Wushu Retrospective (Part 5) – 1996-2000: Wushu Friends
Before getting back in to the experience of learning wushu itself, I thought I would take some time to talk about something that had a huge impact on my experience with wushu over the years. In fact, besides my coach, I would say that this is one of the two factors that contributed the most [...]
Wushu Retrospective (Part 4) – 1996-1998: An Introduction to Wushu Politics
When I first started training at Wushu West my focus was pretty much centered on the world inside my school. It took me a couple months just to get to know my fellow students and start bonding with them. But it became clear after a short time that there was a whole world of wushu [...]
Wushu Retrospective (Part 3) – 1995-1996: Competitions and Demonstrations
This is part 3 of my Wushu Retrospective, a look back at my personal history with the sport of wushu. Please note that there are syncing issues with the sound on the following videos that I didn’t have time to fix before posting them up. ———————————————- It was round-about the time I was 3/4 of [...]