Archive for October, 2009

Void To make the soul The eye of the hurricane To make the spirit A still pool To let the eyes Reflect the depth of sky To make the will A silent arrow To make one’s purpose An unresisting river To root the center Like the earth embracing oak To have a heart of...
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Jiulong Journal readers will remember this guy. He posed the question, “Play with me and someday I will show you something. What do I mean?” So what does this mean? The answer to this question takes us into the realm of spontaneous action. First, let’s identify the Dragon. He’s a reference to the any...
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Illness comes to us all at some time in our lives. There are hundreds of mitigating factors that cause it to appear in our bodies. We can talk about the nerves, the flow of blood and lymph and how to adjust these things and that is part of what good daily circle walking especially...
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To learn to react instantly without thought is the goal of every martial arts student. When the body is capable of instantly and automatically responding to a threat with an appropriate response, this is known in ancient Chinese martial terms as becoming Wuwei, spontaneous action with no pre-thought. What really separates the external arts...
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