WTV #6: 3pm Nanquan
I’m going to keep this one short and sweet since it is late and I don’t have that much time these days to write a lot of content. (Of course, I’m able to post videos, but c’mon! Isn’t that why you really come here? ) So, I was able to make it to a 3pm [...]
WTV #5: Keeping in iTouch
My office is loaning me an iPod Touch for one of my projects so I took it to tonight’s practice to see how it did with video and photo capturing. Unfortunately I didn’t make sure to keep it relatively empty and had filled it up with miscellaneous stuff. By the time I was shooting the [...]
The Weekly Wu #4 (9/19-25)
Wow. #4 already. Life is zooming on by! A recap of last week Here is last week’s goal list: Train two times with Yuan Min: Well, I trained two times, but he wasn’t there for the first one. I consider this one done. Bike to work on my non-wushu days (except for downpours): A week [...]
Athlete Interviews
I’ve been thinking about expanding some of the content I offer on youtube and wushuzilla. Part of what seems to be lacking for a lot of wushu practitioners outside of China is a way to connect directly with athletes and coaches here in China. Sure, we have Chinese athletes and coaches in the West (or [...]
WTV #4 – Yuan Min and I
After Monday’s solitary wushu confinement, I wasn’t sure what might happen with tonight’s wushu training at 5:00 PM. But Yuan Min said it would be okay so i hopped on the scooter around 4:45 PM and headed to the wushu guan to see what he had in store for me. Wushu, it turned out. Plenty [...]
WTB #3 – Me and Mr. Taiji
Since Monday was a holiday I didn’t have to go to work. This meant I had the day free and could go to the wushu guan as per my Monday plan. I spoke with Yuan Min on Friday and asked him if there was a workout at 3pm on Monday but he said he didn’t [...]
Beijing Wushu Team – 2011 Summer Training
This past summer I visited Beijing a few times to see some friends. But while I was there I was able to snap a bit of footage (“snap footage?”) of the Beijing Wushu Team’s practice session. Not a lot of stuff, but thought it would be nice for you to see the current line-up of [...]
The Weekly Wu #3 (9/12-18)
And so begins week 3 of my Weekly Wu. Not too bad. But I won’t be impressed until I’m at Week 30. Recapping from last week, these were my goals: Daily bicycling to work Train with Yuan Min on Monday 25km bike ride on Saturday New daily schedule Again, a bit of hit or miss [...]
WTV #2
During the week I had experienced the joys of lactic acid build-up in my chest, shoulders and arms. Fortunately not as much in my legs, although they were still a little sore. Yuan Min, as I had mentioned last time, gave me some homework to do. In hind sight I should have rested Tuesday, done [...]