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The Best Dogs

Below is an excerpt from the book Old Dogs: Are the Best Dogs by Ge

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The Middle Kingdom: The Impossible Black Tulip

Historically, China has been known as "The Middle Kingdom." They believed they were at the center of the earth. In fact, the characters which refers to China in both Chinese and Japanese reflects this: 中国.

A very rare ancient map has turned up. This map is known as The Impossible Black Tulip, due to it's rarity. An excerpt from an article is shown below. To read the who article, please click here.

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Who Needs Fiction: Sex and Daoism

Happy Birthday Nara!

Wu Style Taijiquan Applications

Japanese and Chinese Swords

A friend sent me this link to a sword manufacturer in China. There are plenty of pictures of some very nice looking swords in a variety of styles, both Japanese and Chinese.

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Tang Dynasty Poems, #34: Reading Buddhist Classics...

The Tang Dynasty is held to be one of the high water marks of Chinese culture. 300 of the finest poems of that era have been collected in The 300 Tang Dynasty Poems.

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Don't Train

"Practice is not easy. It WILL transform our life. But if we have a naive idea that this transformation can take place without a price being paid, we fool ourselves. Don't practice unless you feel there's nothing else you can do.

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Standing Stake, or Zhan Zhuang Practice for Internal Martial Arts

Standing Stake practice, or zhan zhuang, is both a foundational and advanced practice in many Chinese martial arts traditions. It sounds so easy, but it isn't.

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Empty Your Cup

Below is an excerpt from an article that appeared in the Aikido Journal.

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