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Unlike Brazilian jiu-jitsu or Muay Thai, where you get tapped out or kicked in the liver regularly enough to know what works, kung fu often dances in a different realm. One without much testing. We don’t spar every class. Sometimes not even every month. So how do we know what’s “good”?

Is This Move Even Good? Asking the Eternal Kung Fu Question

Unlike Brazilian jiu-jitsu or Muay Thai, where you get tapped out or kicked in the liver regularly enough to know what works, kung fu often dances in a different realm. One without much testing. We don’t spar every class. Sometimes not even every month. So how do we know what’s “good”?

Veronika Partiková

Apr 29, 20252 min read

Gratitude grounds you in the present moment. And there are only two places where I have felt that kind of radical presence in my life: In very deep meditation. And in a fight.

Gratitude: My Favourite Fight Tool

Gratitude grounds you in the present moment. And there are only two places where I have felt that kind of radical presence in my life: In very deep meditation. And in a fight.

Veronika Partiková

Apr 29, 20252 min read

Tension and Relaxation: Where Kung Fu Stands Apart

Tension and relaxation—how kung fu teaches you to move between those two states with awareness and precision.

Veronika Partiková

Mar 13, 20252 min read