http://www.shasticon.org/blog Lung Shou Pai (Dragon Claw Style) Kung Fu, Roleplaying Games, and the intersection of the two. Tue, 05 May 2009 19:30:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Don't just sneer.  Make your sneer count. http://www.shasticon.org/blog/2009/05/05/irony-is-the-best-policy/ It looks like our school is going to have a sizeable crew heading to Legends of Kung Fu 2009 (aka Taiji Legacy 2009).  I've set up a little forum for us to discuss it and so as not to spam out my regular twitter followers about it, I set up ... http://www.shasticon.org/blog/2009/05/01/legends-of-kung-fu-arrangements/ If you're interested in news related to Chinese martial arts, you should take a look at my new project, Shaolin Accelerator.  I plan to post links and articles regularly there, but I don't think Blog Fu is going to be getting much attention.  For my personal stuff, you'll be better ... http://www.shasticon.org/blog/2009/04/30/some-changes/ Earlier this month we started learning the Lung Shou Pai wooden dummy form. In our style we use a Choy Lay Fut style dummy, a ching jong, rather than the Wing Chun style muk jong. The primary difference is the upper arm is on a pivot inside the ... http://www.shasticon.org/blog/2008/11/26/stand-by-your-wooden-man/ I finished up my physical therapy today.  I have one more follow-up appointment with my doctor next week, but he said if I'm feeling fine I can just cancel it rather than showing up.  I'll wait until the last minute before deciding.  I've had some slight pain in my heel ... http://www.shasticon.org/blog/2008/09/10/theraputic/ Just in time for my birthday, I got an email from USA Chin Woo announcing the dates for next year's Taiji Legacy, newly renamed as The Legends of Kung Fu.  Mark your calendars for July 17-19 and start practicing.  I'll see you there. http://www.shasticon.org/blog/2008/08/28/taiji-legacy-2009-the-legends-of-kung-fu/ I'm doing two sessions of physical therapy a week now, mostly strength and mobility stuff. One-leg presses to redevelop and retrain the damage to the big muscles. Balancing on only my injured ankle on a squishy foam block while throwing and catching a medicine ball to force the ... http://www.shasticon.org/blog/2008/08/05/mutant-healing-factor/ I don't usually use cut tags, but these photos of my leg in varying stages of healing are a little gruesome.  The first photo was taken right after they removed the post-surgical bandages, so it's a week healed at that point.  The most recent one is how it looks now.  ... http://www.shasticon.org/blog/2008/07/31/im-a-leg-man/ I'm completely off crutches. I can walk without the boot, but it's slow and uncomfortable and my foot is still really swollen, so I stick with the boot most of the time. I don't really need the cane, but it takes my weight off the injured leg so ... http://www.shasticon.org/blog/2008/07/10/walkman-ii/ I'm healing well. I can walk on my injured leg now, albeit slowly and primarily with the big black space boot. I could probably manage walking without it if not for the swelling that prevents me from flexing my ankle much. I'm tired of crutches. It's ... http://www.shasticon.org/blog/2008/07/03/walkman/