http://peterandraes.com Great Golf and Travel Writing Wed, 29 Feb 2012 04:08:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "In memory of a once fluid man,  crammed and distorted by the classical mess" Bruce Lee, martial arts legend   I don't know about you, but I was not surprised when Tiger's short birdie putt on 18 yesterday in his match against Nick Watney didn't even touch the hole. Talk about looking crammed, distorted, and uncomfortable over the ball. Yikes! Paul McGinnely, (who was a guest commentator on Sky Sports) said, "Tiger no longer conveys the feeling that he is ... ]]> http://peterandraes.com/golf/golf/898/tigers-next-step-empty-force   He's Back! And just in time...with 2012 fast approaching, the once and future King is alive and well. Tiger Woods 3.0 I first met Tiger when he was 14. Couldn't believe my eyes. Tiger Woods - The Original. The 'Chosen' One. It's nearly a dozen years since I had my 'Power Dream' in early June 2000, then witness it unfold in person as  Tiger stunned the world with his historic victory at Pebble Beach. The Next Step in ... ]]> http://peterandraes.com/golf/golf/personalities/872/tiger-woods-30 Total Golf Fitness – Wing Chun ‘The Physics of Fighting’ Find your power and deliver it efficiently. It’s not about size or strength, it’s about focus. We all have Qi, an inner spirit. Once you learn to focus it, there is nothing you cannot bend to your will. Bruce Lee Wing Chun -- The Physics of Fighting -- originated in the Shaolin temple nearly 400 years ago. After the collapse of the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu’s took over ... ]]> http://peterandraes.com/golf/golf/instruction/845/total-golf-fitness-wing-chun PHILIPPINE MARTIAL ARTS - Arnis: Harness of the Hand - Arnis, the most systematic and the best known fighting art in the Philippines is a reflection of the Filipino people’s history, philosophy, and culture. Arnis boasts a long historical development from the Kali systems. Kali (Silat) comes from the word kalis, which implies a blade, is the oldest form of weaponry in the Philippines and is the mother to Escrima. The naturally graceful, harmoniously circular movements in ... ]]> http://peterandraes.com/golf/golf/instruction/828/total-golf-fitness-golf-amp-arnis TOTAL GOLF FITNESS – MUAY THAI - The Science of 8 Limbs - Before the Second World War Eastern martial arts were secret and almost completely unknown in the West. But during the war in the Pacific, American soldiers brought back news of the extraordinary hand-to-hand fighting abilities of Japanese soldiers. Then both during and after the Japanese occupation, many American soldiers began to study Karate and other Japanese martial art systems. After the Korean War Tae ... ]]> http://peterandraes.com/golf/golf/instruction/799/total-golf-fitness-muay-thai Hey, Ian Poulter – Who you Gonna Call? Book Review – Sheldon Norberg’s ‘Healing Houses: My Work as a Psychic House Cleaner’ Last week Ian Poulter  tweeted: “Check this out, we have a ghost in our house this week & I'm not joking we have had some very strange goings on every night. We have a dead bolted door in the house & every morning that door is unlocked & slightly open. It's happened 7 times already. ... ]]> http://peterandraes.com/golf/book-reviews/781/hey-ian-poulter-who-you-gonna-call TOTAL GOLF FITNESS - KARATE & TAE KWON DO Before World War II, Eastern martial arts were secret and almost completely unknown in the West. They were either passed down within the temple from master to disciple, or within the confines of a closely-knit family clan. But during the war in the Pacific, American soldiers brought back news of the extraordinary hand-to-hand fighting abilities of Japanese and Korean soldiers they encountered on the battlefield. As America ... ]]> http://peterandraes.com/golf/golf/instruction/735/total-golf-fitness-karate-and-tae-kwon-do Total Golf Fitness - Fusing Golf & Martial Arts - Paul Bertholy's use of kata training was the first example of a Western golf teacher fusing golf and martial arts. But Jackie Burke Jr. -- one of America’s greatest and most remarkable golf teachers -- also has, for decades. At age 82, this Hall of Fame player with two major championships among his 17 PGA Tour victories still does daily martial arts exercises. Burke, who taught Judo ... ]]> http://peterandraes.com/golf/golf/instruction/720/total-golf-fitness-fusing-golf-and-martial-arts Total Golf Fitness - The Bertholy Method - The Born Again Golfer - Paul Bertholy was one of the greatest golf teachers of all-time. He had the #1-rated golf school in America from 1962-1992, trained thousands of champions from juniors to tour pros. Bertholy was the Teaching Editor Emeritus of Golf Magazine for 20+ years; was 5-Times a P.G.A. National Select Teacher, and conducted the first P.G.A. Teaching Seminar in the history of the U.S. P.G.A. He was ... ]]> http://peterandraes.com/golf/golf/instruction/724/total-golf-fitness-the-bertholy-method Playing in the Zone - Part 2 - Total Golf Fitness - Feel Younger, Play Better, Live Longer - As we saw so vividly displayed in the final round of the 2011 Masters, a purely hit ball is a joy and wonder to behold. But more importantly, what the top pros experience in moments of peak performance is open to every golfer, all the time. So is the exquisite natural high –- the energetic uplift -- we ... ]]> http://peterandraes.com/golf/golf/instruction/711/playing-in-the-zone-part-2-total-golf-fitness