Bloke on the Path

Cook Ding's Kitchen: The Dan Tian : A central topic in almost all martial arts revolves around the DanTian (Tanden).  Below is an excerp...

 My friend Heron Beecham has written a new book on idioms and internal cultivation in Daoist, Chan, and Martial Traditions. It's title i...

 

Cook Ding's Kitchen: The Still Point of Kyudo : One of the things I have always liked about Kyudo as a Budo, is the stillness and settl...

 I recall my teacher telling us in a class that if we were only physically tired we should still practice our Tai Chi. On the other hand if ...

Cook Ding's Kitchen: Martial Arts Forms Applications : Below is an excerpt from a post that appeared at Applied Methods. It addresses a...

George Xu talking about throwing the Dantien to add power.