Gongfu ist ähnlich dem Bildungsweg, den wir alle von der Schule aus her kennen. Man geht erst zur Grundschule, dann kommt man in die Unterstufe, Mittelstufe, Oberstufe und letztendlich in die Uni zum Studium. Für manche reicht ein gewisser Bildungsstand, manche gehen jedoch noch darüber hinaus und promovieren oder habilitieren sogar. Es gibt Leute [...]

I’m back from Qingdao and because of the cold I caught these days, finally have time to write a little something (pictures are already up in the gallery Qingdao 09. My trip was really nice, most of the time I lived with my Shi Bo (Gongfu uncle) Yu Bin, who’s now proud father of [...]

Mike Martello was a great friend, a teacher and mentor to so many of us. On June 2nd 2009 he passed away doing what he loved to do: teaching martial arts. He devoted his life to bringing at least a little piece of the vast amount of experience and skill he had attained to everyone [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

SwordJa, irgendwie hat man doch viel mehr zutun hier als man denkt, auch wenn es vielleicht nur mit Freunden einen Film gucken oder einfach ein wenig im schön warmen Beijinger Abend draußen rum sitzen ist. Immerhin habe ich mich langsam wieder in einen einigermaßen geregelten Trainingsrhythmus eingefunden. Drei mal die Woche Tai Ji und zwei [...]