I enjoyed the free wrestling in Peter King’s class last night. Escaped Sonny’s first formidable guillotine choke attempt and passed his guard, though he tapped me with a second guillotine right at the end of the round. The local teenage prodigy, Andris, got my back, somehow I escaped that to half guard and fended him…
Category: Health
Poor Judgement
A recent training session found me as part of a class practising some intermediate level setups for double leg takedowns, and for the fireman’s carry. The fireman’s carry is a throw where- one way – you overhook the guy’s arm, wizzer to make him step with his outside leg, dive underneath him, and roll him…
TCM and Massage 2
<- Part 1 MERIDIAN GATE POINTS Gate points allow energy from one meridian to pass into the next. LU7 – CO4 CO20 – ST1 ST42 – SP1 SP21 – H1 H8 – SI1 SI19 – BL1 BL67 – KI1 KI22 – PC1 PC8 – 3H1 3H23 – GB1 GB44 – LI1 LI14 – CV12 –…
TCM and Massage 1
Oriental Medical Philosophy in relation to Chinese Massage – Main Aim, Organs, Meridians, Ch’i. The main aim of any healing discipline or modality – to regenerate the body function as a whole; survival. Concepts Twelve Organs LungsHeartLiverSpleen/PancreasKidneysColonSmall IntestineGall BladderStomachBladderPericardiumTriple Heater The Pericardium Functional rather than organic protector of the heart messenger of joy roughly anatomically…