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30/11/2013 07:33

Tai Chi at the College and more ramblings

It's official, I'll be teaching a dual credit course at Georgian College starting next February.  I look forward to renewing my relationship with the college and teaching a younger audience. I assisted my teacher who developed this course for many years so I am quite familiar with the...

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19/11/2013 07:14

Congrats Dorothy!

  Congrats to Dorothy for recieving her 1st rank certificate! After one year of consistent training Dorothy assesed last Wednesday night and was presented with her certificate of achievement last night. Way to go Dorothy. You are a pleasure to have in class and I look forward to seeing you...

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27/10/2013 06:37

World Class Seminar

Yesterday I traveled to London ON to attend and train at the Triple Threat Seminar hosted by Modern Martial Arts. The lead instructors were Professor Steve Stewart, GM Ken Smith (Tapi Tapi) and GM Leon Jay (Small Circle Jiu Jitsu) backed up by Master John Mellon. First, let me say that it was a...

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22/10/2013 13:58

Treated a headache using LI4

Instead of reaching for some aspirin or Tylenol to alleviate an afternoon headache I found myself contending with, I opted to use LI4 that we have worked with in Kyusho class. The first thing I felt was a jolt of pain when I pressed into the point, followed by what felt like a “dancing lump”. The...

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12/10/2013 08:16

Kyusho Class

Last night's kyusho class was a lot of fun. Peter (ju jitsu player) took us through escapes for when someone has your back and both hooks in. We played with accessing SP6, SP9 and SP11,  all great stuff. Later we looked at tai chi techniques that lend themselves to attacking those same points...

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11/10/2013 10:40

Orillia Workshops

Yesterday afternoon I drove up to Orillia and through the beautiful fall colours to arrive at a wonderful location called Geneva Park. The site is host to various buildings right on the waterfront and fortunately the weather was absolutely gorgeous, so we played outside all...

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22/09/2013 10:56

Grand Opening

Yesterday we celebrated the grand opening of the Grace Too Studio space. We had had agreat turnout and lots of fun. See the video here!   Rod

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17/09/2013 14:51

Updates

Last Friday night we had another great Kyusho session. Month after month I can see the participants digesting and appreciating more and more of the pressure point knowledge. I’ll post videos of some of the healing “recipes” soon. But for now check out this new video to show how the proper use of...

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10/09/2013 21:59

Shibashi Workshop

The Shibashi workshop with Sifu Cheung was a success. Sifu took the students through a complete overview of the 2nd Shibashi set as well as a more in depth look at inner alchemy. I heard on more than one occassion during the seminar that students were commenting on feeling like they had "Mickey...

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07/09/2013 07:39

Qigong Workshop - Shibashi Level 2

Today Master Cheung is returning to Barrie Tai Chi & Qigong to put on his Shibashi Level 2 workshop. It will be nice to see him again and hear all about his travels. I am expecting a modest group for the seminar so everyone should get plenty of individual attention and I hope everyone gains a...

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