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Postby yat_chum » Fri Mar 12, 2010 6:27 am

"Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance."
Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
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Postby yat_chum » Fri Mar 12, 2010 8:12 pm

"Simply pushing harder within the old boundaries will not do."
Karl Weick
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Postby yat_chum » Mon Mar 15, 2010 6:14 pm

"Say not, when I have leisure I will study; you may not have leisure."
The Mishnah
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Postby yat_chum » Tue Mar 16, 2010 7:02 pm

"May there always be work for your hands to do.
May your purse always hold a coin or two.
May the sun always shine upon your window pane.
May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain.
May the hand of a friend always be near to you and
May God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you."

traditional Irish blessing
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Postby yat_chum » Thu Mar 18, 2010 7:39 am

"Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy."
Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993)
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Postby yat_chum » Fri Mar 19, 2010 2:52 am

"The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others."
Hasidic Saying
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Postby yat_chum » Sat Mar 20, 2010 4:19 am

"Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: You don't give up."
Anne Lamott
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Postby yat_chum » Sat Mar 20, 2010 7:15 pm

"If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion."
The Dalai Lama
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Postby yat_chum » Sun Mar 21, 2010 7:03 pm

"To find fulfillment...don't exist with life - embrace it."
Jim Beggs
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Postby yat_chum » Tue Mar 23, 2010 4:22 am

“Motionless, the practitioner serenely manifests the gentleness of a lady; actively he personifies the agility of a rabbit.”
Ngo Cho Kun maxim
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Postby yat_chum » Wed Mar 24, 2010 4:18 am

‘Footwork

The art of mobility
is the essence of fighting.

If you're slow on your feet,
you'll be late in hitting.

A skilled fighter can shift
to evade most blows.

His body is "light as a feather,"
when he fights all foes.

He moves like a stallion
galloping with grace

Instead of a kangaroo
leaping high in space.’

Bruce Lee
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Postby yat_chum » Thu Mar 25, 2010 10:05 am

"Kamae wa shoshinsha ni ato wa shizentai."
([low] Stance is for novices, later [use a] natural body.)
Master Gichin Funakoshi
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Postby yat_chum » Thu Mar 25, 2010 7:09 pm

“In uniting the waist with the stance, power can be generated.”
Wing Chun Kuen saying
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Postby yat_chum » Fri Mar 26, 2010 7:49 pm

"Ying Siu Bo Fa, Ying Fu Sung Yung"
(Structure neutralizes, footwork dissolves, the opponents can be handled with less effort spent)
GM Yip Man
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Postby yat_chum » Sat Mar 27, 2010 7:34 pm

2 Samuel 22:34 (King James Version)
He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high places.
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Postby yat_chum » Mon Mar 29, 2010 3:30 am

"To practice kata is not to memorize an order. You must find the kata that work for you, understand them, digest them and stick with them for life."
Gichin Funakoshi
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Postby yat_chum » Tue Mar 30, 2010 1:36 am

"Even after many years, kata practice is never finished, for there is always something new to be learned about executing a movement."
Shoshin Nagamine
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Postby yat_chum » Wed Mar 31, 2010 1:21 am

"Too much horsing around with unrealistic stances and classic forms and rituals is just too artificial and mechanical, and doesn't really prepare the student for actual combat. A guy could get clobbered while getting into this classical mess. Classical methods like these, which I consider a form of paralysis, only solidify and constrain what was once fluid. Their practitioners are merely blindly rehearsing routines and stunts that will lead nowhere.
I believe that the only way to teach anyone proper self-defence is to approach each individual personally. Each one of us is different and each one of us should be taught the correct form. By correct form I mean the most useful techniques the person is inclined toward. Find his ability and then develop these techniques. I don't think it is important whether a side kick is performed with the heel higher than the toes, as long as the fundamental principle is not violated. Most classical martial arts training is a mere imitative repetition - a product - and individuality is lost.
When one has reached maturity in the art, one will have a formless form. It is like ice dissolving in water. When one has no form, one can be all forms; when one has no style, he can fit in with any style."
Bruce Lee
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Postby yat_chum » Thu Apr 01, 2010 1:54 am

"The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves."
Carl Jung
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Postby yat_chum » Fri Apr 02, 2010 3:37 am

"Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece."
Ralph Charell
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