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Tim Cartmell's "Ground Proofing" DVD
Published on 2012-02-11 12:27:00
Some of the absolute best martial arts seminars I have been to were with Tim Cartmell when he visited Seattle. Over several years I attended Tim's Bagua, Taiji and Xingyi sessions, and one on MMA for the street. Tim lived, trained and competed in Asia for many years, returned to the States and earned his Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.He has also authored and co-authored many valuable books on Chinese martial arts, some of which I have.Above is a sample of Tim's "Ground Proofing" video, which
George Orwell on the Militarization of Sports
Published on 2012-02-05 11:32:00
Today is the annual fist-pumping-scream-fest known in America as The Super Bowl. Or should I say "Stupor Bowl". Millions of chickens will give up their wings. High-fructose corn syrup will rain from the sky, clinging to the sweating brows of obese former high school athletes.Bud and Bud Lite will battle on the field of crappy Beers.I wrote in November that Martial Culture is not Jock Culture.The "Art" of martial arts and even the challenge of man-to-man sparring is something intensely personal,
Zen and Ground Hog Day
Published on 2012-02-02 11:56:00
Spoiler AlertBeing as today is Ground Hog Day, I thought this might be fun; but I am giving away a secret so back off if you are planning a visit to a Zen Monastery...Years ago a friend of mine wanted to straighten out his life and checked himself into a very famous Zen Monastery here in the U.S.There were gardening and cleaning tasks assigned, but the entire rest of the day was in seated meditation. He said they would sit there in a large group and count each breath to ten, and then start over
