Basics

Basic in the dictionary means, forming an essential starting point or foundation.

In the martial arts basics (or perhaps a better word would be fundamentals) form the foundation on which to build your art. If you don’t master the basics you will not progress far in your chosen art. Think of the foundation of a building , if it is not strong enough the building will fall down , if the foundations are very strong you can build a skyscraper on them .The same applies to martial arts, mastering the basic techniques will enable you to learn the more advanced techniques to a greater understanding. If the basics are weak all other techniques will also be weak as there is no foundation.

Basic techniques would include:

     ·         Stances

     ·     Blocks

     ·         Kicks  

     ·         Punches

     ·         Correct use of the waist and hips

     ·         Posture

Plus many others, I will go into more detail on each point in later posts.

What is an atheist ?

An atheist is a person that does not believe in the existence of any God or gods.

That’s it!

What is an agnostic?

An agnostic is a person who believes that nothing is known or can be known at the existence or nature of God.

The two are not mutually exclusive, you could be an agnostic atheist, this means that you think the existence of god is unknowable, so don’t believe in the existence of god without proof. Atheism is about belief, Agnosticism is about proof .

I guess I would call myself an agnostic atheist as I would change my view if there was ever to be any proof of God, but as there has never been any proof or evidence of God I believe it is reasonable to say that there probably is no God. I would also go as far as to say that if a God was ever proved that I hope it isn’t the god as portrayed in the Bible. With all the jealousy, genocide, murdering, child killing and misogyny the world would be a much worse place.

Trouble with my neck

Went training last night at Kixx , two classes Pushing hands and Wuzuquan.

I have to say I'm struggling a bit in the classes at the moment due to a problem with my spine which is causing a lot of pain in my left arm and side . I have osteoartyritis of the cervical spine sometimes called cervical  Spondylosis ,which means i have a huge pain in the neck!

I'm waiting for more surgery on my neck at C6/7  (called a Cervical foraminotomy), due to take place on the 23rd July 20012 at King collage hospital in London .Iv already had two surgery's done there in the past (Anterior cervical discectomy with fusion "ACDF" C5/6 & C6/7 ). I cant say I'm looking forward to the surgery but the time off work dose sound nice, it should be about 6-8 weeks. Hopefully it will sort out my neck so i can get back to some proper training again. Its very difficult trying to train with an arm that always herts and is very weak , it feels like iv done a thousand one arm push ups all the time! ( I'm having a whinge session ) .
That's enough of feeling sorry for myself .

A little about me

• 4^th Dan Black Sash, Northern Shaolin Chang Chuen Shu 

• BCCMA Level 2 Coaching Qualification

My Biography:
I started training in martial arts in 1983 when I was 16 years old. After two years of trying other classes I started training with Sifu Chris Ellerker, who helped me to reach my Black belt in 1988 and to become a member of the British Wu Shu Team competing in the Tai Chi category in the 1990 Wu Shu World Championships held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  Since then I have competed in many national and international competitions in Tai Chi and traditional hand forms.
Some of the achievements I have obtained while competing are:

• Gold (Traditional TaiChiQuan Hand Form) BCCMA Southern Regional Champs
• Silver (Tui Shou Push Hands) BCCMA Southern Regional Champs
• Bronze (Northern Hand Form) BCCMA National Champs
• Bronze (Tai Chi Open Hand) BCCMA International & Invitational Champs

After much hard work and many years I reach my 4^th Dan Black Sash (Northern Shaolin Chang Chuen Shu) in 2010.
I continue to train with Chris Ellerker and at Kixx Martial Arts Gym  with my good friend Nigel Gillham

Styles of Martial Arts:

• Northern Shaolin Chang Chuen Shu (KIXX Chinese Boxing)
• Southern Shaolin Wuzuquan (5 Ancestors Fist)
• Modern Beijing Style Tai Chi 24, 42, 48 Hand Forms
• Yang style Tai Chi traditional 88 hand Form
• Southern Shaolin Wujiquan

First post

This is my first post as a blogger , my aim is to promote Chinese Martial Arts ,in particular KIXX Chinese boxing and WUZUQWAN (five ancestors boxing) more on this latter .

The views in this blog are mine and mine alone ,they do not represent the views of any other people or organisations i may mention in latter entry's.