No doubt you’ve noticed that the older you get, the more complicated—and dangerous—life becomes.
You spend more time away from your family doing riskier things, and you probably stay out later while you do them. The good news is that with age comes life experience and increased awareness, which hopefully will make you less vulnerable than you were when you were 5. Couple that with a bigger ...
Author: Sara Fogan
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“Blessed be the LORD my strength,
which teacheth my hands to war,
and my fingers to fight.
My goodness, and my fortress;
my high tower, and my deliverer;
my shield, and he in whom I trust;
who subdueth my people under me.” (Psalm 144)
‘Do you do sparring here’ he asked. ‘Yes’ I said, wishing I had another answer to give him.
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Author: Rev. David B. Smith
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The Biography of Sensei Henry Ellis
5th dan
Henry Ellis and Derek Eastman - 2000
Henry Ellis was born May 3rd 1936 in a tough coal mining town in the County of Yorkshire, North of England. This was pre-war Britain, and growing up as a child during the austere war years of the 1940’s all Henry ever knew was hard times and hard discipline as the son of a tough coal face mine ...
Author: Henry Ellis
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In a temple you wake in the morning when the whistle blows. You don't have to worry about what to wear. You put on your uniform, and an instructor leads you on a run. Your simple food, what there is of it, is selected and prepared for you. Your practice of kung fu fills your entire day, and ends only at nightfall when you collapse into a deep sleep.
Lying on your hard wooden pallet you feel ...
Author: Antonio Graceffo
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Standing Posture practice uses peng (see last issue) and connection and the mind-intent to strengthen the body around the parameters which comprise the unique system of the physical side of "internal strength." Absolute relaxation is used while peng and whole-body connection are maintained. To the outside observer it may look like the practitioner is doing nothing more than maintaining a posture, ...
Author: Mike Sigman
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