UnCarved Block Program

09/12/2026

9 Steps of the Tai Chi Breath.

When you get into a situation you feel is out of control or too much to handle, your breath changes first. You can train yourself to notice this change. Keeping the breath normal, or closer to normal, will help reduce the severity of your stress response. This is good. The breath is an anchor upon w...

09/11/2026

Listen to Clash on your streaming service

https://tidal.com/track/487054207/u

Listen to Clash on TIDAL

09/08/2026

Student journal. My response: “Great follow up. Light yi (mind/intent) is a wonderful thing.”

09/02/2026

Student journal. My response: "Training is a net to catch something. When the fish is caught, enjoy the fish and set aside the net."

Currently I am feeling 'progress' is really stuck - whatever that means - I am questioning that idea.What I think might be going on is that the old markers I took as sign of progress, like pain and big stretches etc, have been replaced by smaller incremental changes.The 'Big Signals' that I am feeli...

08/30/2026

Student training journal.

During Standing Review, I went back to mapping the joints, and I experienced that lesson at another level entirely.The first time through, I didnt even successfully make it to the shoulders, this time I went top to bottom, and I experienced so many new things.I felt that with each joint mapped, I go...

08/27/2026

Another student training journal.

After working on the standing module, this review section is very helpful. During last class Sifu explained that you will get clumsy for a bit, thank goodness he explained this. I was feeling my skill at everything subside. I did a couple rounds of sparring and did not feel like I could do any of th...

08/13/2026

Listen to Echoes on your streaming service

https://tidal.com/track/55391748/u

Listen to Echoes on TIDAL

08/04/2026

Student training journal. Too Many Puns to Choose a Title for this Post | UCB Program https://ucbprogram.com/node/2075

I remember many years ago in the early days of Youtube a group of us were watching a video of a Baguazhang practitioner walk the circle, and one of our group – a young mother, non-martial artist – remarked “That’s what we call a poopy diaper walk.” More recently I was reading an account by...

07/28/2026

Student training journal.

Reposting a question I sent to Sifu — partly as a note to myself, but also because it illustrates a huge point that, up til yesterday, I did not fully appreciate the metabolic load of training 'soft and weak'.Hi Sifu, feeling like I have nothing in the tank today, been like this much of the week. ...

07/23/2026

Student training journal. My response: "You Do The Work, The Work Does You. Thanks for the kind words. It is your accomplishment. I endeavor to point out the hazards and pitfalls." https://ucbprogram.com/node/2071

This isn't about one instance, but about the forum.I recently posted about Stillness and the current lack thereof, although experiencing it fleetingly, currently it was not there.The answers I got in class last night were transformative, and Sifu always says he will not waste our time. However, givi...