Comments on: Stressed Out? Then Pick Up A Sword!

By: Dane

Dane — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 21:45:47 +0000

There is a park in San Diego where I used to train a lot and swordfight with kids. I would bring a small collection of non-sharp metal blades with me whenever I went. There were always a lot of people hanging out, and you would get used to seeing the same ones over and over. One day there was a new guy around, a gruff, strapping fellow. He picked up one of my swords and started playing around with it. I imagined a scenario in my head where he started out playing around and joking, but slowly became more serious and threatening, and I ended up having to fight him. Fortunately nothing of the sort happened. It was an interesting frame of mind to take on though. 🙂

By: David Whitham

David Whitham — Tue, 09 May 2017 07:53:34 +0000

Great reading Sifu, like a sponge ready to soak up the information, always interested in the history.

By: Pam Dye

Pam Dye — Sun, 22 Jan 2017 21:16:29 +0000

Nice article! I love working with weapons and find it’s a way to console my soul at any time! Please do continue to wriypte about warriors and push hands!

By: Sifu Anthony Korahais

Sifu Anthony Korahais — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 12:04:10 +0000

In reply to John. My pleasure, John. And thanks for the insights! You're right about the yin and yang of self defense!

By: John

John — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 02:00:02 +0000

Neat article. Shows the Yin Yang philosophy in action with using self defense training to aide in being a more calm and peaceful person. Thanks for sharing Shifu!

By: Sifu Anthony Korahais

Sifu Anthony Korahais — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 19:22:16 +0000

In reply to Jen. Great, Jen!

By: Jen

Jen — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 22:25:52 +0000

I want to learn Pushing Hands!!! 🙂

By: Alex Kreitner

Alex Kreitner — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 13:10:43 +0000

I like this article very much. I would also suggest that the stress of living moment by moment and preparing to fight to keep yourself alive may seem worse than what we have now, but is actually healthier and less “stressful.” It’s when you have so many physical amenities that you no longer have to be in the moment keeping yourself alive that your conscious mind begins to wander to the past and the present in order to create depression and anxiety, in that order.

Then you start to need things like Tai Chi and Kung Fu to put your mind back into the present and release the worrying and regretting that our modern world has trained into us.

Also, I like the idea of the two person training being even more of a stress reliever. It makes sense as a single person drill/form still allows one to zone out, make mistakes, and not be totally in the moment. But when you’re going back and forth with weapons, even if they’re wooden, and as you mentioned, your body will take it as a threat and keep you focusing on the present to avoid injury and death.

Thank you for the insight!

By: Sifu Anthony Korahais

Sifu Anthony Korahais — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 16:56:22 +0000

In reply to Sherrie.

I think you’re sweet! With just the right amount of bitterness too! 🙂

If you want to learn this stuff, then keep practicing the Tai Chi that you learned from me. Without a solid Tai Chi foundation, it’s hard to learn Pushing Hands or weapons. So plan ahead now!

By: sue Harvey

sue Harvey — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 16:55:35 +0000

I truly enjoyed this! PLEASE continue on! I want to know more ways of being a warrior. .!!