Exercise Your Breath for Better Health
Let’s begin by slowing down. Before we talk about breath, just notice that you’re breathing. No effort. No correction. Just awareness. Breath is one of the…
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HONORING SIFU ALEX CO
Excerpted from the book INNER GATE by Mark V. Wiley Alexander Lim Co (許景偉, Co King Wei) (1953-2016) was born in Manila on June 03, 1953.…
Entering Ngo Cho Kun’s “Inner Gate”
INNER GATE: The Orthodox System of Ngo Cho Kun 330 full-color pages by Mark V. Wiley “Dr. Mark Wiley’s scholarship, publications, and devotion have established him…
Sifu Tak Wah Eng: Chinatown’s Humble Master
In a world full of self-proclaimed ‘masters’, Tak Wah Eng proclaims nothing, but is everything. This is the sign of a true master. He is a living embodiment of what he teaches. Balance
Finding a Piece of Home in Food: Reflections on the Diaspora
by Rene J. Navarro I’ve heard about the Filipinos’ nostalgia for Philippine food after a period of stay in a foreign country, that yearning for certain…
GM Rene J. Navarro: Renaissance Man
There is so much to say about Grandmaster Rene J. Navarro, that a biography should be written to document his adventures, study, contributions to Philippine culture,…
Wing Chun Secret Societies, Ip Man and Modern Fight Science
Hendrik Santo is a retired power management semiconductor design architect based in Silicon Valley, California. He has over 40 years research in Wing Chun Kuen, and…
Amazing new book! Of Fire and Water: Alchemy and Transformation by GM Rene J. Navarro
For over six decades, Grandmaster Rene J. Navarro has been on a mission, traveling the globe to learn from extraordinary masters of impossible skills, and to…
How to Overcome Fatigue and Live Vibrantly
By Dr. Mark Wiley You know what it’s like to feel tired, even exhausted. These are normal states your body reaches that are indicators that it…
A Biological Interpretation of Qi
Qi is the basis of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), and acupuncture is one of TCM’s tools for stimulating qi. Whereas some research has been conducted on qi, scientists have not yet satisfactorily identified, measured, or explained it. Therefore, it is misleading to try to describe qi using words like energy or force. Such words are often used but have precise scientific meanings that may not apply. However, qi may have a biological basis.