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		<title>Modern Tradition: Year of The Dragon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[JKD practitioners, mixed martial artists and modern stylists who practice strictly for street and sport combat, may not appreciate the cultural and historical aspects of Chinese kung fu. But for traditional Chinese martial artists, their kung fu extends beyond protecting the village from brigands and beating rival fighters in the next village, province or state. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tandao.com/2012/02/07/modern-tradition-year-of-the-dragon/</link>
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		<title>Maximizing Martial Art Skills: 10,000 Hour Rule</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Want a big tip to perfecting your martial techniques? This open secret is part of traditional kung fu wisdom and now seems to be scientifically verified. You may be hearing or reading of the 10,000 Hour Rule, expounded by the popular author, Malcolm Gladwell. He states a general theory on acquiring excellence in any field [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tandao.com/2012/02/03/maximizing-martial-art-skills-10000-hour-rule/</link>
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		<title>Groundhog Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Act One of Shakespeare&#8217;s Richard III, the future king says “Now is the winter of our discontent, made glorious summer by this son of York&#8230;” It is a statement of celebration, difficulty has turned a corner. Today, Feb 2nd, in Pennysylvania, the grand groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow. The tradition tells us this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tandao.com/2012/02/02/groundhog-day/</link>
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		<title>Great Technique: Stupid For Self- Defense</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Knockout of the century! (Nocaute do seculo!) Awesome! Though brutal, this is a beautifully executed spinning wheel kick. Watch this again, because it is the Platonic ideal of fighting beautifully in a unrehearsed, unchoreographed fighting competition. High spinning kicks to the head, common to capoeira, tae kwon do, hapkido and certain northern kung fu systems [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tandao.com/2012/01/26/great-technique-stupid-for-self-defense/</link>
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		<title>Year of The Dragon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year! Kung Hei Fat Choy! Gong Xi Fa Cai!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tandao.com/2012/01/23/year-of-the-dragon/</link>
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		<title>Channeling the Dragon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For those who appreciate the aesthetics of martial arts within an authentic Chinese cultural context can marvel at Master W. Lee&#8217;s inspiring Dragon Form, from http://dragongatesanctuary.com/. Powerful, flowing and effortless. High level kung fu. A bow to Master Lee for revealing the dragon spirit. Modern martial artists &#8212; JKD and MMA &#8212; who focus strictly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tandao.com/2012/01/18/channeling-the-dragon/</link>
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		<title>Happy 70th Birthday Muhammad Ali</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We want to send out birthday wishes to Muhammad Ali who is 70 today. Muhammad Ali used the phrase &#8220;float like a butterfly sting like a bee&#8221; 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. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tandao.com/2012/01/17/happy-70th-birthday-muhammad-ali/</link>
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		<title>Awakening Master</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At TanDao we explore the full spectrum of the martial journey to mastery. We aspire to be the awakening master to discover the dimensions of the art that transcends fighting and the martial artist&#8217;s popular notion of what the art is. Along the martial path to mastery, the very meaning of martial arts changes at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tandao.com/2012/01/13/awakening-master/</link>
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		<title>New Year Mastery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you have your New Year&#8217;s resolution list? I no longer make them to avoid disappointing myself early in the year. At the same time, I&#8217;ve discovered the power of goal setting for martial arts excellence. Of course, our goals are to be more powerful, faster or learn that new take down, kata or be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tandao.com/2012/01/06/new-year-mastery/</link>
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		<title>The Way</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The feeling is strong, it overpowers my thoughts. I am not aware of the reality that my blood knows only too well. My mind is hostile for the wrong reason. I am only son, and man, And the need to be brother is tremendous. ~Kenny Rankin, Inside This is the martial way, the human way&#8230;the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tandao.com/2011/12/29/the-way/</link>
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