Cook Ding's Kitchen: Designing a Martial Art

Cook Ding's Kitchen: Designing a Martial Art: Over at The Budo Journeyman , there is an interesting thought experiment. Based on what you know now and what you have experienced, if you w...

Cook Ding's Kitchen: Tao, The Watercourse Way

Cook Ding's Kitchen: Tao, The Watercourse Way: I posted before about ChunLiang Al Huang , who was one of the early Taijiquan teachers in the US, and part of the Human Potential Movement ...

Love the freedom of movement and how he isn't stuck in "posturing"

Feet and Earth

I came across a great quote from Thich Nhat Hanh " Walk as if you are kissing the earth with your feet".

Which reminds me of how how I was taught , when placing the foot on the ground it is with sensitivity as you may need to pick it up without lurching or being off balance.

The ground may have an obstacle, hole, maybe avoid a foot sweep or you want to kick. Don't be mentally double weighted in your stepping.