TAO Martial Arts Magazine

07/04/2025

The latest Issue of Tao Martial Arts & Lifestyle Magazine Issue 25 is now available in PDF Format and Flipbook Formats at:

PDF:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Dum37P0RxNraHC_YX_2i3iUyI8bz2Zsb/view?usp=sharing

FLIPBOOK:

https://designrr.page/?id=423313&token=55981063&type=FP&h=2960

20/03/2025

TAO MARTIAL ARTS & LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE MARCH/APRIL/MAY DUE OUT VERY SOON

We are Back! The Relaunch Issue!

Tao Martial Arts & Lifestyle Magazine is back with its all new Relaunch Issue! We have a new look and an even better approach to showcasing the Martial Arts and Lifestyle methods of our contributors!

We have a whole heap of new Article submissions, and our aim is to place a positive spotlight on lesser-known arts, instructors and teachers, including important lifestyle methods. To do the arts within our pages all takes up time, so this issue of Tao has been a little harder to get going. I'm basically the Magazine Owner, Editor, Layout Designer, and Graphic Artist, I'm an almost one-man show. No excuses, just the facts!

Please know that we are here for you!

Why so long between Issues?

After the last issue in 2024, I needed to take a sabbatical from the Magazine, teaching the Martial Arts and other aspects of life due to a very personal battle against Barrett's oesophagus carcinoma, a condition where there is an abnormal change in the cells lining the lower portion of the oesophagus due to chronic damage from gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. People with this disease have a 30x increased lifetime risk of developing oesophageal adenocarcinoma.

It involves endoscopy (oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopy/OGD) and biopsies taken every 2cm on initial detection. Then a number of endoscopies are performed, tracking the progression of the disease and removing any growths or Esophageal varices. These varices are enlarged veins in the esophagus, the tube that connects the throat and stomach. Esophageal varices most often happen in people with serious liver diseases. I have Cirrhosis of the liver, which involves permanent scarring in the liver, which can’t be undone.

Esophageal varices form when regular blood flow to the liver is blocked by a clot or scar tissue in the liver. To go around the blockages, blood flows into smaller blood vessels that aren't designed to carry large volumes of blood. The vessels can leak blood or even burst, causing life-threatening bleeding. There was even a concern that I may have Pancreatitis.

Anyhow having several endoscopies surgeries throughout 2023 / 2024 My recent diagnosis (early 2025) showed that I am (for now at least), in the clear with more follow up tests Ultrasounds, blood tests and endoscopies are scheduled throughout this year.
But I am back and dedicated to making Tao Martial Arts & Lifestyle Magazine the very best Free publication around!

25/10/2024

Getting back into my Chinese (Penjing) Bonsai and adding the Chinese art of Gongshi (Chinese: 供石), also known as scholar's rocks or viewing stones. This wonderful tree has an abundance of small white flowers (although you may not see them all due to the white background) stemming from a "crusty", moss-covered trunk and in the background a special Scholar's Rock!

24/10/2024

Brilliant!

18/10/2024

WORDS FOR YOU
1. Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." Thomas A. Edison

2. "Out of clutter, find Simplicity. From discord, find Harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies Opportunity." Albert Einstein

3. "With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts." Eleanor Roosevelt

4. "Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence." Helen Keller

5. "Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground." Theodore Roosevelt

6. "What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals." Henry David Thoreau

7. "The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best." Epictetus

8. "If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain." Maya Angelou

9. "Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible." Tony Robbins

10. "Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

11. "Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing." Thomas Jefferson

12. "Well done is better than well said." Benjamin Franklin

13. "If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it." Paulo Coelho

14. "If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy." Dale Carnegie

15. "Go for it now. The future is promised to no one." Wayne Dyer

16. "The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor." Vince Lombardi

17. "Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it." Lou Holtz

08/10/2024

Here is a "Blast from the Past" ... Your comments please!

An Official Statement of facts concerning the White Crane Research Institute policy regarding Ranks

04/10/2024

01/10/2024

Finished my latest appointment with my specialist today and was given a big thumbs up regarding my ongoing experience and journey with Barrett's Esophagus. Currently all clear from carcinoma and destructive varices. No further liver cirrhosis or scarring, kidneys looking good despite a couple of small stones. Weight of a fantastic at 83kgs, looking and feeling better than I have for a very looking time.

It's been a drawn out journey of some many years but I can't and won't complain. The truth is it is what it is and will be and what I make of it. Unlike so many others who sink themselves in seeking forced sympathy and empathy via their ego's, I decided to accept it, do what I was advised to and let it be the information experience it was going to be. No need to drag my family and few very good friends into a cycle of worry, hurt and my own possible ego. To me, that is being ego based and selfish!

Onwards and upwards towards a brighter future!

30/09/2024

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

I have been nominated and invited to take part in the International Wushu Association China to be considered for inclusion in the TOP 100 ELITE GRANDMASTERS AWARDS! This is a great honour not only for myself and the Martial Arts but also for Australia and the Wellington Community which has an important Chinese Heritage!
I am trying to raise the required Application and Administration Fee of 995.00 Chinese Yuan Renminbi which is around $220 Australian Dollars by the due date of October 7th 2024. I am calling upon anyone who would like to donate and assist with the raising of this fee! if you can please help, contact me care of this page or email:

[email protected]

or

wugononshifu@gmail com

16/09/2024

My truth .....