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Great description of the situation. That's exactly what I'm work on, and for me it's quite difficult, because I'm a happy guy, but in some situation I just laught too much: it's just about energy conservation, as you said. Anyway it's not easy to reconfigure yourself, and I don't wanna stop doing it, just reduce it to the right situation. As always, it takes time, effort and practice

quite off topic in this forum... Anyway, if you google "how to learn html" you get plenty of free tutorial. Here some of them: http://www.html.net/tutorials/html/ http://www.wikihow.com/Learn-HTML If you wanna build a website, consider about using a CMS, like wordpress : you can easily update and mantain a simple website without knowing html; still you have to install and set it up. Be well.

I've got a normal electric kettle, bought at a local supermarket. here it is A feature that I suggest you, is temperature control: it's quite helpful in order to get the water at the temperature you need without using a thermometer The one you posted has a nice thin spout, that's important for pouring slowly the water - I wanna one like that too I dunno about teatables at yunnan, I bought mine at a local chinese shop. Anyway it looks quite the same, just think about size: how much space you have and if you wanna drink tea mainly alone or with other people. @Scotty: yes, those table are quite fascinating Be well

Very good reminder Rob! I study Hung gar kung fu, and of course it's a lot about fighting. Still is not the real point: as you said, it's smt to use in extreme situation. The real knowledge is learning about yourself, and you can do it just with practice, kung fu is just a way. If you compare real kung fu with other fighting arts, you know what I mean. When our teacher show us real application of our forms, an option is always go home: block your opponent and run away, you don't need to show off. I suggest "Meditation on Violence" of Maya Deren. Peace and practice.

Great link dg, really appreciated I'll try to take some pictures of my teatable this weekend.

Hi all, in the last months I've added to my normal kung fu training a lot of body conditioning, especially with dumbbells. My kung fu teacher is following me in this extra training, that I usually do at home, in my room. When I do the workout (3 times a week) I listen to a piece of deltha waves, that should help the muscle recovery and healing. I actually feel really well with it, better than music: with the music I get power but I end up too excited (too much adrenaline, maybe because it's techno music ), with the deltha stuff I've got the necessary power but I'm more balanced. Now, my question. I spend most of the day sitted in front of a computer while working, or reading books and studying: do you think I could take advantage of deltha waves even during these activities ? or is it better to listen to some alpha waves, in order to be more concentrated on what I'm doing and leave the deltha just for relaxing and training ? Be well

ok, thank you very much for the detailed information. I'll try with that. Be well

yeah, it helps a lot, thanks. Still my question is not really answered: does it make sense to listen to a delta session while I'm working or studying, not to increase the focus but to be more relaxed ? Thank you all for the interesting information. My experience until now is not really measurable: my muscles are growing, because I do a lot of training and eat very well; hard to say how much influence does the brainwave entrainment. Yet is my personal feeling really good about it, I feel better than other music or no music.

That's exactly the point about taoism: with kung fu and meditation it's the same story. When you got this point you try to exetend it to all your life It takes time but it's worth! durkhrod chogori: quite strange about the number on the cake, usually it's there... I'll post some pics of my teaware in these days.

teachat is a great forum for tea, you can find for sure people that know more than me I cannot really suggest you a ceramic teapot, but Dragontea house has some good ones: ceramic teapots Let me know what you eventually buy Be well

1 teaspoon (3g) for 200ml is approximate, for a 320ml cup try with a teaspoon and a half. A teaspoon is also approximate, as it depends on the kind of tea - some have more volume than others... The gaywan is cool, but is not that confortable as a teapot. A Yixing teapot is good especially for pu-erh tea: you do a lot of short infusions with a lot of tea inside, that's very meditative For green teas you can use a Yixing teapot too, and taste the different brewing. On the other side you can just buy a medium size one, 200ml, and do just one big cup. I have a 200ml Yixing teapot for greens, and I use it for gong fu cha. Then I have a bigger clay one, 300ml, for doing 1 or 2 big cups. I bought them at a local chinese shop: I bought plenty of things from them - teas, teaware, kung fu shoes, poster, ornaments, etc. That's what I though when I discovered pu-erh too, I know that feeling, it's kind of disappointing. But actually it's quite the opposite: you've got plenty of different pu-erhs, you actually have to build your taste, to cultivate it. it's like learning a martial art form, you need time, patience and dedication. With pu-erh teas I've really understand why drinking tea it's really an art. I suggest you to buy one of the raw cake that I mentioned before and some little samples: you're not in a hurry, take your time and enjoy the tea you can have - it's the tao way

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The taste was quite fruity but not really sweet, but very soft If you really want to enjoy the taste of your teas, consider to get a tea taster too, like this or this About brewing, pay attention to the water temperature and minutes of infusion in relation to how much tea you use. You probably know about it

Teaspring is a very good online shop. I don't know Jingteashop, but looks quite good. I bought my longjing from Dragon Tea House last year and I was quite happy with it: 16.99$ for 100g and was quite good. Of course you can find smt better, but for that price the quality was really ok. Lately I'm more with raw Pu-erh tea, and I drink occasionaly longjing, even thought it used to be my favorite one Maybe try to buy little samples from different sellers and compare them, it would be the best solution

Sorry for the late answer. I think every porcelain gaiwan is quite good: take a fine porcelain and choose the size that you need, 150-200ml should fit your purpose for green teas. A porcelain gaiwan is also very useful to taste new teas Enjoy

You're really welcome I've actually mastered drinking tea before getting to kung fu and meditation: it has been my first step into taoism. Yeah, for green teas is better a normal teapot, maybe bigger. Still you can do Gong fu Cha with green teas even in a little teapot that you use just for that purpose: in little cups you can taste the tea better and with little teapots you can enjoy the different brewings. Hope that the infos will be useful for any tea drinker Have a nice tea!

I've got two Yixing teapots, and they are really nice, essential for Gong fu cha I like more the classic little cups, white cercamic inside and brownish clay on the outside. Good idea to have one teapot for longjing and one for the pu-erh here's another good online seller: http://stores.ebay.com/Dragon-Tea-House the prices are almost the same as yunnansourcing, but maybe you can find smt more. Let us know what you eventually buy. Be well

Hi durkhrod chogori, this online shop is probably the best you can find. I've actually never bought a teapot there, just different kind of teas and accessories, but it's one of the best rated site selling really good chinese tea and products, shipping directly from China, very trustable. Have a look, I think you can find what you need Cheers

I had exactly the same reaction. Anyway I think you have your good reasons, durkhrod chogori. I enjoyed your posts, hope you happen to come by again. Be well and stay cool!

Pushups, as every conditioning exercise, are not just a matter of how many you can do it. Try doing them really slow, you build up a different strength and it's a totally new experience

That's not the path of least resistance, that the path of colonisation. Of course America doesn't attack his "colonies". Our world is already too much globalized, I'd not push for McDonalds, I'd push to stop America starting wars! Think about it

Very interesting topic, I'm thinking about what to write since some days I quite agree with Trunk, even though there are some situations where sexual language is very interesting and colorful even in our culture. Unfortunately, mainly because of Christianity, taboo or vulgarity has been the way to go. On the other side we have plenty of writers and poets that fullfilled this lack, here some good examples: Bataille - Erotism: Death and Sensuality James G. Ballard - Crash Boccaccio - Decameron De Sade - 120 days of Sodom If someone is interested, I can give more links on the subject.