Wednesday, January 2, 2013

A note on negative feedback loops in training motivation

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I've been in a real trap as far as my training goes lately. I've been keeping up with it, but it's been forced, and it's bee...
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Friday, November 23, 2012

What are you training for? A Catch-22

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In any martial art, but particularly (from my experience) in Yin Style Bagua (though this might be more broadly applicable to internal marti...
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Saturday, November 17, 2012

Goal-oriented training, post-workshop 2012 analysis

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The first thing I should say is that the Yin Style Bagua workshops put on this year by Matt Bild were absolutely incredible. In over sixteen...
Friday, October 5, 2012

Feeling stuck? Train something you "already know"

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Training Yin Style Bagua is hard for a variety of reasons. One reason is the sheer physical demand. Another is the amount of material that d...
Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Notes about sparring--a two-edged sword

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Yin Style Baguazhang does not spar as a functional part of its training. Some folks might try to paint this as a black mark against the art,...
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Making movies! Here's our latest one against a more-resistive opponent

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So, it's been forever and again since I've posted on here--like before, tied up with other projects and not giving much time to the ...
Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Bagua standing strengthening practice--are you doing it right?

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Apparently I don't post enough about Yin Style Baguazhang's standing strengthening ( zhan zhuang -- sort of) practice. Guilty as ch...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Re: Turning the circle, keeping it real (by me) on Yin Style Bagua -- Knoxville

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If you've seen it, great. If you haven't, check out my post on the blog I made for our study group concerning circle turning practic...
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Monday, May 7, 2012

New blog, odds and ends

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I've created a new blog for the Yin Style Baguazhang, Knoxville, study group specifically, so I can turn this blog back toward being one...
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Saturday, April 14, 2012

First ever video, applications practice clips from a class

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So... we finally got around to making a video of ourselves practicing applications. Other similar material will probably find its way onto o...
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