#walkthewire

[fredhandbag]

Walk the Wire is the latest Memory Man from David Baldacci. “Decker and his partner are sent to North Dakota to investigate an unusual murder. There’s an old Cold War DoD facility nearby. When people start shooting at them they’re not sure what’s going on...but it’s not just a simple murder...” Book plods along at the beginning - almost lulls you to sleep 😴 But then Will Robie shows up (from another Baldacci series) and we’re off. DB throws a lot at us, but it keeps you guessing. I really enjoy when an author smashes his series together. Lisa Gardner is probably the best example. This can be read as a stand-alone but you’ll want to read the entire series. Nice to see Decker growing and changing. Another good one from Baldacci. #walkthewire #davidbaldacci #amosdecker #memorymanseries #bookstagram #bookshelves #bookswithcharacter #bookhoarder #bookworm #sodacityreads #bookreview #hardcover #bookcollector #bookhaul #bookspines #goodreads #homelibrary #fiction #crimefiction #thriller #bookcollection https://www.instagram.com/p/B_5GeEcAi-g/?igshid=57v132yme9bp

[nettwerk]

Go vinyl shopping with Boy & Bear

[tandaokungfu]

The Edge of Power

Crossing Niagara Falls

It was breathtaking witnessing Nik Wallenda triumphantly walk a tightrope across Niagara Falls last Friday. Inspiring. This bold feat demonstrated skill, will, calm, determination and sheer guts - or madness. Can we martial artists learn from this daredevil?

Wallenda embodies our TanDao principle of triharmony power, the conscious unity of mind, body and spirit. For the act of walking on a two inch wire one foot after the other over the treacherous waters, he cultivated an impeccable sense of physical balance along with strength and endurance (body), intense mental concentration (mind), and the supreme belief in a force beyond himself to move confidently in the face of death (spirit).

In traditional Chinese and Japanese Buddhist and Daoist spiritual philosophy, extraordinary power is attributed to cultivating qi the invisible life force energy. In contrast, the critical thinking of Western science does not recognize this "spiritual" force, but uses Newtonian physics - biomechanics, gravity, acceleration, momentum, etc. - to explain feats of extraordinary power. As a martial artist, whether you are a use a modern rational scientific or traditional spiritual model, unknown forces exist.

Go To The Edge

If we liberate ourselves from the boundaries of our own terms and existing mindset (either western scientific or eastern intuitive) and simply open up to different practices and theories of power - be it qi, God, or gravity, etc. - we may also tap into so called unknown forces - mental, physical and spiritual - that contributed to Wallenda's record breaking feat.

Evolving Martial Artists seeking the Way of Movement, universal principles of nature underlying all, go beyond their existing knowledge and skills to connect to new sources of power.

Learn a new way to power beyond punching and kicking. Check out our TanDao Tiger Combat video, download, and ebook as an example of this merging of traditional Shaolin secrets and modern fight science.

Follow Nik Wallenda on Twitter

Keep exploring and practicing, Lawrence Tan

[pastoreaton-blog]

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[pastoreaton-blog]

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[theseahog]

Omg?! He's gonna answer questions?!?! 

[theseahog]

Watching Nik Wallenda walk across Niagara Falls from US to Canada 

[zap2it]

The Flying Wallendas' Nik Wallenda tightropes over Niagara Falls