Returning to Wushu: The 40YO Version – Update and First Classes
Edit: I meant to post this up waaaaay back in December, but never got around to finishing it. The workout sort of tweaked my leg and then right after that the team went on a training break during Chinese New Year. Then Spring semester started at work and that’s all she wrote. I wanted to [...]
Returning to Wushu: The 40 Year Old Version – Week 2
The second week of my return to exercise has come to an end and I wouldn’t say that it was particularly spectacular. In fact, I fumbled the ball on a few occasions. But I suppose that happens from time to time. The most important thing is that I do not give up and keep moving [...]
Shaanxi Wushu Team Demo Practice
At long last I come bearing wushu gifts. The semi-long awaited for videos of my latest trip to visit the Shaanxi Team are now available on youtube. I thought I would share a bit of the background on the videos so that you know what you are looking at and what they were preparing for. [...]
So You Want to Train in Hong Kong?
While I”m editing and posting wushu videos of the Shaanxi Wushu Team, I thought I would take this opportunity to answer this (increasingly) common question. Well, to be honest, training in Hong Kong is a tricky proposition at best. Why? Well, part of it has to do with the culture and attitudes towards wushu in [...]
Dinner with Athletes and Friends
Last night Ruhi and I had a little dinner party/get-together for some friends. A family who moved back to Xi’an from Beijing last year came (Mother, Daughter, Daughter’s son and a cousin) and I also invited Xiao Yu and her friend Xiao Meng. You might remember Xiao Meng from such blog entries as this one [...]
Returning to Wushu: The 40 Year Old Version – Week 1
To view the original blog entry for my Return to Wushu, please click here. * * * As my first week of my preparatory training comes to an end, I can’t help but try and compare how I feel today compared with a week ago. The truth is, I do feel better – a little [...]
Returning to Wushu: The 40 Year Old Version
As I mentioned in my last entry. I am preparing for my (yet another) return to wushu. This time around it has been a good 6 months since I was training consistently. That means I will have a bear of a time if I try to just jump right back in to the deep end [...]
Zhao Chang Jun Wushu School Testing
An online friend of mine is currently training at Zhao Chang Jun’s schools here in Xi’an. I’ve been wanting to check this school out (or even find out where it is) for a while now and so when he invited me to check out a forms test (i.e. “mock-ompetition”) they were having I was eager [...]
Big Plans For the Coming Year! (and wushu vids)
As you know, I have been a little on the quiet side with my blogging as of late. I’ve even blogged about how I’m lamenting over my lack of blogging (and training), which is a little funny when I think about it. But now that my future plans are “official” I can talk a little [...]