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Feb 11, 20211 min read
White Horse Tai Chi wishes everybody a Happy Chinese New Year!
Its that time again, the biggest date in the Chinese calendar. Its Chinese New Year and this year it is the Year of the Ox.
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Jan 28, 20213 min read
Martial arts etiquettes: The Salute
Etiquettes have long been an integral part of Chinese culture. The Chinese civilisation was built on manners and orderly behaviour.
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Oct 27, 20202 min read
The Dojo in your heart and mind
The word dōjō is often mentioned a lot in martial arts circles, but what does it actually mean?
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Sep 17, 20203 min read
Shifu!
When you join a traditional martial arts school. It's not about paying to learn, it's about being part of something.
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Aug 15, 20204 min read
Does lineage matter?
What is a lineage?
Lineage is where an art is passed down from one generation to another.
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Jul 14, 20202 min read
Training with substance
There's a Chinese saying that we use in martial arts -
"練拳不練功 到老一場空"
liàn quán bù liàn gōng, dào lăo yī cháng kōng.
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Apr 16, 20204 min read
Keeping things into perspective
Well the dreaded coronavirus is now firmly with us. For over the past few months, the focus has been in China.
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Feb 15, 20202 min read
Hundred days of the sabre training
There is a Chinese saying "Hundred days of the saber training, thousand days of the spear training, ten thousand days of the sword training"
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Jan 31, 20202 min read
You get the teacher you deserve
I have been informed today that my teacher for 14 years Katherine Allen, has sadly passed away.
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Jan 16, 20201 min read
Interview with Graham Cave of Tigers Den
My latest article has finally been published in the latest edition of Tai Chi Chuan & Oriental Arts.
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