This week I will be writing about the Trigram Heaven. If you are unfamiliar with the concept of Trigrams, there has been much discussion of the subject on this blog, including many of the most recent posts by Master Pearson: An Easy Way to Construct the Trigrams A Fundamental Flaw in the Trigrams The 8 […]

Continuing with Master Pearson’s theme of the 8 Trigrams (before they became 27) this week I am writing about the I Ching. I am very interested in Master Pearson’s new concept of the 27 Trigrams. In this post however I am taking a step backwards with the Trigrams; the I Ching is the ancient text […]

Back in the early 90′s, I was Dan Director for the US Taekwondo Union and in addition to taking care of all the Kukkiwon Dan and Poom certifications for the US, I was also tasked with promoting the martial art side of Taekwondo. To that end, I wrote an article for the Taekwondo Times on […]

This past weekend I was lucky to be able to accompany Master Pearson and Mr. Walsh on our semi-monthly trip to Cincinnati. As Mr. Walsh noted in his post, we were able to help out with Master Pearson’s Staff Seminar as well as attend the Ahn Taekwondo annual holiday banquet. It is always an amazing […]

This week I would like to share excerpts from the chapter about the Trigram Mountain, or in Feng Shui terms “Inner Knowledge,” from the book Journey To Mastery: Feng Shui for Life by Dr. Kathryn Mickle, Ph. D. This will be the 7th discussed here on my blogs of the 8 Trigrams used in Feng Shui, […]

This week I will continue to explore the 8 Elements as interpreted in Feng Shui from the book Journey To Mastery: Feng Shui for Life by Dr. Kathryn Mickle, Ph. D. The next element is Earth, represented by three Yin (broken) lines, the “most yin” Trigram, yin qualities being receptivity, yielding, openness and trust. It […]

This week I will like to continue to explore the 8 Trigrams that are used in Feng Shui as described in the book Journey To Mastery: Feng Shui for Life by Dr. Kathryn Mickle, Ph. D. Last week in my blog I explored the chapter about the Heaven trigram, or Helpful People as it is […]

  T’ai Chi Ch’uan For Health and Self-Defense; Philosophy and Practice, by Master T.T. Liang (published 1974, 1977) This week I’ve begun reading this book. I’m about halfway through it and it has not disappointed. It is making me think I should start practicing T’ai Chi. Here is T. T. Liang’s poem with which he […]