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For a couple of months I’ve added a standard ‘youtube’ core muscle exercise routine to the end of my thrice weekly gym session.

I really feel no particular benefit or indeed different, so I added cable trunk rotations and sit ups/crunches and Roman chair hyper extensions. I do enough reps to get a burn or hold the static exercises for 30 seconds(side planks ...

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Hi guys! I think it's time to reclaim Tai Chi. There has been some effort on this front by the Practical method people; the Wu and Yang families have done an excellent an honorable job preserving their family style apart from the public "style" style, as has Chen (oddly enough to a lesser extent). The other families IIRC are going strong, but don't have a loud voice. But besides...

I wanted to make a post about the traditional Hapki Yu Kwon Sool of Founder Choi Young Sul!

Much false information has been posted about hapkido/ Hapki Yu Kwon Sool over the years!

I wanted to ask what is your connection to Founder Choi and what is your opinion how is it different from less traditional hapkido?

Every fall a new student asks me the same question in different words: which sword should I buy. After years of answering it one person at a time, here is the whole answer in one place. Five numbers decide whether a tai chi jian works. The tassel, the scabbard wood, the fittings, all of that is decoration on top of five numbers.

One, the balance point. Rest the blad...