The Tai Chi Notebook

Ep 4: Damon Smith on the link between Shamanism and martial arts


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What is Shamanism? And how does it relate to martial arts? In this episode I catch up with my old, friend and teacher Damon Smith to answer some of these questions. 


Damon is an incredibly experienced martial artist with a background in various Japanese and Chinese arts including Karate, Kempo, Xing Yi, Baji and Choy Lee Fut. And those are just a few of the arts he’s pursued to a very high level.


But despite being a great martial artist Damon’s true love has always been Shamanism. 


And while he’s no stranger to banging a drum, Damon’s shamanism is not the hippy dippy sort of practice you might associate shamans with, instead it’s a very down to earth and practical art, much like the martial arts he does.


In this episode we talk about the link between martial arts and shamanism, and where the crossovers lie.


Music by lesfm from Pixabay

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