Beijing – Day 13/14: Training and New Arrivals
Sorry for the lack of updates over the last 2 days. Not that much have happened to warrant a single entry for each day, but now two days have passed. And since I’m waiting for the guest blog entries on the F0rbidd3n City and The Gr3at Wa11 (Pierre and Ashley? Hellooooo?) I’ll fill some time [...]
Beijing – Day 12: Quick Note & The Great Wall
Sunday was our day off and so most of the students went to the Great Wall to see one of the biggest wonders of the world (or at least one of the longest). I didn’t go with them, but I have enlisted Lauren/Ashley to write up a blog about their trip. Until that is ready, [...]
Beijing – Day 11: Weight Lifting, the Forbidden City and Hutong Pizza
Finally our last 8:00 am training was here. I will not be sad to see those be a thing of the past. Next week all our trainings are at 9:00 and 3:30 in the wushu hall. Jennifer eating breakfast Pierre enjoys some cereal We were in the lower wushu hall for basics and forms. Also [...]
Beijing – Day 10: Pierre and Jennifer arrive
The day had finally arrived for two more members of Wushu West to join us in Beijing. But first, we had to deal with some morning training in the upstairs wushu hall. When we arrived in the wushu hall there were a few of the professional athletes stretching on the main blue carpet; Zhao Qing [...]
Beijing – Day 9: More of the Same …
It was another early morning for us today. The first training session was at 8:00 AM in the lower wushu hall. Today also marked 1/3 of our trip completed. Just 18 more days until most of us head back to the U.S. I’m sure it will go by quickly (and yet, ironically, the training seems [...]
Beijing – Day 7 & 8: Training Next to the Pros
This blog entry is being written for Wushu West’s website, wushuwest.com. However, since I’m the one writing it, I thought it might be of interest to other folks too. If you would like to learn more, please visit the Wushu West website. ———— Edit 7/27: Swapped out videos with youtube embeds First, sorry for the [...]
Beijing – Day 6: Last Day of Quarantine
This blog entry is being written for Wushu West’s website, wushuwest.com. However, since I’m the one writing it, I thought it might be of interest to other folks too. If you would like to learn more, please visit the Wushu West website. ———— Today was the last day of quarantine. Other than that it was [...]
Beijing – Day 4&5: Bed, Workouts and Shopping
This blog entry is being written for Wushu West’s website, wushuwest.com. However, since I’m the one writing it, I thought it might be of interest to other folks too. If you would like to learn more, please visit the Wushu West website. ———— Edit (7/28): Swapped out videos for embeded youtube versions So, since Wushu [...]
Beijing – Day 3: A Look at Training
This blog entry is being written for Wushu West’s website, wushuwest.com. However, since I”m the one writing it, I thought it might be of interest to other folks too. If you would like to learn more, please visit the Wushu West website. ———— Edit (7/28): Swapped out videos for embeded youtube versions I checked with [...]