Zen and the Martial Arts of Life

In this episode: Karen is recovering from a concussion when a door fell on her head (yes, really). Harrison talks about his plans to take a new direction in his life and go to University, and James and Karen give advice on how to make the most of this new adventure.

In this episode we talk about stick fighting, and the balance of action and inaction. When is the tipping point in martial arts and in life?

In this episode we discuss how lockdown easing means we have to adjust to another new normal... Which means more finding out what we can't do than what we can.... How do we add stick fighting to the lessons, and did anyone see the gorilla????

In this episode we wonder how we should be acting now that two of us have been vaccinated and lockdown is easing......Should we still be cautious or should we throw caution to the wind?

In this episode Harrison recounts an incident this past week where he encountered a person that set off his danger instincts and how he reacted to them. We then discuss how its a good idea to trust your instincts and what are the best ways to react to a potentially dangerous situation. James also announces our new email address: Zenmartialartsuk@gmailcom

We're very happy that the Covid vaccine is out and people we know are getting the jab, but we are very confused about how it all works. DNA is involved, but how? ...and what about teleportation, and now there's AI Dogs????

This first episode of our second Season finds us still in our garage, with poor Harrison sitting out on our driveway to keep within Social Distancing regulations.... We talk about cooking, how the courage of kung fu is different than the wuiet courage of coping with lockdown, and how we're all hoping Spring will be here soon.

In this episode we look back on 2020 to see what went well and what didnt, and what it was like to have and recover from Covid. We adapted to this new way of life, but did we adapt enough?

This was our Thanksgiving episode.... Due to Covid and Christmas its a bit late.... But its got all the usual things you hear about in one of our podcasts.... Spiders, crocodiles, attacking and defending, and why being human means we need to stick together and plan to survive... 😁

In this podcast we celebrate being able to teach the Kung fu class on Zoom from our garage and adapting to yet another lockdown in England. James shares how shaken he was over having to kill a mortally wounded field mouse to put it out of its misery, and we discuss how sometimes you dont have any good choices, yet you still have to make a choice.