Competition Prep! T-Minus 1 Week
In just 7 days from today the next wushu competition in China will be held in Hangzhou. I am planning to attend, although I may miss a few events due to other obligations. Of course I will try to film as much as I can. (I’m actually behind on my blog from the Hong Kong [...]
Do Chinese Athletes Hate Wushu?
Wyyc asked an interesting question on wushuzilla.com that got me thinking. Here it is: Anyway, I met a former [professional wushu athelte] recently who coached me on Nanquan. He was talking about the years he spent training and how he began to hate Wushu by his 16th year in it. He said training was extremely [...]
My Personal Path to Rock-Solid Stances
With the advice Xiao Yu gave me to improve my wushu technique, I have already started noticing improvement in the transitional power of my stances, as well as in my overall leg strength. I suppose that is to be expected, but it did get me thinking about the most effective ways to improve one’s stance [...]
WTV: How to Build Power Like a Wushu Pro (3/16)
I would say that one of the most frequently asked questions here at wushuzilla.com is about the Chinese athlete’s strength training. I’ve mentioned it before, and even posted up some videos of them doing the training, but people still have questions about what they do. I think part of the problem (as I’ve mentioned before) [...]
Gymnastics and Wushu Advice
Today it was back to the wushu guan. I arrived a little early and no one had shown up to unlock the door yet so I wandered over to the 2nd floor over-look for the gymnastics area. As I mentioned before, in our building there is Sanda below us, rhythmic gymnastics next to them, and [...]
WTV: Training at the Track (3/11)
I know .. I know … It has been forever since my last blog. Well, that is because it has been just as long since my last training. Well, okay, maybe not “forever. Technically it was 10 days. But that is a long time to not be training. Surprisingly today’s workout wasn’t too bad – [...]