Archive for the ‘Kung Fu’ Category

F%@k Murphy

Like I said yesterday, I finally started my hard hand training. Murphy has it in for me though, as I cut the bejesus out of my hand yesterday at work. Yeah, I know, I’m a software developer, how do I cut my hand at work? Ancient chinese secret. See, as an embedded software developer, I [...]

January 29, 2003 • Posted in: Kung Fu • No Comments

Hard Hand Training

Finally started my hard hand training recently. If you’re interested, my Sifu has put out a 100-day introductory hard hand regimen, preparatory to actual Iron Palm training. It ought to be interesting, and I’m looking forward to seeing some results. It definitely requires discipline to perform the movements daily, but that dovetails nicely with my [...]

January 28, 2003 • Posted in: Kung Fu • 4 Comments

Obviously not a treehugger…

Reading around the web, it’s truly amazing what you’ll find sometimes. I mean, aside from the usual gibbering idiots and folks that are compelled to communicate with their home world with startlingly entertaining jargon like “ur going 2 have 2 do this if u want 2 xceed.” Ran into someone asking about hard hand training, [...]

January 28, 2003 • Posted in: Kung Fu • No Comments

Wooden Dummies

Alright, I certainly don’t mean to sound like a friggin’ advertisement, because I’m not getting a thin dime from these people. But Immortal Creations makes some seriously stout wooden dummies. No, they’re not wood, they’re some kind of wonder material that you couldn’t break if God lended a hand. Seriously, I challenge you to even [...]

September 24, 2002 • Posted in: Kung Fu • 10 Comments