These are just quick words from Wing Chun class today. It’s the first one I’ve had a chance to attend since his retreat, from which he was so rudely interrupted 😆. For more on that comment, and Jack Parr, visit American Masters, Jack Parr | As I Was Saying. Fruits...
T’ai Chi and Wing Chun Notes Archive
Saturday Wing Chun 2023 May 6
Please forgive the long delay in posting new notes. I'm skipping ahead to today's class. Rise up to balance. Ha! We're already balanced; we keep interfering with it. As we seek our own balance, see where it takes us. You must stretch your mind. Just rest As it is—this...
Saturday Wing Chun 2023 February 11
Sitting on seat, time to disconnect from time. It takes ~20 minutes to disconnect, release and separate bonds of time (?) Sifu lights a 20 min incense to know. Recognize your true nature. Time is a shackle. Make time, or create time. How we create in this temporal...
Saturday Wing Chun 2023 February 04
Sit like a mountain, steadfast and centered. Sage of Absurdity, (Chuang Tzŭ/Zhuang Zhou), passage of time. Sifu would would fish at Prospect Park, cook up and eat the fish, but the water was polluted. Angling for fish, allow for space. Why are you compelled to create?...
Saturday Wing Chun 2023 January 28
Please consider donating to Sifu for class. His Venmo is at the bottom of the post. Thank you. Once again, this is my best attempt at transcribing and sharing the essence of Sifu's teachings from my handwritten class notes. Sage of Absurdity, Lao Tzu, asked of him,...
Saturday Wing Chun 2023 January 21
Sitting, breath in, out expand without grasping. Rest. Jon's question gave a teaching—are you doing Kung Fu or is Kung Fu doing you? Are you grasping at the reflection of moon at night? Holding on, have messed the mark. The best technique is no technique. Have no...
T’ai Chi with Sifu Gardner 2023 January 19
These are notes from our advanced T'ai Chi Class. Get to the point where we see Qi and diagnose (the disharmony?). See and use the patterns. Remain content, even in the most difficult challenges, because there are others in more dire situations without resources for...
Saturday Wing Chun 2023 January 14
Sit, centered, like a mountain. Who am I? Above this, what is important? Where was I before? Just ask again and again. Persevere. Hit the stone 1,000 times, hit it one more time and it breaks. Master our own miracles. Focus on the subtle body. Establish the body as a...
Wing Chun with Sifu Gardner 2023 January 07
Welcome to the Wing Chun with Sifu Gardner Notes! I'll add the past notes and future notes here for future reference. Housekeeping Please consider donating to Sifu Gardner for generously offering his time, talent, skill, compassion and wisdom consistently via Zoom...
Wing Chun with Sifu Gardner 2022 December 17 Part B
Dear Wing Chun Sifus, Brothers, and Sisters, Happy New Year! Housekeeping Next class is Saturday, January 7, 2023 I have some stuff to take care of that will prevent me from being in class next Saturday. However, I have more notes from December 17 so there may be a...