Getting Back on the Horse … Again (Plus Angelica Cukon!)
And so I made my way back to wushu class with the Shaanxi Wushu Team. Over 2 months away from training and I don’t think I need to tell you that it was a bit on the painful side. 2 days later now, and I’m really starting to feel it in my hamstrings — but [...]
Competition Prep! Athletes Depart at T-Minus 4 Days
Today I made my way to the Sports Center to borrow a few silks from Xiao Yu (just helping some friends out with something). I had to get there before they left for the train station since today was the day they were going to catch the train to Hangzhou for the competition which starts [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 – [...]
Wushu Training Vlog
Tuesday I didn’t make it to practice, so I went on Wednesday instead. But it turns out I might as well not have gone since it was a pretty light day. Here is my training vlog. Enjoy!
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 [...]