We want to send out birthday wishes to Muhammad Ali who is 70 today.
Muhammad Ali used the phrase “float like a butterfly sting like a bee” to describe his boxing style. Although not intended, this street poetry eloquently captures the Chinese philosophical notion of yin and yang, the balancing of opposing yet complementary forces. High level kung fu seeks the skillful merging of hardness and softness for superior power, mobility and stability for footwork and strength and flexibility for technical skills.
Anyway, not to get carried away, but we wanted to give a bow of recognition and respect to a great boxing warrior who had the courage to go the distance after seeming defeat to become three times heavyweight champion of the world. Yet even greater was his courage and integrity of his moral conviction. The old boxing master was a warrior monk indeed. Happy Birthday.
Lawrence Tan
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