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青岛 - Qingdao
Yesterday in the morning we (Hanno and me) arrived in 青岛. 于斌 was already waiting for us at the trainstation and after some food and watching his pictures of 西藏 (Tibet) and 杭州 (Hangzhou) while having a good 崂山茶 (Laoshan tea) at his place we got some cheap and good accomodation right around the corner. In the afternoon we had our first training at the parking lot of the hotel. While Hanno got his 小翻车 (Xiao Fan Che) corrected, I was bound to start learning 拦截 (Lan Jie), which according to my 师伯 is the oldest 套路 (form) in 螳螂拳 and therefore called the mother of 螳螂拳.
After training we got invited to 火锅 (hotpot) with some chinese friends of my 师伯 and too much beer. So training today in the morning was accompanied by a little hangover. At noon we (together with a korean taekwondo master and two men from chinese customs duty) got invited to lunch by some co-worker of my 师伯. The rest of the day is still not planned out, but it’s also good to have some time for relaxing (and writing blogentries) right now.
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March 22nd, 2008 .
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Back on the Tanglang Train
Today I called my 师伯 于斌 (gongfu uncle yu bin) to speak with him about when to visit him in 青岛 (Qingdao). So, this Thursday night we (Hanno and me) are goona take the night train to 青岛 where 于斌 and his student are gonna pick us up at the train station. My 师伯 was really happy to hear from me and me, I’m also really looking forward to meeting and training with him again. Hanno’s only gonna stay for the weekend, but I’m maybe staying a little longer to enjoy some more of the 山东螳螂拳 (Shandong Tanglang Quan).
Also I contacted Ma Wei Ling Laoshi today and will meet him tonight together with Hanno for some 马家螳螂拳 (Ma Family Tanglang Quan). I hope my 4 摘要 (Zhai Yao) are still correct and ok
This is also a good opportunity for Hanno to get to know some other style of 螳螂拳 and be able to train some of it while in 北京 (Beijing).
Yesterday I met up with my gongfu brother Rene, who also used to train with Ma Laoshi and Mike Martello. He’s living in Beijing now and as the Massage Junkie that he is, he invited me to a nice Oil Massage, which was suprisingly light and unpainful. Afterwards we had some 韩式烤肉 (Korean BBQ). We’ll most probably meet up soon with him and Zhang Xin Bin Laoshi for some talks and 通背 (Tongbei) training. So it seems like I’ll be having some pretty gongfu filled time coming…
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March 17th, 2008 .
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China revisited
So I’m back in Beijing for more than a week now. Not much has changed - only some new buildings and the lack of restaurants I used to go. The weather is really nice and the air I got used to quite fast.
I’m staying with german friends (Hanno and Marcel) who live close to 五道口 (Wudaokou), which is my old neighborhood, so I can easily find my way around. They’re pretty cool folks so I’m most probably staying with them longer than planed. We get along quite well - training and partying together.
The first day already started quite nice. I arrived at 11 am and after getting some food and fixing my mobile, we already had Taiji training. Afterwards we invited my teacher to 火锅 (Hotpot) and had some beers. Then we went to meet some people at Lush and had more beer and some absinth
And as it wasn’t too far we moved over to Propaganda for some dance action. Even this club hasn’t changed much, stll HipHop music and full of Koreans… ^^ and it was still fun, so that we were home at about 7 am. Read the rest of this entry »
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March 14th, 2008 .
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Meridians actually made visible
Meridians are the channels through which according to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) the Qi flows in our body.
I just read a german article dating July 2005 stating that a german scientist prooved this. Then I googled a bit and found out there is an article in a magazine dating May 2003 about the same topic. Pretty interesting.
Article from 2003: Biophoton emission of human body, S Cohen & F A Popp, Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, Volume 41 Number 5, May 2003
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January 12th, 2007 .
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Wieder geregelteres Training
Habe mir nämlich jetzt endlich auch ein Schwert gekauft oder um genauer zu sagen hat mein Tai Ji Lehrer mir dabei geholfen, da er Kontakte zu einem “Sportladen
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May 16th, 2006 .
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Seit langem mal wieder Uni & Tai Ji
Nachdem ich schon gestern erfahren hatte, dass ich in Brad’s Klasse gelandet bin – man hatte unsere Klasse aufgrund von zu wenig Schülern auf die anderen Klassen verteilt – war es doch ein wenig komisch in einer Klasse zu sitzen, in der ich nur eine Person kenne. Der neue Klassenraum im Hauptgebäude ist jedoch einer der besten, die unsere Uni zu bieten hat. Jeder Platz ist mit einem Dell PC inklusive LCD ausgestattet. Unsere neue – recht junge – Lehrerin nutzt das Medium auch direkt mit einigen Powerpointpräsentationen aus und lässt und in den letzten beiden Stunden mangels Büchern „如果爱 – Perhaps Love“, einen Liebesfilm mit Moulin Rouge Touch, auf Chinesisch mit chinesischen Untertiteln gucken
Und da wir grad bei Computern sind - anbei noch ein Werbeplakat für Intel Dual-Core Prozessoren aus Shanghai.
Auch zum ersten 太极 (Tai Ji) Training seit langem konnte ich mich heute endlich mal durchringen Read the rest of this entry »
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February 27th, 2006 .
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青岛 Qingdao
Nach nicht gerade viel Schlaf sind wir um 5:30 Uhr in Qingdao angekommen und haben uns von einem der typischen Chinesen am Bahnhof zu einem günstigen Hotel führen lassen. Leider mussten wir etwa zehn Hotels mit ihm abklappern, weil entweder kein Zimmer (für Ausländer) frei war oder der Preis uns nicht gefiel, bis wir dann endlich in einem annehmbaren Hotel über einem Restaurant unweit des Bahnhofs für 30,- 元 / Nacht untergekommen sind. Leider haben wir erst spät abends herausgefunden, wie die versprochene Heizung in den Räumen angeht (oder eher, dass sie überhaupt vorhanden ist). In der Dusche auf dem Stockwerk stand auch gleich eine Waschmaschine, was das Duscherlebnis recht eng machte – dafür gab es immerhin schön heißes Wasser.
Kaum angekommen in einer der Hauptstädte des 螳螂拳 (tanglang quan) Read the rest of this entry »
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puja on
January 12th, 2006 .
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