Muay Thai for Mental Health at Chiang Mai Fight Fit
Someone said once that great minds have purposes and others have just wishes. Often times, those great minds follow their purposes with unbreakable passion, it’s then when the magic of…
Escaping Toxic Environments
Toxic people, whether they are blissfully unaware of their negative impact on others or happily satisfied by the chaos they create, they all bring unwanted strife, complexity and stress to…
Views On the Daoist Principle of Fan Pu Gui Zhen 返璞歸真
I learnt these words recently when browsing on Green Dragon Costa Rica, Ariel’s and Giovanni’s website, two of my dearest kung fu brothers from Kunyushan. Although the Chinese words were…
The Challenges of Tai Chi as Moving Meditation
Tai Chi Chuan (or Tai Ji Quan) is something that can be approached in many ways; as a performance art, a martial art or an internal art, for example. As…
A Great Lineage: Shandong Guo Style Wing Chun
It was in 2013 when I finally decided to leave London behind and make my childhood dream come true. Christmas was around the corner by the time I arrived in…
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Learning to hit like Goku: Cultivating power in Tai Chi practice
I first became acquainted with Son Goku in the dragon ball series when I was about 8. I’m not gonna lie, that day changed me. I kind of got obsessed…
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To trash talk or not to trash talk, the loss of traditional principles
Principles like honour, respect, loyalty, perseverance and discipline have always been part of the martial journey. Whether it was kung fu, karate, judo or taekwondo, these virtues would be cornerstones…
Entering the Mats: tips from a white belt to a white belt
I came across Brazilian jiu jitsu about a year ago while trying to find some other style to compliment my wing chun skills in this never-ending quest for improvement as…
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No horse or pistols required
Memory is a very peculiar thing. It amazes me how some people have memories from a very early stage in their childhood, when they were just three or four years…
The Beauty of Discipline: How tai chi made me a morning person
Perhaps I’m the only one, perhaps not, but I have always perceived the dawn of each day with a kind of reverence. I always found the quiet and stillness of…