A Typical Night at Work Circumstances have me rather - working arduously, or attempting to get more than four hours of sleep in a 24 hour period. This means my ability to do anything else, including teach Wing Chun, is extremely challenging. However, I remain loyal to my long term students. In kung fu, this… Continue reading Sifu Z Teaching Status Update
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… Continue reading Basic 20 Min. Exercise Routine 4 Days/wk
Here is a growing playlist of valuable chin na (grappling) concepts and important exercises to support the techniques. Wing Chun’s standing postures support the ground training and require a connecting of the dots that may not be immediately apparent due to gravity and body orientation. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnzKvQPuOpWCFlGxkUe0EQUpiS17BzII5
The system (all systems by definition) will eventually fail. The process will always find it’s way through. Sifu Z’s 12 Laws “Transition over transaction.” system: a set of things working together as parts of a mechanism or an interconnecting network. "the state railroad system" process: a series of actions or steps taken in order to… Continue reading The System Will Eat Itself
https://youtu.be/g1ihwSuAIJM A deeper dive into the Wing Chun concept of grounding. I introduce a new metaphor to help apply this awesome technique.
“The more we appreciate and cherish life the more we have to lose - historically the odds of our existence have never been favorable. Humanity has always been on the precipice.” - Sifu Z
Z with Bob n co. I’m not the least bit surprised at how well Bob’s next video was so well received. All the folks that work with him on the Cheaprvliving project are simply awesome in all their various efforts to promote the nomadic lifestyle. What IS a surprise is how awesome and responsive the… Continue reading Welcome Fellow Nomads
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