It's a regular occurrence for people to email me and direct me to a youtube video or something similar and say "See these guys are doing something which looks like Shou' Shu'". I always take a look and am left wondering what it is that makes them think what they see is the same. A lot of these queries come from the same individual. In most cases it's intended to discredit Shou' Shu' by showing the principles elsewhere. However sometimes it is well intended and just a student who hasn't yet grasped the ability to tell.

This is kind of cool. When I looked at the front page of the Stockton Record website we were there. This article was in the Stockton Record today.

http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090517/A_BIZ/90516...

Not sure what section of the paper it was in since I read it online.

Somebody save me a copy would ya.

Thanks

Shun Shifu Weaver

Recently I was asked by a reporter to write about my experience with teaching kids with bullying problems. I thought I'd also post what I wrote to her here in case it can help someone.

Well they say it's good to learn something new every day. The new thing I learned today was how to unclench the jaws of an attacking pit pull. I wish I could of seen the look of awe and amazement at the moment I saw the technique demonstrated.

While it's not a Shou' Shu' technique I do think it is a bit of advice that could come in handy when trying to defend a life.

Every year Shifu Liz insists that I trek up to Glencoe and bring down a 25' Christmas tree. We drag it down out of the mountains, get a crew of guys, and risking life and limb we hoist it up. then the decorating comes. It's all a pretty dangerous event. But fun.

But this year we made a deal. If I put it up, she takes it down. So here it is. The video of Shifu Liz taking down the Christmas tree her way.

Enjoy!

Want a cardio workout using Shou' Shu'. Try out Cardio Karaticise. Intense workout but with soft style Shou' Shu' motion.

Check out the video.

Yes i know, the private shou shu site www.shoushu.org has been down. Rest assured we are working very hard to get it back up and running so we can deliver all the great benefits you love inside the site.

It's been down for over a week and I'm getting a lot of complaints. Unfortunately with the site is my email system to tell everyone what's up. So the best I can do is post here to let everyone know.

This is an email from Bill Douglas. Bill Douglas has worked tirelessly to promote Tai Chi and Chi Kung for it's health benefits. we have been supporting him for years. I think he's onto something here and I'd like to support him as much as possible in this endeavor. Following is his message.

As humans we are very much driven by internal motivations. In most cases these internal motivations are unknown to us. We're walking around on autopilot, doing, creating, and living according to these deep set motivations. Motivations which can be of a positive or a negative nature. Our psyche doesn't seem to mind either way. It just guides us according to the programming that already exists. It brings us to places and conditions in our life and we often wonder how we got there. Good or bad, it lays the course of our life.