Strange Light

Saturday Evening April 29th 2023

This light is emanating from the south west horizon. The sun has just set to the west and there is no beam of light connected to the source from the west (right side of picture). The clouds steaming in the foreground of the light are also unusual.

Every now and then I see strange things in the sky. A couple of times in Hawaii I saw a bright hole open up in the night sky. As the hole grew larger it revealed a daylight sky on the other side. The hole then sucked up into itself and disappeared returning to a night sky. I learned many years later that these apparitions were nuclear explosion tests that were being conducted somewhere between the thermosphere and troposphere.

Pilots, nurses and doctors seem to have the same type of cognitive bias. They are too close to the subject matter yet too far from the expertise required to solve the anomaly. My friends that have taken on these professions are intimate examples of this. My pilot friend believes in all sorts of woo. My nurse friend was very spiritual and took her own life. And my doctor friend was a total sexual deviate and just plain stupid. We are no longer in communication.

The point I am making is, some people that may seem like they qualify to have knowledge on a particular field may very well be the LAST person to actually know what is going on. As we see with incredibly gifted people. They are almost always endowed with a fatal flaw. We humans seem to achieve more symbiotically by assigning specific tasks to individuals without them being informed of the whole complexity. We depend on this efficiency but suffer for it.

I wrote an article on living a “Dolly Zoomed Life” and I think this speaks volumes as to how to elevate the suffering from near and far sighted perspective. Wing Chun is Dynamic Balance of Structure.

-Sifu Z

For The Love Of Dog

“I’m free, I am free. And I’m waiting for you to follow me.” We are on the road again. I am very fortunate to be able to spend all of my time with Luna while she is still with us.

We are at our happy place. I realize something about myself, which is – there are times that I need to come to a full stop and take in the fantastic splendor of life and consciousness. It is so fleeting. Not even a cosmic blink of an eye. Yet we bicker

And perhaps this is because many people do not have the privilege or enough consciousness to fully stop and take in the profoundness of our lives. Again in the cosmic timeframe, it was just a fraction of a second ago that we were all slaves. It remains to be hard work to shake off the shackles and fend from the jackals.

And doing so as one would be so much fun. love Z and Luna.

Tahoe Snow 2/28/2023

The snow here in Tahoe is nothing short of impressive. I’m going on day two of being snowed in from work due to avalanche dangers.

The snow has almost consumed the little cottage I live in. I have to shovel just to get out the door. Good healthy exercise – non stop yo!

I can only imagine what all this snow melt is going to mean for the lower elevations. Lake Tahoe seems as if it is about to overflow.

Basic 20 Min. Exercise Routine 4 Days/wk

Sifu Z’s Basic 4-day a week, 20-minute workout plan that includes a warm-up and cool-down routine:

Day 1 – Upper body workout:

Warm-up:

• Arm circles (1 minute)

• Shoulder taps (1 minute)

• Jumping jacks (1 minute)

Workout:

1. Pull-ups or inverted rows (3 sets of 10 reps)

2. Plank (3 sets of 30 seconds)

3. Dips (3 sets of 10 reps)

4. Chin-ups or Australian pull-ups (3 sets of 10 reps)

Cool-down:

• Triceps stretch (1 minute)

• Shoulder stretch (1 minute)

• Chest stretch (1 minute)

Day 2 – Lower body workout:

Warm-up:

• Leg swings (1 minute)

• High knees (1 minute)

• Squat jumps (1 minute)

Workout:

1. Squats (3 sets of 10 reps)

2. Lunges (3 sets of 10 reps)

3. Glute bridges (3 sets of 10 reps)

4. Calf raises (3 sets of 10 reps)

Cool-down:

• Quad stretch (1 minute)

• Hamstring stretch (1 minute)

• Calf stretch (1 minute)

Day 3 – Cardiovascular workout:

Warm-up:

• Jumping jacks (1 minute)

• High knees (1 minute)

• Butt kicks (1 minute)

Workout:

1. Jumping jacks (20 minutes)

2. Burpees (20 minutes)

3. Mountain climbers (20 minutes)

Cool-down:

• Hamstring stretch (1 minute)

• Quad stretch (1 minute)

• Calf stretch (1 minute)

Day 4 – Full body workout:

Warm-up:

• Jog in place (1 minute)

• Leg swings (1 minute)

• Arm circles (1 minute)

Workout:

1. Plank (3 sets of 30 seconds)

2. Push-ups (3 sets of 10 reps)

3. Squat jumps (3 sets of 10 reps)

4. Leg raises (3 sets of 10 reps)

Cool-down:

• Butterfly stretch (1 minute)

• Glute stretch (1 minute)

• Full body stretch (1 minute)

The way you approach this routine is important. Your Wing Chun Form training alone is far more superior in developing overall balance. Yet we can use these simple exercises to gauge where our bodies are at in reference to a general level of fitness. For instance, knowing what exercises you feel weak on informs us of where we should be focusing in our Wing Chun postures. If your abs are weak you would focus more on your core when doing your Wing Chun forms.

As you establish gains in one area you can then start working the next weakness, say your arms hands or wrists. This Wing Chun approach to exercise also assures you don’t dogmatically repeat your fitness routine (or Life) without dynamic regard to what’s happening to your dynamic body. Mindless repetition eventually creates more injury than body strength. This mindless approach comes with diminished returns.

Remember to always listen to your body and adjust the intensity and difficulty of the exercises as needed. Incorporating a warm-up and cool-down routine can help prevent injuries and improve overall flexibility and mobility. On your off days you can perform your Wing Chun postures, which also take no more than 20 minutes to perform the entire traditional system. Again this is a basic routine that creates a solid foundation to build upon and refer back to when needed. In Wing Chun we always refer back to the basics. The roots must never be neglected. – Sifu Z

It’s We Or Nothing

I cringe every time I hear the words “our people“. It’s we or nothing. I cringe every time I hear “The _____ ‘s”. It’s we or nothing. There’s only one special interest group and that is the interest of humanity. No subdivisions no separations. It’s we or nothing. -Sifu Z

Nite Hike Photo by Sifu Z