Search: All languages | Full text

Results tagged “wushu”

More posts »

Posts

greyhavens

greyhavens posted ...yehey! we got gold medal in the olympics but... | Aug 24, 2008

... it's a demo sport so it will not be included in the official medal tally/count. but it's still great. we got one and i hope the government would be true to their promise that the 15million reward will be given to gold medal winners even if it's a demonstration sport. pic credit: abscbnglobal to...

soutv

soutv posted Wushu (Martial Arts) Competition 2008 | Aug 20, 2008

Martial Arts(Wushu) is about balance, speed and power. It is a physical sport but spiritual training is equally important. Hundreds of the best Martial Arts athletes around Hong Kong will gather in Kowloon Park Sports Centre this weekend to compete in the 2008 Hong Kong Wushu Competition. If you...

marthaflatley

marthaflatley posted Mark Salzman | Jul 28, 2008

Should be of interest to the die-hard Mark Salzman fans in the fam. the third video is of him before he had published Iron and Silk. This is how he must have looked when he was teaching. The second to last is him telling my favorite story of his martial art instructor in Ridgefield. He is so...

marthaflatley

marthaflatley posted Iron and Silk | Jul 23, 2008

I can't stop thinking about this book. it was so excellent. also here is a video of wushu, which the author would practice up to 12 hours per day on his vacation. That has always really appealed to me--train all day and all night for something, maybe to be like these people below.