Q & A: Good Student, Mindful Walking, Clarity & Human Nature, Opening Energy Pathways
In this Q&A students ask excellent questions ranging from how to be a great student, maintaining mindfulness while in motion, and whether clarity is a natural state of mind for humans plus more. Shifu Ahles provides insightful responses to these questions in this Q&A session and leaves the listener with much to think about.
Continue readingPutting Practice Into Action: A Story of Self Defense
This week’s talk centers around the retelling of Sun’s story of real life self defense and the importance of making our practice real. Sifu Brown’s student was forced to put his practice into action applying his physical and mental training to save his own life against a knife attack in Detroit. Shifu Ahles goes through some of the ABC’s of self defense and reminds us of the consequences of not knowing what to do if faced with real danger. A motivating and important talk for everyone to hear.
Continue readingHow To Respond Better To Life’s Many Challenges
In this talk Shifu Ahles talks about how bad things happen to everyone and even though some get more than their fair share how you respond can make all the difference in what follows. Find out how to train a reflex to catch those negative thoughts that can send you on a downward spiral. This is a compelling talk that can be a catalyst for positive change. Watch it now!
Continue readingEnd of Year 2011 at the Blue Dragon School
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Continue readingQ & A: Meditation Methods, Meaning of Kung Fu, Why the Change?
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Continue readingHigher & Deeper: Raising Your Skills By Depth of Experience
In this talk we go digging for buried treasure. How often do we miss out on treasures in life because we stop digging too soon thinking what we are looking for simply isn’t there? We often go digging little holes all over the place but never really finding out just how high and deep we can really go in our life and practice. This talk is both a motivational and educational one as Shifu Ahles takes us through the steps and stages of learning something new eventually in order raise our skill level through depth of experience.
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