Becoming the Lion

Yin Style Baguazhang is a difficult art to learn and study, and this fact is particularly true when following the methods of the Lion System. Here is a modest record of my attempts which hopefully illustrate perseverance and dedication amid the demands of a busy, modern life.

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Sun and Rain

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Almost all of my training for the past few days has been rather quiet and internal rather than external. That's primarily because of th...
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Thursday, May 22, 2008

Kilocircle, plus

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I'm striped with radiation. In fact, I think I have the worst sunburn of my adult life, and circle walking is the method by which I put...
Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Circles at Dawn

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I'm fairly impressed with myself. For a long while now, I've been telling myself that I would get up early in the morning, do some ...
Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Turning Through Pain

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Turning is an uncomfortable endeavor. Today, like so many days recently, I set myself to the idea of turning for a long time only to find m...
Friday, May 16, 2008

Tao of the Home

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Last night I got so into my reverie about nature and becoming more in-tune with the tao of the place that we live that I entirely forgot to...
Thursday, May 15, 2008

Tao

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Whether it was He Jinbao or Dr. Xie Peiqi or someone even earlier than that, perhaps even Dong Huichuan, who served as the progenitor, it ha...
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

The Harmonies

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Happily, I found my way onto my circle again today. Circle walking is quite bizarre in that it simultaneously is very uncomfortable, even p...
Monday, May 12, 2008

Standing

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The last couple of days have again brought slack training, though the ones in between were pretty good. Nature brought some fury our way, a...
Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Inspiration

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School is over. April's impediments have healed themselves. I'm renewed in mind and body, and I've applied my restored strengt...
Saturday, April 26, 2008

Adaptation: A Question

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My test has come and gone: passed. My workload has finally been put into a managed state. My back has returned nearly enough to normal to ...
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This is a blog about my training and thoughts on my training in the incredible martial art of Yin Style Baguazhang in Maryville and Knoxville, TN. I share because I love training Yin Style... and because it is readily apparent that the art is highly effective as a fighting skill. Photo caption: Fanning the "Marketing Department."
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