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Confusing form for function

June 14th, 2008 · 26 Comments · Uncategorized

There’s some great discussion going on in the thread below the post a statement from the Yang family. What is troublesome is that the statement is all about who has “the true form” and how oh so terribly important that supposedly is. The function has simply been replaced by the form.
This happens too much in […]

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Taking a break

April 13th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized

I’m feeling the need to step back for a week or so. Please enjoy the archives in the meantime and don’t forget to get off the computer and spend time with your families.

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The role of fantasy in CMA

February 15th, 2008 · 9 Comments · Uncategorized

I was checking out some random school websites in the US the other day and I came across a grand opening of a CMA school in the Midwest somewhere. I couldn’t stop laughing. The pics showed all these white people dressed in monk robes with colored sashes trying to do a lion dance and various […]

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Fantasy role-playing instead of MA

February 13th, 2008 · 8 Comments · Uncategorized

I was looking at a kungfu magazine recently and I saw a someone usually more associated with grappling on the cover. I noticed that this American was wearing orange shaolin monk robes and prayer beads. He had his hands in kungfu-ey positions as if he belonged on the cover. I also noticed that he had […]

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Some useful software

January 11th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Uncategorized

I use a lot of tools to work on the blog and some have been a lot more useful than others. I want to introduce some of the useful ones to you guys.
For downloading clips off youtube, nothing compares to Zamzar. This site is awesome. You give the URL of the clip you want to […]

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