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Steve Rowe
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Martial artist, philosopher, writer, author. Buddhist Taoist and Left Wing politics.
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Happiness is an illusion.
Why Should I Be ‘Happy’?
Why should I be happy? One thing that’s always intrigued me is the human pursuit of happiness. Every quote, meme, lifestyle and business guru advert is about how to be ‘happy’, yet with only a litt…
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Sneezing In Tai Chi
Sneezing in Tai Chi When we sneeze, there is an incredible build up of energy, a hover, then a powerfulrelease. This is the natural way our body works and we can use it in our Tai Chi practice. The…
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March 11, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Waking Up Our Chi
Waking up the chi…. The most important part of the day. To get the energy working and vibrant we have to exercise the spine, core and vagus nerve together. Using the mind, breath, emotions and Tai …
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March 10, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Confidence v Authenticity
We advertise that martial arts give you ‘confidence’ and that intimates a form of self belief. I aways see confidence as being false, like a mask, something that can be taken away. There’s very lit…
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March 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Manipulators & Indoctrinators
“If men lack knowledge and desire, then clever people will not try to interfere.” – Lao Tsu This reads to most people like you should keep people simple and stupid, but the meaning is far fro…
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March 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Soft Cotton Boxing
Yesterday we were looking at the practicality of self defence in Yang style Tai Chi. So many people seem to think it’s only for health or that it takes many years of training to make it work and th…
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March 3, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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When It’s Not Video Friendly
Talking to one of my kung fu brothers we were discussing why we don’t feel the need to demonstrate or video ourselves doing forms or techniques anymore. High level skills are supposed to be ‘hidden…
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February 28, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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The No Inch Punch
The No Inch Punch I’m writing about this because of all the arguments you read about ‘magic chi’ on the Tai Chi and Kung Fu pages. It started as a joke in the 80’s with the Bruce Lee ‘one inch punc…
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February 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Receiving Feedback
Receiving Feedback I need constant feedback from my students to improve my coaching. Not flattery, but constructive feedback as to what is good or bad. It’s the only way to validate what works and …
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February 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Speak Your Truth
Speak your truth.Walk the left hand path.Don’t run with the crowd.Those that clamour around the famous.Have no mind of their own.Separate yourself from them.They are the subjects of others.Don’t su…
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February 21, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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The Martial Yellow Brick Road
I seem to have rattled a few cages with recent posts, and they are never aimed at any particular individuals, but if it gets people to look inward instead of trying to copy others, it’s not a bad t…
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February 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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How To Be Successful
Martial Art instructors have to learn to prioritise. If they’re in the Martial Arts their own personal development has to come first. I see club after club fail because the instructors don’t get th…
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February 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Your Body Talks To You
Your body is constantly talking to you. The problem is that if you only think and hear in words, you can’t hear it. It talks to in the same way that your dog, pet or baby does, you know what they w…
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February 17, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Nebulous Principles, Ideas &Strategues
Student: Is it like this or this? Me: Yes. Student: how can it be both? Me: because it’s not what you do but how you do it that counts. If you are following the ideas and principles, depending on t…
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February 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Loneliness
Some people see everything differentThey can’t understand why others can’t see the sameOthers can’t understand why they are the way they areLike oil and water they can’t mixIt’s a lonely place when…
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February 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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There Is No ‘Us & Them’
There is no ‘us’ and ‘them’. Because we have tribal origins it’s easy for people to be divided, fear, anger and hate engendered and we then don’t see those pulling the strings. We have the power at…
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February 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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The Power Of Wriggling
The power of wriggling. We teach our children that if they can wriggle, they cannot be held. It saved the life of one our small 10 year olds when two adults tried to abduct him from the park. Done …
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One Handed Typists
The great thing about social media is that everyone can voice their opinion. The worst thing about social media is that everyone can voice their opinion. An opinion only has the value of the experi…
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February 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Explore Your Darkness
Do you feel that if you surrender to your darkness that you won’t be able to find your way back? Do you repress and try to ignore it? If you’re always trying to be happy instead, you’re not happy &…
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How Deep Can You Go?
How deep can you train your body? How well can you manipulate the spine and myofascial core that moves it along with the vagus nerve? This, along with plumbing beyond thought and emotions to findin…
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January 31, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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My last 5 Books, all available on Amazon, on my philosophy, poems, life, insights from my meditations, Tai Chi and Karate.
January 31, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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Were The Ancients That Good?
Were the ancients that good? No internet, travel was really difficult, most couldn’t read or write, what little video is available was made when they were old and most didn’t move that well. Of cou…
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January 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Closing All The Windows
Closing All The Windows The computer was designed by and is like the human mind. When you close all the active windows, what’s left? It appears to be nothing, a blank screen, but it’s actually the …
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January 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Old Was More Effective
What’s lacking in most modern marts? Power. People are derisory toward 70’s and 80’s Karate and Kung Fu because of their simplicity and training methods, but the truth is that the good practitioner…
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January 26, 2025 at 9:57 AM