I never paid much attention to meditation or balance. I would look at people who were practicing tai chi and get confused by it. But after starting kung fu I decided to take a closer look at tai chi. Other students in the class did tai chi as well as kung fu and they told me that it had helped them with their training. I [...]

For the month of November, White Crane Kung Fu & Tai Chi will be committing to 100,000 pushups as a club for a fundraiser for Pieta House. Three weeks in we have reached an incredible 73,643 pushups! Pieta House is a charity for suicide and we are honoured to raise money on their behalf. If you have the means to donate then please follow this [...]

I have never really been interested in fighting. When I was younger, I trained taekwondo. It was good exercise, but I could not find anything spiritual in it. In school, I always heard about people like Mike Tyson and Conor McGregor, and sports like Boxing and MMA. But they seemed like blood sports to me, so I didn't take much interest in them. After the [...]

Self-respect is the absence of regret. It is the pushing of yourself to achieve what you are capable of, despite obstacles. Self-neglect is allowing yourself to just drift through life and not follow your dreams. It is never setting goals and never following through on your potential. “Respect yourself and others will respect you.”  - Confucius We can hardly underestimate the meaning and the impact [...]