Thought for the day IV

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Postby yat_chum » Fri Dec 04, 2009 2:20 am

“There's no need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.”
Irish Saying
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Postby yat_chum » Sat Dec 05, 2009 3:28 am

“When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.”
Confucius
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Postby yat_chum » Sat Dec 05, 2009 8:19 pm

"If one speaks or acts with a cruel mind, misery follows, as the cart follows the horse... If one speaks or acts with a pure mind, happiness follows, as a shadow follows its source."
the Dhammapada
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Postby yat_chum » Mon Dec 07, 2009 5:13 am

“Our training is very rustic, based on our daliy activites...”
Celso, Ginga: The Soul of Brazilian Football
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Postby yat_chum » Mon Dec 07, 2009 8:28 pm

“Kong ngo-ki lat” (Hit (with) five parts power)
Ngo Cho Kun saying
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Postby yat_chum » Tue Dec 08, 2009 7:49 pm

“From the soles, to the waist, the back, the shoulders where the vibrating takes place and transmitting to the elbows, the wrists and then the fingers.”
Taizu (Grand Ancestor) jin methods
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Postby yat_chum » Wed Dec 09, 2009 7:18 pm

Pu (float)
Tim (sink)
Toh (spit)
Tun (swallow)

The four key principles of Peho Kuntao and also found in many Southern Chinese martial arts
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Postby yat_chum » Thu Dec 10, 2009 8:34 pm

“Body like willow, hands like bullets” Fuzhou Crane saying
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Postby yat_chum » Fri Dec 11, 2009 11:08 pm

"Hok Ying San, Long Ying Kiu" (Body like a crane, arms like swimming dragons)
GM Yuen Kay-San
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Postby yat_chum » Sat Dec 12, 2009 8:41 pm

"Are you lookin' for me? Are you? Are you lookin' for ME? Well you won't find me 'cause I'll be DANCIN'! I'll be dancin' with the THUNDER and the IRRESISTIBLE RHYTHM of LIFE!"
Orunamamu
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Postby yat_chum » Mon Dec 14, 2009 3:09 am

“Ê, maior é Deus.
Ê, maior é Deus, pequeno sou eu.
O que eu tenho foi Deus que me deu.
Na roda da capoeira, grande e pequeno sou eu.”

(Eh, God is great.
Eh, God is great, small am I.
What I have, it was God who gave it to me.
In the circle of Capoeira, big and small am I.)
Mestre Pastinha
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Postby yat_chum » Tue Dec 15, 2009 1:21 am

"What do you dance?"
Traditional African Bantu greeting to a member of another Bantu tribe
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Postby yat_chum » Wed Dec 16, 2009 1:51 am

“Have you eaten yet?” Chinese greeting
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Postby yat_chum » Thu Dec 17, 2009 3:08 am

"Capoeira is everything the mouth eats."
Mestre Pastinha
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Postby yat_chum » Thu Dec 17, 2009 8:26 pm

"Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are."
Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755 - 1826), The Physiology of Taste, 1825
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Postby yat_chum » Sat Dec 19, 2009 3:10 am

“Feed the soldier for one thousand days, use him just once!” Unknown
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Postby yat_chum » Sun Dec 20, 2009 1:37 am

"Happiness be the lot of him who works
for the happiness of others.
May the Lord grant him health and endurance."
Gathas of Zarathushtra - Yasna 43:1 - ±1700 bce.
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Postby yat_chum » Sun Dec 20, 2009 8:31 pm

"Geu you sheng gong" (Long trained softness may turn into steel hardness.)
Kulo Wing chun Kuen saying
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Postby yat_chum » Mon Dec 21, 2009 7:38 pm

"True strength is the flower of Wisdom, but its seed is action." Unknown
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Postby yat_chum » Tue Dec 22, 2009 7:45 pm

"Mental bearing (calmness), not skill, is the sign of a matured samurai. A Samurai therefore should neither be pompous nor arrogant."
Tsukahara Bokuden
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