Mark’s random status update
So, it’s been a little while and you’re probably wondering what happened to me. Or .. perhaps you don’t care and are just wondering where more wushu videos are. Well, a couple things have been going on so let me give you a quick status update: Wushu Hiatus As you remember from the last WTV, [...]
WTV #14: Alone at the track
Earlier in the week I was inundated with work at the office so I had to cancel my Monday and Wednesday practices with Yuan Min. Just as well since it took me about a week to recover from that last training session at the track. By the time I got back to the Sports Center [...]
WTV #13: Solo Practice
Yuan Min had contacted me on Tuesday with a message to let me know that I would have to come to practice at 5PM the next time around. I wasn’t sure if something happened with the other coaches, or maybe the team is preparing for something specific? Sometimes there are weird political things that happen. [...]
WTV #12: Condition: Dead
I’m becoming more familiar with the schedule with Yuan Min’s class so i knew without even checking that they would be at the track today. Luckily today’s weather was beautiful: blue skies, not too hot … not too cold … just right. As I pulled up to the track the kids had already started jogging [...]
WTV #11: Third time’s a (c)harm
Yes, my play on words with the titles is undoubtedly groan-inducing across the whole wushu blogosphere. Pardon me. I can’t help myself. So, today was day 3 of the week for wushu. My scooter is still out of commission (will get it fixed this weekend) so I cabbed it up to the wushu guan, arriving [...]
WTV #10: A tumblin’ we will go
Today’s workout is brought to by the letters “T” and “umbling”. I sent Yuan Min a message around 2PM to let him know that I would be a little late to practice as I had a few things to finish up at work. When I got there the kids had just finished their stretching so [...]
The Monthly Ma (October 2011)
I started writing this back at the end of September, but here it is the 11th of October and I haven’t finished it yet. Well, I suppose most of it still holds true so I will post it up as a “3 out of 4 weeks isn’t bad” sort of thing. That week-long National Holiday [...]
WTV #9: Misty Colored Nanquan
This is my first attempt to blog from my phone. I am trying to embrace new (or actually not so new) technology in the hopes that it will make my life easier. Who knows? Maybe this means more updates in the future. By the way, if you dont know yet, I have set up a [...]
WTV #8: Nanquan Basics
Originally I went to the wushu guan on the 3rd to train, but when I got there I found out that the nanquan group wasn’t in the wushu guan. Would have been nice to know that before going, but Yuan Min didn’t send me a text or call me so I didn’t know. The whole [...]