I’m finally starting to get serious about the weapon forms–and I want to focus on the combat aspects of martial arts from now on. I’ve always cared more about that than the health benefits (though that is quite the perk, too. Side note within the parathensis: I have nevur focused on the health benefits because… Continue Reading
I have yet more to say about martial arts and how they have changed my life. Here’s yesterday’s post about this, that, and the other thing. My journey has been slow, winding, and desultory. There have been times when I’ve focused and been intense. There have been times when I’ve resisted and dragged my feet… Continue Reading
Let’s talk about hubris. In yesterday’s post, I had said that I would be fine with tutoring several different forms. In class yesterday morning, I led a beginner student in the first several movements in the third section of the Solo Long Form. I forgot the name of a movement I’ve done several hundred times,… Continue Reading
I’ve been talking freely about my interest in weapon forms. In the last post, I maundered on and on about well, a lot of things, but it was meant to be in tribute to how I have finally gotten to the point in my weapon forms study where I’m serious about refining them and redefining… Continue Reading
Several posts ago, I was talking about my goals in martial arts. Here’s the last post I wrote in that series. That post was about how martial arts have changed me for the better, which is not what I want to talk about here. I mean, it is part of the deeper meaning, but it’s… Continue Reading
I am fighting the haze of depression and wondering if it was worth it to come back to life. For the first two or three years after my rebirth, I was just filled with wonder at being alive. That is not a state of being one can sustain, though. The body will return to the… Continue Reading
I love my weapons. I will just come out an d say it. They are my life, and the one hobby I would give up the last. Writing as a very close second, but something about the weapons just sing to me. When I’m practicing the forms, I am as light as air. Or as… Continue Reading
I have a Taiji confession to make. I do not like the Long Solo Form. This is the basis for everything we do, and it’s the first thing I was taught by my teacher fifteen years ago. I hated it then and resisted it with all my might. I questioned my teacher every step of… Continue Reading