Author Archives: Wally

The Historical Context of Contact

How did martial arts begin?  Without a time machine, we can’t be sure but we can make an educated guess that someone decided that it was time to sit down and think about fighting in a rational way – to … Continue reading

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Staff Form: Week 2

Here’s the video of what we got through in week 2 of the staff form.  Is it the Northern Combined Shaolin Staff form or the Combined Northern Shaolin Staff form?  Yikes.  I’ll have to check my sources on that one.  … Continue reading

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Credit and Blame

Who makes this stuff up?  What twisted, horrid individual sits in their moldy dungeon full of medieval torture devices and conjures these workouts from the depths of Tartarus and into the real world? Usually me – but in today’s case, … Continue reading

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Staff Form: Week 2

Here’s the video of what we got through in week 2 of the staff form.  Is it the Northern Combined Shaolin Staff form or the Combined Northern Shaolin Staff form?  Yikes.  I’ll have to check my sources on that one.  … Continue reading

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Credit and Blame

Who makes this stuff up?  What twisted, horrid individual sits in their moldy dungeon full of medieval torture devices and conjures these workouts from the depths of Tartarus and into the real world? Usually me – but in today’s case, … Continue reading

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