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Chinese characters history and introduction

Each character has a written order, we call it stroke.Far from being complicated drawings, Chinese characters are made out of simple single strokes, all of them variations of only eight basic ones. All strokes have their own name and are written according to a few rules. It’s very important to learn to recognize them, since the number of strokes in a character is often the easiest way to find it in an index.but this will become clear after learning radicals and the use of dictionaries.

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Chinese Kung Fu 中国功夫 – The Mechanics of Wing Chun Weapons Forms

Weapons Forms (Bingqi Taolu [兵器套路]) are only introduced once the aspiring WCKF fighter is proficient in the other forms, for the obvious reasons. The aspirant is expected to be able to use a weapon as if it were a natural extension of the hand. That is, at all times, the aspiring WCKF fighter must know where the contours of the knife are situated, down to the millimeter, in much the same way that a first-class driver of an automobile knows, down to at least the centimeter, the countours of his automobile (many Europeans make poor drivers in this regard because they first learn to drive as an adult and thus never learn to "feel" the automobile as an extension of the body, whereas American drivers begin at the tender age of 16… the same concept applies to learning almost any sport, from skating to skiing to learning how to ride a bicycle or a motorcycle, and where the "instrument" in question becomes an extension of the body, for good or for worse – for good if one learns at an early age; for worse if one learns it later in life).

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Lesson 139 In the Office (3)

Yajie: Welcome to Chinese Studio on China Radio International.  Dajia hao, wo shi Yajie.
Cam: And wo shi Cam.  I am already becoming a little more organized this week Yajie, thanks to these lessons.
Yajie:  That is good news, Cam. Shall we continue more with Key Words of the Day?
Cam: Sounds good!

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