The Kung Fu salute or bow is known in Chinese as wushu baoquan li 武术抱拳礼 which roughly translates to the “Kungfu courtesy of covering one’s…
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How Understanding the History of Tai Chi Can Help You Learn and Practice Your Tai Chi Chuan Style Better
The only way for you to truly understand Tai Chi Chuan is to understand its history and its development through the generations. Each style, and…
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An Introductory Guide to Understanding, Navigating, and Using the Linux File System What is a File System – the quick overview A file system is…
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Gichin Funakoshi
Founder of Shotokan Karate-Do Gichin Funakoshi was born in Shuri, Okinawa, in 1868. As a boy, he was trained by two famous masters. Each trained…
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Love and the Humanist
Love is often treated as religion’s greatest possession, as though only faith can give it depth, sanctity, or meaning. Humanism rejects that idea. Love does…
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Q-codes, sometimes also called Q-signals, are a collection of standardized three character codes that all start with the letter Q and were developed to help…
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A Brief History of the Cowboy Hat
The Cowboy Hat is the most iconic and recognized clothing accessory in the world. No matter where I go, wearing a cowboy hat is sure…
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Training Precepts from Master Funakoshi
FIRST, since karate is a martial art, you must practice with the utmost seriousness from the very beginning. This means going beyond being simply diligent…
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The Twenty Principles of Karate
Master Gichin Funakoshi, the founder of Shotokan karate, laid out the Twenty Precepts of Karate (Niju kun), which are there as a guide for all…
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Instructions From Master Funakoshi
The word “bu” of budo (martial arts) is written with the Chinese character for “stop” within a character signifying two crossed halberds meaning to stop…
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