Beijing – Day 9: More of the Same …
It was another early morning for us today. The first training session was at 8:00 AM in the lower wushu hall. Today also marked 1/3 of our trip completed. Just 18 more days until most of us head back to the U.S. I’m sure it will go by quickly (and yet, ironically, the training seems [...]
Beijing – Day 7 & 8: Training Next to the Pros
This blog entry is being written for Wushu West’s website, wushuwest.com. However, since I’m the one writing it, I thought it might be of interest to other folks too. If you would like to learn more, please visit the Wushu West website. ———— Edit 7/27: Swapped out videos with youtube embeds First, sorry for the [...]
Beijing – Day 6: Last Day of Quarantine
This blog entry is being written for Wushu West’s website, wushuwest.com. However, since I’m the one writing it, I thought it might be of interest to other folks too. If you would like to learn more, please visit the Wushu West website. ———— Today was the last day of quarantine. Other than that it was [...]
Beijing – Day 4&5: Bed, Workouts and Shopping
This blog entry is being written for Wushu West’s website, wushuwest.com. However, since I’m the one writing it, I thought it might be of interest to other folks too. If you would like to learn more, please visit the Wushu West website. ———— Edit (7/28): Swapped out videos for embeded youtube versions So, since Wushu [...]
Beijing – Day 3: A Look at Training
This blog entry is being written for Wushu West’s website, wushuwest.com. However, since I”m the one writing it, I thought it might be of interest to other folks too. If you would like to learn more, please visit the Wushu West website. ———— Edit (7/28): Swapped out videos for embeded youtube versions I checked with [...]
Beijing – Day 2: The Training Begins and Tyler’s Birthday
This blog is being written for Wushu West’s website, wushuwest.com. However, since I”m the one writing it, I thought it might be of interest to other folks too. If you would like to learn more, please visit the Wushu West website. ———— Edit 7/28: Swapped Tyler’s birthday video with a youtube version This will be [...]
Beijing – Day 1: Recap of our arrival
This blog is being written for Wushu West’s website, wushuwest.com. However, since I”m the one writing it, I thought it might be of interest to other folks too. If you would like to learn more, please visit the Wushu West website. ———— Now that I have switched our blog over to WordPress, hopefully things will [...]
Beijing – Day 0: Goodbye San Francisco
This blog is being written for Wushu West’s website, wushuwest.com. However, since I”m the one writing it, I thought it might be of interest to other folks too. If you would like to learn more, please visit the Wushu West website. ———— Our group arrived in more-or-less one piece and we got organized and checked [...]
T-minus 4 days until the next adventure
Just four more days until I head off to China. This last leg of my life in Berkeley has been a good one. But as it is coming to an end, it has caused me to be a little introspective (or perhaps reflective?) about my current lifestyle and “workstyle”. This existence I have where I [...]