kung fu – The Dynamics of Groove

Modifications to the Kung Fu Boot Camp Workout

Okay, so something totally amazing happened… Someone actually tried my workout out and gave me feedback!! WHAT. So, obviously, I’m excited about that because she gave really great feedback too. Here’s the revised Kung Fu Boot Camp Workout with these modifications in mind. Warm-Up Stretch — hold with micro extensions where possible for 3 breaths…

My “draft” Kung Fu Bootcamp workout

I’ve been my own Guinea pig lately with some of the martial arts based classes I’ve been constructing. So far it’s been going well and I have a rough template for each one I want to present to beginner audiences with broad experience with fitness and perhaps limited exposure to martial arts. The program I…

teaching moment pt 2

So using my martial arts background, I’ve come up with 4 classes I can teach to absolute beginners in a corporate/one-off “let’s just have fun, do something new and healthy” kind of setting. I tested out 2 of the 4 classes on myself this week —breathing/meditation/qi gong and stretching/yoga— and feel confident about my ability…

My Thoughts on Tai Chi Push Hands Meet-Ups

My Thoughts on Tai Chi Push Hands Meet-Ups Here’s a little something I wrote for my friends over at 108Heroes Tai Chi and Kung Fu (complete with hand-crafted GIFs). This pretty much sums up my views on most push hands sessions.

It’s Been A Long Time

“…I shouldn’t have left you without a dope beat to step to…” And here I am, back on this crazy thing and ready to give an update on all that’s happened. The biggest thing was that for the past two years, I’ve been off at Carnegie Mellon University pursuing my MFA in Dramatic Writing…

31 Days: The August Challenge

I haven’t been the best about updating my blog lately, but if you’ve read the last couple of posts, you’d know that there’s so much going on! I just haven’t made the time to focus on writing, but since I’m leaving behind a lot of folks in the Bay Area, one of the things I’m…

I’m Still Going

Guys, you totally thought that this was going nowhere, but I got you! I have been practicing! Let me update you since my last post: Friday: it was looking grim, but then a wonderful thing happened! I had to wait! Waiting is the perfect time to go through material. While waiting for my mom to…

I’m starting to Build a Practice!!!

Guys, This is hard. Today, I failed yet again! NOOOOO! Well, maybe not completely, but I woke up early then fell asleep and then had 20 minutes before I had to leave. No time to do my 7 i chin ching postures… So, on the way to work I practiced hou tien chi breathing. I…