Comments on: Reflections on 20 Years in the Martial Arts https://flowingzen.com/reflections-on-20-years-in-the-martial-arts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reflections-on-20-years-in-the-martial-arts Qigong and Tai Chi with Sifu Anthony Fri, 29 Mar 2024 16:12:08 +0000 hourly 1 By: Sifu Anthony Korahais https://flowingzen.com/reflections-on-20-years-in-the-martial-arts/#comment-90781 Wed, 14 Sep 2022 20:24:51 +0000 http://flowingzen.com/?p=2825#comment-90781 In reply to Martin.

I’m glad it was helpful, Martin!

]]> By: Martin https://flowingzen.com/reflections-on-20-years-in-the-martial-arts/#comment-90755 Mon, 12 Sep 2022 06:59:13 +0000 http://flowingzen.com/?p=2825#comment-90755 This is a great article and it resonates very much with where I am now. I’ve been practicing and teaching karate for 36 years. For two years or so, I’ve been more and more interested in internal Chinese martial arts. It seems my mind (and body?) is tired of hardness and is seeking physical harmony and spiritual connection. Thank you for helping me put words on what I’m experiencing.

]]> By: Lesley https://flowingzen.com/reflections-on-20-years-in-the-martial-arts/#comment-70186 Mon, 24 Feb 2020 22:39:27 +0000 http://flowingzen.com/?p=2825#comment-70186 What a great article! This idea that you can maintain balance in martial arts training and progressively become not only better at the art, but healthier as you age, is not something I thought was possible. I have been searching for some thing, some way to heal/become healthier for a long time. This article and another you wrote on Qigong healing your depression are having alot of influence on me. Your articles are come across as very genuine and down to earth. Thank you so much. I am in limbo because of discouragement on my part of not following through. Ok– 2 minutes a day– I will start with that. Thanks again.

]]> By: David Whitham https://flowingzen.com/reflections-on-20-years-in-the-martial-arts/#comment-66103 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 20:31:57 +0000 http://flowingzen.com/?p=2825#comment-66103 Great reading, if this article doesn’t make you want to take up martial arts, then nothing will, thanks Sifu always brilliant reading, inspirational and warm hearted.

]]> By: Ray Morneau https://flowingzen.com/reflections-on-20-years-in-the-martial-arts/#comment-58243 Fri, 09 Jun 2017 20:35:16 +0000 http://flowingzen.com/?p=2825#comment-58243 Thank You, Sifu Anthony!!!
You are an inspiration!
You have a great ‘style’, conformation – if you will, “way of going” …
We have just begun, as I’ve only been studying with you 3 or 4 years – – you teach thoughtfulness concepts … I look forward to learning more about the spiritual dimension in the coming years!!
Namaste

]]> By: Sifu Anthony Korahais https://flowingzen.com/reflections-on-20-years-in-the-martial-arts/#comment-58220 Fri, 19 May 2017 18:42:04 +0000 http://flowingzen.com/?p=2825#comment-58220 In reply to Bill Grocott.

Thanks, Bill. I totally agree with you about Kwai Chang Caine, although I still have a soft spot in my heart for Bruce Lee’s movies.

]]> By: Bill Grocott https://flowingzen.com/reflections-on-20-years-in-the-martial-arts/#comment-58217 Fri, 19 May 2017 14:25:38 +0000 http://flowingzen.com/?p=2825#comment-58217 Again, another very insightful and well written blog. (Can’t wait for your book after reading all these great blogs). I think that what you have unveiled here is part of the reason that I gave up my Karate practice years ago. Well, that and the fact that I was working a swing shift and had to miss a lot of classes. I remember watching the old Kung Fu television series and thinking that’s what I wanted. Not the brash, explosive and aggressive fighting skills of Bruce Lee and others of his kind ( though I wanted that too), but rather the calm, gentle and humble nature of Kwai Chang who unleashed his martial skills only as needed. I remember one show in particular where Kwai Chan and another man were thrown into a metal box with the door locked for some transgression. The other guy was pacing around complaining about the heat and how they were going to die while Chang sat peacefully in the corner with his eyes closed. The other guy wanted to know how he could sit so calmly without breaking a sweat and he gave some sage advice about focusing the mind on something other than the heat.
In the end the karate training was mostly about the fighting skills and not much about developing the inner skills and that is why I have gravitated so much toward the qigong training. With this I am learning about such things as yin yang theory and the five elements and the healing sounds and so on as well as the physical movements. It seems to be a much more balanced practice.

]]> By: Sifu Anthony Korahais https://flowingzen.com/reflections-on-20-years-in-the-martial-arts/#comment-1931 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 14:47:39 +0000 http://flowingzen.com/?p=2825#comment-1931 In reply to Liza Pascal.

Liza! Good to hear from you! Thank you so much for commenting. And yes, you were right there with me through the violin days and then the Karate days. Good times!

]]> By: Liza Pascal https://flowingzen.com/reflections-on-20-years-in-the-martial-arts/#comment-1930 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 06:47:11 +0000 http://flowingzen.com/?p=2825#comment-1930 Having known you through your years practicing violin, and then Karate, it was a complete pleasure to read this post. I’m so happy to know you are so fulfilled, healthy, and serving others. Congratulations Sifu.

]]> By: Sifu Anthony Korahais https://flowingzen.com/reflections-on-20-years-in-the-martial-arts/#comment-1520 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 19:04:01 +0000 http://flowingzen.com/?p=2825#comment-1520 In reply to Tommy.

Thanks, Tommy. I hope to meet you one day!

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