When talking to friends about Shaolin Kung Fu lots of people actually don’t understand that we do not fight against each other at the Shaolin Temple. We develop speed and power and learn forms (that’s why it is called Martial ARTS).

Let me quote Shi Yan Ming who explains it very well:

Forms are forms, and fighting is fighting. In a real fight, there are no stances and no routines – just the single goal of knocking out the other person as quickly as possible. In the ring or on the street, your opponent will not oblige you by getting into the position or stance you learned to deal with in class.

That is not to say that forms practice is a waste of time. Forms help you develop your speed, power, harmony and reaction, for those are the attributes that will best serve you in a real fight.

So while our moves are fighting moves (a punch will always be a punch) but we do not have any physical contact with others during the training. To me that explains why we have so much Yin at the temple.

But in the end – you have to try it on your own!

(Image (c) HengZan Shi, Quote from shaolinwolf)

Wenn die Frau des Hauses jetzt nicht beim ersten Besuch “Bist eh a Sitz-Pinkler, oder?” nachschreit (kein Scherz, ist mir passiert!) – wie weist man die männlichen Gäste nett darauf hin das WC sauber zu halten?

Eine Möglichkeit ist der positiv formulierte Aufkleber von im-sitzen-pinkeln.de, erhältlich bei eBay!

Ob’s was hilft – keine Ahnung, aber es erreicht vielleicht die Männer, die noch nie ein WC geputzt haben… deswegen – Aufkleber kaufen und probieren!

<ViCoreEx> Apple verteilt jetzt gratis Schutzhüllen für das iPhone 4?
<ViCoreEx> Das ist ja als wenn Opel bei defekten Benzinschläuchen sagt: “Hey Leute, hier habt ihr Klebeband!”

Yesterday Apple announced new gadgets… while the iPod Touch and iPod shuffle upgrades are pretty obvious the new iPod nano with multi-touch is really cool!

Nevertheless for me the new Apple TV has been the highlight of yesterdays announcement. I think the new $99 price tag will attract a lot of buyers… well done! I’m just wondering if this also means that finally movie rental will be available in Austria? Something I complained about a while ago… and it does not look that good – Apple Austria does not even list the Apple TV right now

However – what will be available is AirPlay streaming – something I missed in the initial iPad version. Let’s see when the other open features are implemented…. iPad version 2, where are you?

(Image (c) Apple)