It is not magic, or fake. It’s subtle physics and mechanical efficiency. (video)
Migrate this Tai chi, like any martial art, when done properly, can appear fake or magical. In fact, all martial arts involve […]
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The importance of doing hardly any practice.
Migrate this A student arrived for his lesson today with apologies for not practising enough. “I only did a minute or two […]
We have found the stupid, and it is us.
Migrate this We all have blind spots in our thinking. Martial arts exploit these all the time. Marketers are getting better at […]
No enemy
Migrate this “Everyone talks about peace but no one educates for peace.We educate for competition, and competition marks the beginning of all […]
Traditional Martial Arts – Like being a Disney princess (7-minute video)
Migrate this Traditional martial artists will often seek out martial sport in order to compensate for missing elements in traditional training. But […]
A.I. (Artificial Intelligence / Independence) and martial arts.
Migrate this When someone claims that a computer has passed the Turing test, we should consider that it might be due to […]
Wuji (non-duality) as the foundation of self defence (PART 1)
Migrate this A video starring “The Three Asians” “Taiji” or “Tai chi” refers to the dualistic nature of the phenomenal universe. Yin […]
Every fight involves multiple opponents. (Tai chi Sword and tuishou – Part 4 )
Migrate this “Every fight involves multiple opponents. There is your enemy, their weapon, footwork, mind, skill, technique, rhythm, timing, distance, and strength. You […]
Expect unusual traffic this weekend in Orillia
If you are attending classes this weekend at Sinclair Martial Arts, please be aware that the late Gordon Lightfoot will rest at […]
Stillness is still faster (Tai chi sword for tuishou – Part 3 )
Migrate this Stillness allows for faster changes.
The end is the beginning (Tai chi Sword for tuishou Part 2)
Migrate this Traditionally, a martial art can be the cure for violence and a path to enlightenment. Few other types of meditation […]
Tai chi sword for tuishou – Part 1
Migrate this Tai chi sword practice can be very helpful in refining skill and understanding of biomechanics and empty handed combat principles. […]
Upper and Lower, Part 6
Pedagogy, tuishou, space-time, philosophy, the standard model of particle physics, and the Dao…. But I digress. We can take advantage of our […]
Upper and lower Part 5 (5-minute video)
Effortlessness in CONTEXT Teaching from first principles helps to avoid the pitfalls that plague many martial artists. Sparring, tuishou, competitions, and the […]
Upper and Lower Part 4 (9-minute video)
Most people do not seek balance. We tend, rather to seek conflict. The proprioception afforded bt such conflict provides us with a […]
Upper and Lower Part 3 (11-minute video)
Energy doesn’t matter, and matter doesn’t energy Now that we are talking about yin and yang, let’s address the standard model of […]
Upper and Lower, Part 2 (6-minute video)
“Doing” meets “not doing” or “Ippon” meets “Koka” Martial sport is about winning. Self defence is about not losing. Hence, there are […]
Upper and Lower – Part 1 (7-minute video)
An important tai chi principle is called “Upper and Lower Mutually Follow” In this video we talk about how this applies to […]
Confronting Autocracy: How martial arts can stop individuals and societies from poisoning themselves.
Dictatorships are invariably self-destructive. They are, by definition, a failure of society to function in harmony. When absolute power is centralized, be […]
True power is integrative, not distributive
There is a common human disfunction, a pathological which causes us to feel that we can gain power by taking it from […]