Meditation
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Do you know this guy? If you are a student of Okinawan, Japanese, Korean or Chinese martial arts, you recognize him as Bodhidharma or Damo. Legend says he was a Buddhist monk from India who taught moving meditation exercises (Yi Jin Jing) to strengthen the bodies of the monks. These yoga-like mind/ body postures became [...]
Our guest blogger is Bob Ellal. The unique circumstances that brought Bob to the art dramatically shows the health benefits of qi gong and martial arts for healing. His path and insightful words come from experience, research and years of practice. Be inspired. You’re in a convenience store, examining a can of Spam in one [...]
Continue reading about Abdominal Breathing: The Core of the Internal Energy Arts
With the holiday season here, our lives are even more hectic. No time. For martial artists getting to the kwoon, dojo, dojang or studio is especially difficult. So how can we practice when we can’t get to class to train our bodies? The secret: we can use our minds to train our bodies. Practicing everyday [...]
No Time to Train? Practice Mentally Evolving Martial Artists practice daily. No. It doesn’t mean dragging ourselves out of bed at dawn as some do in the romanticized Asian tradition. It doesn’t even mean working out every day. In fact our hectic lifestyle and our “to do lists” crammed with career, school, personal and family [...]
