Links for the day after Fathers Day

Some really good posts here. Check them out, let me know what you think.

http://internalarts.typepad.com/ken_gullettes_internal_ma/subscribe-to-internal-arts-ezine.html


http://www.ikigaiway.com/wp-content/themes/Ikigai%20Way/students_dojo_survival_guide.pdf
Sorry for no cool photo - been one of those days....

Gorilla Knife Fighting?

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Travel/Knife+wielding+gorilla+shocks+visitors/1704496/story.html
Even gorillas are smart enough not to mess with knives. Read the story. Smart apes for sure.

Postings...

Been a tad busy the last couple of months.
Hopefully I will be posting more the next few days.
Meantime, check out Sean's Blog - Tales from the Carport Kwoon. http://carportkwoon.blogspot.com/

Cool image

Being a diver, boater, and martial artist, as well as a yacht security business owner, I love the SE Asian arts that tend to thrive along the coastlines.
Here is a link to Wing Chun, with a cool image (I picture it as being taken from above the deck of a wooden ship).
http://martial-arts-asia.blogspot.com/2009/05/introduction-to-wing-chun.html

Say Mun Ba Gua Kuen

Say Mun Baqua Kuen (Four door, eight directional fist) - Second longest form of YKM. I learned this set from Sifu Garry in Sydney. It is one of my favorites, as it seems to combine other sets and adds some great charging footwork, and is a little more athletic to perform. A couple more kicks than normally found in YKM sets, and some interesting stance work.

40,000 Lives Lost Per Year Must Be Worth It…

Here's a link to a pro-gun article.

http://www.ignatius-piazza-front-sight.com/2009/05/04/ignatius-piazza-40000-lives-lost-per-year-must-be-worth-it/

Not "YKM" but it is martial.

Practicing Slowly

One of the items Target Focus Training is criticized for is the slowness of the practice.
I came across the following article on genius, and feels it may apply here. Also, it applies to the Tai Chi Chuan players out there, too, I believe.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/01/opinion/01brooks.html
"Coyle describes a tennis academy in Russia where they enact rallies without a ball. The aim is to focus meticulously on technique. (Try to slow down your golf swing so it takes 90 seconds to finish. See how many errors you detect.)

By practicing in this way, performers delay the automatizing process. The mind wants to turn deliberate, newly learned skills into unconscious, automatically performed skills. But the mind is sloppy and will settle for good enough. By practicing slowly, by breaking skills down into tiny parts and repeating, the strenuous student forces the brain to internalize a better pattern of performance."

As always, adapt the training principles from a variety of sources to what you practice. Try to not fall for the latest fad, look closely and discern the principles behind the techniques.