Ms Edna Quiballo, the chief librarian of the Carlos P. Romulo Memorial Library and Museum, invited me to visit to see the books I donated last January. My students and I dropped by last July and spent the morning with the staff. The books were covered in plastic and were shelved. I shipped 6 more balikbayan boxes last June. My brother Florante will sort them out and hand them over to the library. Continue reading “Books, library and medals”
Month: September 2018
Photos from the past
I want to share photos from the past. Here are 2 of the same posture. One from 1970 taken by my brother Florante Navarro in the Philippines and the other from 1998 taken by Laura Billingham in NYC. I started studying Yang Family Tai chi chuan in 1968 at the Hua Eng Athletic Club in Manila’s Chinatown with Master Chan Bun Te. In 1989 I studied Yraditional Yang Family Tai chi chuan in Boston with GM Gin Soon Chu. Continue reading “Photos from the past”
Tai chi chuan photos
The residential retreat at the ylang-ylang farm in Estipona, Pura, Tarlac on July 20-25 went well. We covered the second section of the Yang Family Tai chi chuan solo fist form, Tai chi chuan dao/broadsword, Tai chi chuan jian/straight sword and the basics of the gan/staff. We also reviewed parts of the Microcosmic Orbit Meditation, Yijinjing, and Xing Shen Zhuang Fa. We watched martial arts DVDs. The core group of 5 will eventually assume teaching responsibilities to carry on the tradition of the eastern arts. Thanks to the staff at the farm for taking care of everything for us. Continue reading “Tai chi chuan photos”
Newsletter—September 2018
*From the “Devotional Poems of Mirabai” by J. Alston:
I care neither for the Ganges nor Janmu.
I am on my way to the sea.