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[john peck]

One of our former students who got a job in the DC area is now studying Jow Ga. He showed me a lion dancing clip and I was impressed. My sifu is a fan of how the DC Jow Ga folks present themselves back when he used to judge at meets. Fierce!!!!

My martial talent lies almost entirely in staying out of fights.

 

[john peck]

So I started martial arts in my late teens about a half century ago ... switched to Tai Chi about 15 or 20 years later ... never tested ... means I've been a white belt all that time, I guess ..

Eh, belts are to hold yur pants, color is moot.

 

[Art Deco]

A white belt is still new and clean,a brown is frayed and dirty, and a black belt is often filthy. I say just buy a new white belt occassionally and stay a beginner for life. And staying out of fights is both beginner and master level stuff, really.

 

[BigNerd]

Since you said "other exercise", BC (Before Covid), I played pick-up basketball on the weekends.

 

[FezUSA]

ECKB (English Contact Kickboxing) as a teen, Wado Ryu in college, TKD a few years ago with my kids. Soccer, always! Badminton (not the US, backyard style!!) from young through college. Swim team as a youngster. Now it's tandem SOT kayaking, iSUP (paddleboard), SCUBA, hiking, and pre-COVID I learned to play basketball at lunchtimes with some co-workers!

Martial arts, often easy to learn but a lifetime to master.

 

[Art Deco]

They tell me that golf is like the martial arts in being easy to learn and difficult to master. Can't speark for golf, but the Martial part of TaiChi is of no interest to me anymore.So I do my slow silly looking workouts and mental wanderings.

 

[john peck]

A white belt is still new and clean,a brown is frayed and dirty, and a black belt is often filthy. I say just buy a new white belt occassionally and stay a beginner for life. And staying out of fights is both beginner and master level stuff, really.

My interests are solely in acquiring & circulating chi, herbal medicine, acupuncture, & brush painting. I´m a pretty lousy painter.
Anything related to combat is purely incidental. Belts? My nephew got a black belt in karate at age 8;; belts are overrated.

 

[Art Deco]

My exercise equipment.

 

[john peck]

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My exercise equipment.

I have to use 2 sticks if I have to to walk more than 1/4 mile. They´re both curved like a katana & I pretend to be Musashi when
no one is looking.

 

[Art Deco]

An old thread indeed. But diet and exercise beats Covid, as well as anything we have tried.

How Exercise and Diet Affect Coronavirus Risk

Just one exercise session increases the antioxidant that could help prevent a deadly side effect of COVID-19.

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And bikes too

Miracle Pill Found for Fighting COVID-19: The Bicycle

UK proposal for improving health and fitness includes bikes, bike lanes, and controls on fast food and marketing.

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