http://www.pathsatlanta.org Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:15:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.pathsatlanta.org/2010/11/29/the-wulin-suffers-a-great-loss/ http://www.pathsatlanta.org/2010/11/29/the-wulin-suffers-a-great-loss/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:19:26 +0000 Craig http://www.pathsatlanta.org/?p=1518 Like Yin & Yang, this past week held a great holiday of happiness, and a day to mourn; we lost a great martial artist, a great teacher, a great man. A Great Man leaves us Sifu Joel Rodriguez It is with a heavy heart that we announce this to our readers – Master Joel Rodriguez [...]


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]]> http://www.pathsatlanta.org/2010/02/26/six-sealing-four-closing/feed/ 0 http://www.pathsatlanta.org/2010/02/03/martial-arts-schools-rules-or-virtues/ http://www.pathsatlanta.org/2010/02/03/martial-arts-schools-rules-or-virtues/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:56:16 +0000 Craig http://www.pathsatlanta.org/?p=1243 Part 4 in a series on Wu De (武德), addresses the various manifestations of Martial Virtue and considers why Martial Arts schools have rules.


]]> http://www.pathsatlanta.org/2010/02/03/martial-arts-schools-rules-or-virtues/feed/ 1 http://www.pathsatlanta.org/2010/01/18/why-study-chen-style-taijiquan/ http://www.pathsatlanta.org/2010/01/18/why-study-chen-style-taijiquan/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:33:12 +0000 Todd http://www.pathsatlanta.org/?p=1187 Why Study Chen Style Taijiquan? There have been many answers to this question since the development of this theoretically simple, yet methodically complex "art of yin and yang." What we now know as Taijiquan first began as a system of self defense, a practical means of protection which was practiced by an overwhelming majority of [...]


]]> http://www.pathsatlanta.org/2010/01/18/why-study-chen-style-taijiquan/feed/ 3 http://www.pathsatlanta.org/2010/01/03/ba-gua-training-tips-4-change/ http://www.pathsatlanta.org/2010/01/03/ba-gua-training-tips-4-change/#comments Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:07:26 +0000 Dave http://www.pathsatlanta.org/?p=1131 Well, it’s been a long time since I was able and motivated to do one of these posts. Newborn babies and all the other vagaries of life have kept me, shall we say, distracted. But, things are starting to settle in around here, and as I’m going to be undertaking a much larger writing project [...]


]]> http://www.pathsatlanta.org/2010/01/03/ba-gua-training-tips-4-change/feed/ 1 http://www.pathsatlanta.org/2009/11/28/understanding-wu-de-as-martial-virtue/ http://www.pathsatlanta.org/2009/11/28/understanding-wu-de-as-martial-virtue/#comments Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:51:46 +0000 Craig http://www.pathsatlanta.org/?p=1048 Part 3 in a series on Wu De (武德), goes into more depth of this martial virtue and the martial arts.


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]]> http://www.pathsatlanta.org/2009/08/07/what-is-wu-de/feed/ 2 http://www.pathsatlanta.org/2009/08/07/cultivation-of-character-in-traditional-martial-arts/ http://www.pathsatlanta.org/2009/08/07/cultivation-of-character-in-traditional-martial-arts/#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:46:09 +0000 Craig http://www.pathsatlanta.org/?p=932 Part 1 in a series on Wu De, the often misunderstood Cultivation of Character in traditional martial arts.


]]> http://www.pathsatlanta.org/2009/08/07/cultivation-of-character-in-traditional-martial-arts/feed/ 1 http://www.pathsatlanta.org/2009/04/10/is-kung-fu-a-martial-art/ http://www.pathsatlanta.org/2009/04/10/is-kung-fu-a-martial-art/#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:01:49 +0000 Craig http://www.pathsatlanta.org/?p=692 Yes and No. And yet your Martial art can either have Kung Fu or not. Technically speaking, the term "Kung Fu", sometimes spelled Kongfu or Kong Fu, comes from the Chinese words 功夫 (gōng fu), and means skill, art, labor, or effort. Put together it means a skill or art derived through labor and effort. [...]


]]> http://www.pathsatlanta.org/2009/04/10/is-kung-fu-a-martial-art/feed/ 1 http://www.pathsatlanta.org/2009/02/27/ba-gua-training-tips-3/ http://www.pathsatlanta.org/2009/02/27/ba-gua-training-tips-3/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:07:14 +0000 Dave http://www.pathsatlanta.org/?p=551 More Basic Circle Walking When I last wrote to all of you (far too long ago, I know) we spoke about the Bagua basic walk from the ground up to the legs. This time we will address the rest of you—torso, arms and head. Please refer back to Ba Gua Training Tips #2 if you [...]


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