tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13961468.post4928611675133502702..comments2024-02-14T07:29:25.919-05:00Comments on Cook Ding's Kitchen: A Mantis under the Tiger's ShadowRick Matzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699550034693340637noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13961468.post-9670153463535896982011-02-17T20:50:59.188-05:002011-02-17T20:50:59.188-05:00Pancho,
Thanks for the link!
For myself, my inte...Pancho,<br /><br />Thanks for the link!<br /><br />For myself, my interest in martial arts is mostly to have a clear mind and fit body as I grow old.Rick Matzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09699550034693340637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13961468.post-45047960536445215162011-02-17T12:17:57.068-05:002011-02-17T12:17:57.068-05:00Good post. It reminds me an article in Nat Geo. ...Good post. It reminds me an article in Nat Geo. It says:<br /><br />"Isn't kung fu essentially about violence, I ask him, and doesn't that conflict with the nonviolent principles of Buddhism? No, in essence kung fu is about converting energy to force, he explains. Absent an adversary, the practice is a series of movements. The practitioner's own physical and mental weaknesses become his adversary. In effect, he goes to war with himself and emerges better than he was before. "In this way," says Dejian, "kung fu is nurturing."<br /><br /><br />Perhaps you find it interesting:<br />http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/03/shaolin-kung-fu/gwin-textPanchohttp://cuarentaydos.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13961468.post-51245517163322686042011-01-23T01:59:40.977-05:002011-01-23T01:59:40.977-05:00Nice picture I may have to borrow it :-)Nice picture I may have to borrow it :-)Zenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787377470200331937noreply@blogger.com