I'm now a student again. And for the next 4 years, I'll be in the libraries reading books studying and so forth. Its going to be fun, and I get student discount.
The downside of this new lease of life is that I'm not going to be able to make it to week long Cheng Hsin camps for the next 4 years. The combination of working part time and having my girlfriend living on the otherside of the country. It's a pain but...
On the upside, I just found out that I can study Jiu Jitsu all year long for just £30, and Aikido similarly all year for just £30. The Shaolin Kung Fu club is a bit more expensive at £60 for the year plus £30 for insurance. Apparently Shaolin is more expensive because they do more weapons, and sparring. But anyhow, this all seems to be a great deal to me. Its an opportunity to do 4 years of these martial arts and see how I can be effortlessly effective while I do them.
I look forwards to having some fun.
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Seeing as you can't do actual Cheng Hsin as you'd like, what do you think about doing the source arts of Cheng Hsin for yourself -- like judo, aikido, taichi, etc.?
I think that much of cheng Hsin would make sense to someone that has done the source arts.
Well, I think that everything is the source art. Cheng Hsin isnt - to me - just a collection of other arts, or even an art inspired by them. It's just a name used to describe the process of becoming skillful in being, and hopefully as effortlessly as possible.
As it stands I can play Cheng Hsin too and have plenty of opportunities to do so. But, I'm glad of the opportunity to study these other arts from a perspective of learning about body, mind, relationship etc. This is what I feel Cheng Hsin gives me, an opportunity to learn rather than to learn an art.
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