Archive for December, 2013

The Prophet; Self-Knowledge

Posted in Quotes and Articles with tags on December 29, 2013 by ctkwingchun

Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights.

But your ears thirst for the sound of your heart’s knowledge.

You would know in words that which you have always known in thought.

You would touch with your fingers the naked body of your dreams.

 

And it is well you should.

The hidden well-spring of your soul must needs rise and run murmuring to the sea;

And the treasure of your infinite depths would be revealed to your eyes,

But let there be no scales to weigh your unknown treasure;

And seek not the depths of your knowledge with staff or sounding line.

For self is a sea boundless and measureless.

 

Say not, ‘I have found the truth,’ but rather, ‘I have found a truth.’

Say not, ‘I have found the path of the soul.’  Say rather, ‘I have met the soul walking upon my path.’

For the soul walks upon all paths.

The soul walks not upon a line, neither does it grow like a reed.

The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals.

Few People

Posted in Martial Arts and Training, Quotes and Articles with tags , on December 27, 2013 by ctkwingchun

When I think about Wing Chun I think that certain aspects of it are great. At the same time I think that other aspects of it are not practical for the average student. Wong Shun Leung said that Wing Chun is a good horse but few people can ride it. I totally agree with this statement. The techniques in Wing Chun that anyone can learn are chain punching, chasing, simultaneous punching and blocking and certain aspects of sticking hands.

– Jesse Glover

Moy Yat; True Kung-Fu

Posted in Quotes and Articles with tags on December 26, 2013 by ctkwingchun

Moy Yat

Always Be Tim

Posted in Strategy and Psychology on December 24, 2013 by ctkwingchun

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Testosterone and the Christmas Village

Posted in Health and Wellness with tags on December 22, 2013 by ctkwingchun

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Born Alone; Die Alone

Posted in Quotes and Articles with tags , on December 21, 2013 by ctkwingchun

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Liars and Sheep

Posted in Strategy and Psychology with tags on December 20, 2013 by ctkwingchun

Good things come to those who wait?

No.

Good things come to those who tell the right people the right thing; to those who jump at opportunity; to those who take what is rightfully theirs.

Rumi’s Add Vice

Posted in Health and Wellness with tags on December 19, 2013 by ctkwingchun

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Forget safety.
Live where you fear to live.
Destroy your reputation.
Be notorious.
― Rumi

Ignore those that make you fearful and sad, that degrade you back towards disease and death.
― Rumi

The Wolf Inside

Posted in Martial Arts and Training, Strategy and Psychology with tags on December 18, 2013 by ctkwingchun

Wolf

What are you afraid of?

Perhaps you are afraid of how good you really are?

 

If; Only

Posted in Martial Arts and Training, Strategy and Psychology with tags on December 13, 2013 by ctkwingchun

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Only write if you have something to say,

Only train if you have demons to slay.

Rey-Rey

Posted in Quotes and Articles with tags on December 12, 2013 by ctkwingchun

Who are you?
Are you in touch with all of your darkest fantasies?
Have you created a life for yourself where you can experience them?
I have. I am fucking crazy.
But I am free.
― Lana del Rey

The New Bonnie and Clyde

Posted in Music and Clips with tags on December 11, 2013 by ctkwingchun

Improvements

Posted in Quotes and Articles with tags on December 11, 2013 by ctkwingchun

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Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav’n…

I Wear

Posted in Quotes and Articles with tags on December 9, 2013 by ctkwingchun

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Quotes from I Wear The Black Hat

Top Ten Kung-Fu (Gung-Fu) Weapons

Posted in Music and Clips with tags , , on December 9, 2013 by ctkwingchun

Breadbin; Safe

Posted in Music and Clips with tags on December 8, 2013 by ctkwingchun

TNO

Posted in Health and Wellness on December 6, 2013 by ctkwingchun

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Sleighted again by those of whom I put love and trust into:

My family.

My neighbour.

My Chinese medicine student.

My colleague.

My list of friends grows shorter.

My list of aches and pains grows longer.

Who is this man staring back at me in the mirror?

With the gray stubble on his chin?

With a slight limp in his gait?

With a shoulder injury well hidden by a fierce punch?

Wo shi shei?

OG Samurai; Slum Village

Posted in Martial Arts and Training, Quotes and Articles with tags on December 4, 2013 by ctkwingchun

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Talk shit ’bout me?

’bout my clique?

– Slum Village

Get Harder

Posted in Health and Wellness with tags , on December 4, 2013 by ctkwingchun

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Old Soul

Posted in Quotes and Articles on December 4, 2013 by ctkwingchun

The one thing I had learned in my sixteen years was that you couldn’t count on anyone to stick around. Opening yourself up only causes trouble in the end.
― Shana Norris