Yes, I have more to say about weapons because of course I do. Here is my post from yesterday in which I was comparing Taiji and Bagua. Or rather, how it’s been a journey to switch from Taiji mentality to Bagua thinking. Taiji is about deliberation, taking your time, reacting, and taking what your opponent… Continue Reading
I’m back for a second day of ranking my weapon forms. I spoiled it by saying what my favorite is. I just took twenty minutes to look up Double Sword Forms. They are thin on the ground on YouTube. The ones I can find are mostly Chen style, which is not my style (Yang style).… Continue Reading
I love my weapons. I know I have said that several times (especially lately), but weapons are my life. I have finished teaching myself the Cane Form with the saber, and I decided to try it on the left side. Pleasantly, I was able to do the whole thing. Except two movements that I’ve also… Continue Reading
I was going to write about something other than health/weapons today– By the way. I find it highly amusing that I just wrote health and weapons back to back like they are equal things. Heh. Well, in my mind, they are, of course. Weapons equal health to me–or rather, the former leads to the latter.… Continue Reading
In yesterday’s post, I was talking about the Lunar New Year’s demo that my teacher’s teacher’s school had done for Lunar New Year. They do it every year, and I’ve attended more years than not in the past fifteen years. I particularly remember the one in 2020 because it was right before the pandemic hit–and… Continue Reading
Yes, I’m going to talk more about martial arts because it’s one of the shining stars in my otherwise dark sky. I knew that asshole was going to ignite everything on fire, but I did not expect it that quickly. I should have, but I didn’t. I knew he was going to let all his… Continue Reading
I am continuing on my martial arts journey. I’m still working on both the Cane Form and the Fan Form. I have to stop myself from rushing onto the next weapon form because I still have spots in this form that are giving me trouble. Again, I need to make sure the corrections stick in… Continue Reading
I am still thinking about how conceived notions can really mess with your mind. This is because I finished re-teaching myself the Fan Form yesterday, and I got stuck at the very end for quite some time*. As I mentioned yesterday, it involved a toss of the fan, and I kept ending up with the… Continue Reading
I have more to say about martial arts, specifically Taiji and Bagua. Before I do that, though, I want to say that technology can be so frustrating. I mentioned yesterday that the videos I was watching of the Fan Form suddenly stopped working. They were mp4s and were a bit spotty on Chrome, but I… Continue Reading
Let’s talk more about the Fan Form. I worked on polishing it today, and I’ve already noticed little tweaks here and there that I had to make–from learning it this week.. Part of it is my now terrible memory and part of it is just human nature. Also, no one is perfect. While watching the… Continue Reading