On 31st January 2005, two students from my martial arts school took tests to gain important qualifications in the modern martial art of Choikwangdo.
Choikwangdo is a martial art which concentrates on self-defence, health and success in general. It was founded in 1987 by Grandmaster Kwang Jo Choi who lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
Mick was testing for blackbelt and Nicky was testing for ...
Author: John Watson
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Professor Wile is well-known to the TCC community for his books such as “T’ai-chi Touchstones”. This new volume is much his most intriguing work; it’s about sex, drugs (internal alchemy) and Tai Chi Chuan - though not necessarily in that order; it is an important book. There are 5 major writings which all styles subscribe to which have come to be referred to as the Classics, then we have lesser wr ...
Author: Dan Docherty
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In days of old, graduation from Shaolin Temple required more than just snatching a pebble from the master's hand. Every Shaolin aspirant had to pass the exit examination - a brutal rite of passage where he had to fight his way through the senior Shaolin monks - known as Dashanmen (literally "fighting mountain gate"). It's not clear when Shaolin stopped implementing Dashanmen, but there’s evidence ...
Author: Gene Ching
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Buddhism and martial arts are one. If you find this paradoxical, it is only your preconceptions that make it so. On the surface, the peaceful bliss associated with Buddhism seems incongruent to the art of killing. But the martial arts are not just about killing. And Buddhism penetrates all arts, including the martial ones. Consider the fact that the two most prominent founders of Buddhism, Buddha ...
Author: Gene Ching
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Shaolin training in America is incomplete. Most go no further than kung fu, but there's far more to Shaolin than the martial arts. Zen, or Chan in Mandarin , was founded at Shaolin, so that's an important facet of the tradition. Although many westerners prefer martial arts to be non-denominational, or at least not an eastern denomination, most serious Shaolin students will pursue Chan too. Then th ...
Author: Gene Ching (Xinglong)
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