No-Shows and Wushu Kids
I entered the wushu guan a little late on Friday thinking that the athletes would already be running around and getting warmed up. But when I walked in only Xiao Yu was on the carpet rolling her ankles and wrists. I looked at her inquisitively and she shrugged her shoulders. “Its just me!” she offered. [...]
Foreigners Visit the Shaanxi Wushu Team
NOTE: For those of you on Facebook, you will want to visit my YouTube Channel to view all of the videos, since Facebook’s lame importing functionality doesn’t allow for embeded videos. As I mentioned before, I had gotten permission from Zhang Laoshi and Han Laoshi to have a couple of my 外国朋友 (foreign friends) visit [...]
Two Days of Training
Due to a busy schedule and some negligence on my own part, I didn’t have time to post up a blog about yesterday’s wushu class. So I’m going to cover two days with this one blog. Monday (1/25) But first I should mention that Friday Ruhi was feeling under the weather so I stayed home [...]
New Athletes Arrive from Yan’an
I’ve been so busy with work and life that I have not had a chance to blog too much recently. This might continue to be the case until the end of February when I return from Hong Kong and start school. Anyway, my most recent training session with the Shaanxi Wushu Team was pretty good. [...]
Visiting Xiao Yu’s Dorm Room
Today’s practice was brought to you by the number 3. As in the third section of my nanqan form, which is what I was spending most of my time working on today. The first part of class started off like most others. Warm ups (led by Yuan Ming), stretching and basics. Then it was time [...]
Learning Nan Gun
Today was just my second wushu practice this week. Which meant two things: 1. I wouldn’t be too sore during practice since my body had been given some recovery time after Monday’s practice with the Hong Kong Team. 2. I would most likely be wiped out after class. But when the athletes showed up there [...]