Tai Chi reduces tension headaches apparently!

As part of the study, the researchers conducted a 15-week Tai Chi program and found that participating patients improved on a quality-of-life based measurement called SF-36 and also on a test called HIT-6TM designed to capture the effect of headaches. A 15 week intervention of Tai Chi practice was effective in reducing headaches. The patients [...]

Qigong Improves Concentration in School Children

Claudia Witt, MD, and associates from the Institute for Social Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Health Economics at the University of Berlin, did a study on 140 students to determine the result of a six-month program of Xianggong (”fragrant qigong”), movement instruction for the students’ health and behaviour. More Here

Furious Angels – Boondock Video

Furious Angels – Boondock The finest MMA highlight video I have ever seen.Blood, emotion, glory and crushing defeats; it touched me. So much more than the uneducated and ignorant view that ‘it’s just two men fighting’ It may be, and perhaps should be, difficult to accept the notion that a prizefighter’s work merits the same [...]

Meditation Books UK

A bit of an experiment in making a website of books that are relevant to this blog.If you fancy a look at some meditation and chi kung books then have a peek at Meditation Books UK

Paralysis By Analysis and Casual Analysis Paralysis

Paralysis By Analysis and Casual Analysis Paralysis are two related concepts that I feel I need to take a firm hold of at the moment. Paralysis By Analysis is a state where you get so overwhelmed by the amount of options available to you and the sheer amount of things to do contained by those [...]

Progress

After the debacle that was jumping in balls first into the full 21 set of the 5 Tibetans the other day, I’ve taken a more considered approach and have been incrementing by 2 each day. Now I’m on 14 and haven’t suffered any ill effects. nice! Powered by ScribeFire.

A word to the wise

Yesterday, after 3 months of doing pretty much nothing but chill, drink and party, I decided to get my shit back together and busted out a full set of 21 5 Tibetans…..What a mistake that turned out to be! about 45 mins after I did them I felt very peculiar to say the least! Not [...]

Gym Jones

These guys are without doubt – real men. eg: KNOWLEDGE What you know does not matter – what you do matters. Physical training produces physical memories – not simply muscle memory but a psychophysical imprint, knowledge that is instinctual rather than intellectual. This is useful knowledge. However, before you can forget and allow the unconscious [...]

A training philosophy

I had a bit of an epiphany today: coming home from work and feeling hungry, I wanted to do some QiGong but also to eat. Bit of a dilemma as you’re not really supposed to eat before training, or is it after… or actually in some of the classics isn’t it no training an hour [...]

Training log update

I’ve started back training in earnest so I’ve started a new 100 days log here As an aside, I’d defiantly recommend Trackslife – it’s pretty easy to set up and use.