Monday, 10 August 2026

Book - Immortal Essence, Dao Bones

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

It's title is  Immortal Essence, Dao Bones and is published by Three Pines Press.

See https://threepinespress.com/  where there are links to buy it or as a pdf.






Friday, 10 July 2026

Cook Ding's Kitchen: The Still Point of Kyudo

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 settling which takes place before the shot. It's almo...

Tired?

 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 were mentally tired, then we should abstain as we would only be practicing being tired.

Saturday, 27 June 2026

Cook Ding's Kitchen: Martial Arts Forms Applications

Cook Ding's Kitchen: Martial Arts Forms Applications: Below is an excerpt from a post that appeared at Applied Methods. It addresses a topic that I find quite interesting. When teaching an appl...

Friday, 12 June 2026

Wednesday, 20 May 2026

Cook Ding's Kitchen: Thoughts on Lineage

Cook Ding's Kitchen: Thoughts on Lineage: Over at Thoughts on Tai Chi , there was a good post about lineage; what it does and does not mean. The full post may be read here . An excep...