Thursday
An eye for craftsmanship
Hubby was pleased that Marc had an appreciation of his swords. Most people seem largely disinterested: "yeah, yeah, what's next?" and it makes Hubby reluctant to share.
Wednesday
Sticks and swords
Hubby can only teach weapons forms to students who complete the Yang Cheng Fu form. The weapons forms utilise the YCF form postures. So basically, if you don't know the YCF form you can't do the associated weapons forms.
I first saw Hubby's weapons forms back in 2007, and we all tried the 2-person cane form at bootcamp a few months later.
At home, he generally commits about 30-60 minutes a day to weapons work.
We recently got a selection of new weapons for me to try: cane, staff and straight sword. I know broadsword form, 2-person cane and half of the small stick drills.
The walking stick form is very appealing; weird, quirky and exciting. Hubby freaked people out last night with a few application examples.
I first saw Hubby's weapons forms back in 2007, and we all tried the 2-person cane form at bootcamp a few months later.
At home, he generally commits about 30-60 minutes a day to weapons work.
We recently got a selection of new weapons for me to try: cane, staff and straight sword. I know broadsword form, 2-person cane and half of the small stick drills.
The walking stick form is very appealing; weird, quirky and exciting. Hubby freaked people out last night with a few application examples.
Tuesday
Knowing when to stop
Hubby says that Star Trek: Enterprise series (season 4) goes bad after the Mirror Darkly episodes. We'll stop watching at that point.
Knowing when to stop is quite a skill.
Hubby left Hammer Into Anvil to the end when we watched The Prisoner and missed the actual double final episode; and it was a great finale.
We stop the third Lord Of The Rings movie when Aragorn says that Hobbits bow to no one. I'd love to chop the dvd so it stops there by itself. The whole return to the shire ending is nothing like the book and hence a waste of time.
The Matrix trilogy can be vastly improved by only watching the first movie.
The same goes for Star Wars. We like Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and will tolerate Return of the Jedi for the space battle and Luke/Vader scenes. Episodes 1-3 are kiddy cartoons and not really of interest.
Knowing when to stop is quite a skill.
Hubby left Hammer Into Anvil to the end when we watched The Prisoner and missed the actual double final episode; and it was a great finale.
We stop the third Lord Of The Rings movie when Aragorn says that Hobbits bow to no one. I'd love to chop the dvd so it stops there by itself. The whole return to the shire ending is nothing like the book and hence a waste of time.
The Matrix trilogy can be vastly improved by only watching the first movie.
The same goes for Star Wars. We like Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and will tolerate Return of the Jedi for the space battle and Luke/Vader scenes. Episodes 1-3 are kiddy cartoons and not really of interest.
Sunday
Rich Christians? Surely a contradiction?
"Go sell whatever you own and give it
to the poor. All your wealth will then be heavenly wealth. And come
follow me."
(Jesus)
I saw a very fat clergyman come outside Durham Cathedral to greet the wealthy Christians today. He looked to be extremely well-fed.
It reminded me of a painting of fat friars feasting. What an advert for Christianity!
What exactly does Easter mean these days?
Chocolate eggs, chicks, rabbits, greeting cards? Some people even give gifts to their children...
I just don't understand it anymore.
I just don't understand it anymore.
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