Athlete Interviews
I’ve been thinking about expanding some of the content I offer on youtube and wushuzilla. Part of what seems to be lacking for a lot of wushu practitioners outside of China is a way to connect directly with athletes and coaches here in China. Sure, we have Chinese athletes and coaches in the West (or [...]
WTV #2
During the week I had experienced the joys of lactic acid build-up in my chest, shoulders and arms. Fortunately not as much in my legs, although they were still a little sore. Yuan Min, as I had mentioned last time, gave me some homework to do. In hind sight I should have rested Tuesday, done [...]
Italian Visitors in Xi’an
Yesterday I was lucky to meet up with two wushu friends from Italiy, Stefano and Claudia. They were visiting, along with a Taiji instructor named Fabio, with a group of Fabio’s students from Italy who study Taiji. They had just finished some time at Chen Jia Gou (Chen Village — the birthplace of Taiji Quan) [...]
Returning to Wushu: The 40YO Version – Update and First Classes
Edit: I meant to post this up waaaaay back in December, but never got around to finishing it. The workout sort of tweaked my leg and then right after that the team went on a training break during Chinese New Year. Then Spring semester started at work and that’s all she wrote. I wanted to [...]
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 [...]