Kung Fu Destiny

I woke up after a good night’s sleep and got ready.  I spent time packing my suitcase and gathering my things, since we would not have time after breakfast.  Today was our last day training with Zhang Shifu, and I was not sure how long it would take us to learn the remainder of the [...]

I woke up and got ready pretty early.  I went outside in the morning air, but it was still a little too early for everyone to meet for breakfast.  I walked down to a small patio and sat at a small circular stone table that was there and enjoyed the morning sunshine and cool air.  [...]

Today was a fantastic day! I woke up at 6am feeling refreshed after getting to sleep in a normal sized bed.  I practiced Ba Daun Jin and Yang Sheng Gong Qigong sets before getting ready for the day and heading down to breakfast.  The hotel provided a very hearty breakfast that was very satisfying and [...]

We finally made it to our hotel in Wudang Shan Tian Lu, the nicest hotel on the mountain that is within walking distance from Purple Cloud Temple.  We were on the train from Beijing for 13 hours before arriving in Seng Feng.  Our guide in Beijing got us onto the train, which was surprisingly on [...]

We have arrived in Beijing and are tired from traveling and we are not done yet. We spent 13.5 hours flying from Chicago to Beijing.  This flight is always exhausting but was much easier traveling with friends.  We talked and played games, watched movies and slept.  I stayed up all night the night before we [...]

We ended up rushing to our plane here in Chicago and were among the last people to board our flight for Beijing.  We got to the airport in St. Louis at about 8am for our flight to Chicago which left at 10:50am.  Everyone arrived and got checked in with plenty of time to spare so [...]