A couple of weeks ago, I fielded a few questions about Yang style history during my Tai-Chi instructors' course in Irvine. Just now, goofing around on Wikipedia, I happened to find a great article.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Lu-ch%27an
Please keep in mind that history has different interpretations, depending on your personal perspective, so I don't necessarily agree with all of this, however, I do think it to be worth reading.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Chinese New Year celebrations
Students,
On Saturday at the Tai-Chi class, we stumbled onto a great idea for this upcoming Chinese New Year celebrations. The Year of the Ox begins on January 26, 2009, which puts it very close to the weekend of the 24th.
Instead of going to a restaurant and doing all the "usual" stuff, we figured that it'd be a lot of fun to simply get together after Tai-Chi, crack open a few drinks, order some Chinese food (or whatever food), and watch 2 Chinese sword-based movies: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Jet Li's Hero.
We'll train 'til 10:30am, then just head over to a place (yet to be determined) with a big enough screen & DVD player, then just hang, eat, & enjoy each others' company until the 2 movies are over.
Who's in?
On Saturday at the Tai-Chi class, we stumbled onto a great idea for this upcoming Chinese New Year celebrations. The Year of the Ox begins on January 26, 2009, which puts it very close to the weekend of the 24th.
Instead of going to a restaurant and doing all the "usual" stuff, we figured that it'd be a lot of fun to simply get together after Tai-Chi, crack open a few drinks, order some Chinese food (or whatever food), and watch 2 Chinese sword-based movies: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Jet Li's Hero.
We'll train 'til 10:30am, then just head over to a place (yet to be determined) with a big enough screen & DVD player, then just hang, eat, & enjoy each others' company until the 2 movies are over.
Who's in?
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Holiday Schedule & a peek at 2009
Hello Everyone. It's been a while since I've posted here, and I thank you all for your patience & dedication. Luckily, I won't be travelling any more for the rest of 2008 aside from a long overdue drive to San Diego to train with one of my mentors - Prof. Roy Harris. No more LAX until 2009..... YES!!!!!!!!!
Depending on whether or not I can coordinate schedules with Prof. Harris, I may or may not be teaching on 12/20. I WILL, however, be teaching on 12/27/08 at the park.
2008 has seen me travelling more in one year than I have ever before. In my life, I never imagined that I'd see so much of an airport, never mind the rest of the world.
2009 will hopefully bring greater prosperity with less absence from my home... LA. To that end, I'm planning on bringing my Krabi Krabong and Muay Boran master here from Thailand in January. And I've curtailed my travelling somewhat to avoid some of the extended overseas trips that I originally had on the table.
Also, the 6-person instructor corps of the California Martial Arts schools, founded by my friend, Sifu John Cheng of Irvine, CA, will be training more closely with us in both Yang style Tai-Chi and Combat Shuai-Chiao. They've been training with me on Tuesdays for a few months now, but now they're going to be interacting more closely with my West LA/Santa Monica instructors. So far, two of them have earned their RKC certifications, and they are all training in Krabi Krabong, Combat Shuai-Chiao, and Yang style Tai-Chi with me. Please extend your warmest welcomes to them if you see them in class or in workshops.
It's about time that some of you work on finalizing your Tai-Chi instructor credentials. Some of you are not far from Black Sash ranking, making you a fully authorized instructor on your own under my authority. Others of you are very close to higher rankings as well.
Let's try to make 2009 a year for great achievements and great improvements!
Best always,
SIFU
Depending on whether or not I can coordinate schedules with Prof. Harris, I may or may not be teaching on 12/20. I WILL, however, be teaching on 12/27/08 at the park.
2008 has seen me travelling more in one year than I have ever before. In my life, I never imagined that I'd see so much of an airport, never mind the rest of the world.
2009 will hopefully bring greater prosperity with less absence from my home... LA. To that end, I'm planning on bringing my Krabi Krabong and Muay Boran master here from Thailand in January. And I've curtailed my travelling somewhat to avoid some of the extended overseas trips that I originally had on the table.
Also, the 6-person instructor corps of the California Martial Arts schools, founded by my friend, Sifu John Cheng of Irvine, CA, will be training more closely with us in both Yang style Tai-Chi and Combat Shuai-Chiao. They've been training with me on Tuesdays for a few months now, but now they're going to be interacting more closely with my West LA/Santa Monica instructors. So far, two of them have earned their RKC certifications, and they are all training in Krabi Krabong, Combat Shuai-Chiao, and Yang style Tai-Chi with me. Please extend your warmest welcomes to them if you see them in class or in workshops.
It's about time that some of you work on finalizing your Tai-Chi instructor credentials. Some of you are not far from Black Sash ranking, making you a fully authorized instructor on your own under my authority. Others of you are very close to higher rankings as well.
Let's try to make 2009 a year for great achievements and great improvements!
Best always,
SIFU
Friday, December 12, 2008
Happy Holidays
Hi everyone,
I will be missing tomorrow's class in my attempt to join the Venice 5K/10K Christmas Run. I used to participate every year, and I have decided to renew my effort. However, I think it will be a 5K fast walk instead of the 10K jog. Oh well....
I wish everyone the most festive of holidays and a happy and healthy new year. I will look forward to seeing you for our Saturday class, January 10th.
Mary
Monday, December 1, 2008
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