Monday, January 6, 2020

MMTCA Newsletter January 2020



"Such power can not be measured. Such love can not be told."
-Awakening Osiris Normandi Ellis

Happy New Year 2020! May you be blessed with all goodness and light!

Thank you all for the thoughtful holiday gifts and remembrances, my cup runneth over!

Happy Chinese Year of the Rat! Rat year begins January 25th, we will be celebrating one week early on Saturday the 18th. Come to the Academy from 2:00-4:00PM for a demonstration and ceremony, with a banquet to follow at Peking Garden at 5:00PM. Sign up for the banquet at the Academy, or speak to Julie. http://www.pekinggardenmn.com/

Book suggestions;

8 Weeks to a Pain Free Spine by Esther Goekle
https://www.amazon.com/Steps-Pain-Free-Back-Solutions-Shoulder/dp/0979303605/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?keywords=8+weeks+to+a+healthy+spine+by+Esther+Goekle&qid=1578362827&s=books&sr=1-2-fkmr0

Practical Chin Na by Zhao Da Yuan
https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Chin-Na-Detailed-Analysis/dp/0865681759/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Practical+Chin+Na&qid=1578362893&s=books&sr=1-1

And a TV series we spoke about in class, History Channel's Forged in Fire  https://www.history.com/shows/forged-in-fire

Master T.T. Liang's birthday is January 23rd. He would have been 120 if he just lived 18 more years!! R.I.P. Sir, miss you every day.

I turn 60 this month, the lowest level of Immortality! I've outlived Yang Pan-hou and Yang Cheng-fu! I plan to teach for the foreseeable future, though I want to delegate some of my teaching responsibilities and adopt Master Liang's later class structures. I'll keep you posted!

-Ray

“If you get tired learn to rest, not to quit.”       
-Banksy