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Preparing for the Chinese
New Year 2023
The Year of the Rabbit
Preparing for the Chinese New Year? If not, you should be! No matter what martial art style(s) you happen to practice, it is a “related” holiday that you can a lot of fun with. It is a holiday that I have had much fun with personally and it has also been beneficial to me in regards to my own combative and energetic studies. Keep reading below as I will explain the Chinese New Year to you, outline some potential gifts you can give and also lay out a great idea for anyone that runs a dojo or is just a member of a dojo!
If you’d like to learn more about Sensei Lawrence Vellucci and his Kobukan organization, please click below of use this link if necessary: Kobukan Karate Federation.
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Preparing for the Chinese New Year
Year of the Water Rabbit
A number of years back, I had some chucklehead hater that spent most of his waking life trying to create issues for me that I had to deal with. In one case, I reviewed a product online and he created a smear campaign stating that I had not purchased the product and was a liar…yada, yada. So now I always try to provide what proof I can to verify my purchases and that I did what I said I had done. You’ll find that all listed below and clicking on any image will enlarge it.
Chinese homophones1A homophone is a fancy word that refers to each of two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling, for example new and knew. play a HUGE role in Chinese culture. In the West, we have unlucky numbers2When it comes to “unlucky” numbers in the West, it is mainly the number 13, but the Chinese really do take it to a whole new level. When it comes to lucky and unlucky3In Chinese, numbers are considered to be auspicious -吉利 – or jili and inauspicious – 不吉 – or buji., you best bet is to stay VERY far away from anything with the number 4 in it and try stick with the number 8.
The Chinese character for four (4)4The Chinese character for four is
What About Japanese?
Back when I had a home dojo and a handful of local students5For those that don’t know me, I have never had a “professional” dojo or for profit dojo…or a commercial dojo if you prefer. I generally taught out of my home or other local venue. A note to the instructors out there, when you don’t offer commercial services, you can fully control who you do and do not take as a student!, we had great success with having a Chinese New Year party at the dojo itself.
Since we are talking about the Chinese New Year, I would recommend the link below if you would like to learn more about my Taijiquan6 Yangshi Taijiquan – 楊氏太极拳 – translates to Yang Style Grand Ultimate Fist or Boxing. This page also includes information on Chenshi Taijiquan – 陈氏太极拳 – and Wushi Taijiquan – 吴式太极拳 background and lineage.7You can also feel free to use this link as well: Learn More About My Yangshi Taijiquan Background
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- 1A homophone is a fancy word that refers to each of two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling, for example new and knew.
- 2When it comes to “unlucky” numbers in the West, it is mainly the number 13
- 3In Chinese, numbers are considered to be auspicious -吉利 – or jili and inauspicious – 不吉 – or buji.
- 4The Chinese character for four is
- 5For those that don’t know me, I have never had a “professional” dojo or for profit dojo…or a commercial dojo if you prefer. I generally taught out of my home or other local venue. A note to the instructors out there, when you don’t offer commercial services, you can fully control who you do and do not take as a student!
- 6Yangshi Taijiquan – 楊氏太极拳 – translates to Yang Style Grand Ultimate Fist or Boxing. This page also includes information on Chenshi Taijiquan – 陈氏太极拳 – and Wushi Taijiquan – 吴式太极拳
- 7You can also feel free to use this link as well: Learn More About My Yangshi Taijiquan Background
- 1A homophone is a fancy word that refers to each of two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling, for example new and knew.
- 2When it comes to “unlucky” numbers in the West, it is mainly the number 13
- 3In Chinese, numbers are considered to be auspicious -吉利 – or jili and inauspicious – 不吉 – or buji.
- 4The Chinese character for four is
- 5For those that don’t know me, I have never had a “professional” dojo or for profit dojo…or a commercial dojo if you prefer. I generally taught out of my home or other local venue. A note to the instructors out there, when you don’t offer commercial services, you can fully control who you do and do not take as a student!
- 6Yangshi Taijiquan – 楊氏太极拳 – translates to Yang Style Grand Ultimate Fist or Boxing. This page also includes information on Chenshi Taijiquan – 陈氏太极拳 – and Wushi Taijiquan – 吴式太极拳
- 7You can also feel free to use this link as well: Learn More About My Yangshi Taijiquan Background
