows when I may switch back? My brain is jumpy right now so I’m interested in seeing what road it’s going to traipse down. I don’t know any more than other people do, which is the exciting part. I can start with the intention to… Continue Reading
I want to talk more about weapon forms because I can. Here was yesterday’s post on the same subject. When I decided to teach myself the Double Fan Form, I naively thought that it wouldn’t be too difficult. After all, I taught the Fan Form to myself with relative ease. Well, that’s not exactly correct.… Continue Reading
A few days ago, I wrote a post about how I’ve pared down my daily Taiji/Bagua routine. For the past year or so, I had been feeling a bit of a slight drag when I did my morning routine. Instead of looking forward to and being eager to do it every morning (well, really afternoon,… Continue Reading
I have been doing my Taiji/Bagua routine every morning (well, early afternoon because I don’t get up in the morning), and I have slowly been adding to it in the last decade. It’s amusing to me that I couldn’t force myself to do five minutes of practice when I first started studying Taiji. For whatever… Continue Reading
Let’s talk more about my birthday and my goals for the upcoming year. Before I do that, though, I am so stoked about the weapons I have ordered. I am working on the Double Fan Form, and I’m not loving it. I don’t know why because I adore the Fan Form. Something about this is… Continue Reading