POST 448 COMPENDIUM
FROM POST 170 to 174 Nov012014

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POST 170, September 27, 2014

THE CALL OF AUTUMN

APPEL D’AUTOMNE

Sur les collines

Les couleurs flamboyantes d’automne

Au bord du lac

Les oies bernaches lancent leur appel

Pour le vol éternel

Leurs cris nostalgiques

Tel un mantra

L’appel à l’éveil

Qui sait ?

Charles Steven Hogan

The Call of Autumn

Over the hills

Flaming colors of autumn

At the lake

Canadian geese call for

The eternal flight

Their nostalgic voices

Like a mantra

The sound of enlightenment

Who knows?

Charles Steven Hogan

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Post 171 06OCT2014 CARLETON PLACE Charles Phan Hoang MISSISSIPPI RIVER

Post 171

In this post:

CARLETON PLACE at MISSISSIPPI RIVER

Text and Pictures

Charles Phan Hoang

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POST 171, October 06, 2014

CARLETON PLACE at

MISSISSIPPI RIVER

Carleton Place is a picturesque old town sit right at a side of the Mississippi River. In this Post 171 I’d like to share with you some pictures of this nice place I love.

A small town, less than ten thousand souls, one nice street full of good restaurants and traditional shops, a number of old buildings with distinguished architectural design, two museums, many flowers, one romantic bridge, and one empty jail… what’s more could I mention to justify my pleasant visit to this place.

What does it make a place attractive to me? I can’t answer, and I often do not need an answer for that. My feeling comes first when I am visiting a place, and the finding for the reasons arrives after, much later or never.

I think people like visiting old towns because deep in our souls there is an instinct which links us to the past. Walking in an old town is living backward and enjoying the discovery of forgotten things.

In Carleton Place one could find friendly people who take time to tell you stories of their town, the roots of the first people established here, the time during the World War II, their local hero they venerate –the pilot Captain A. Roy Brown. In the shops people treat us in a courteous and natural way we could hardly find it nowadays in big cities where the smiling faces of most sale persons bear the clear seal of marketing thought although this is not bad.

You will enjoy seeing through the pictures I am pasting here, the beauty, the charm and even the soul of Carleton Place under this autumn season.

OH! I forgot to tell you that the Mississippi River I mentioned here is the one in Canada, not the great Mississippi River in the U.S.A. And I do confess when I heard its name in Canada for the first time my thought went back immediately to St Louis where I got to see the great Mississippi for the first time with the excitement and the naivety of a young man going around the world to visit famous places he learned at school, and wonder about the beauty of nature or the unexpected achievement of exceptional people. The giant Gateway Arch (192 meters) of St Louis, the legendary steamboats on Mississippi River all are still alive in my memory.

charles phan hoang, October 2014

POST 172 19OCT2014 VIETCHIDAO Hoanh-Son Southern Mountain- NGUYEN BINH KHIEM Santorini

In this POST 172 you will find
-VIETCHIDAO
-A form called Hoanh-Son/Southern Mountain
by g.m. Charles Phan Hoang
-Story of NGUYEN BINH KHIEM (16th century)
-Pictures of Santorini from Master Paola

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POST 172, October 18, 2014

The training form

HOANH-SON

( SOUTHERN MOUNTAIN)

From this Post 172, and for eight coming posts, you will find a set of movements part of the important form: HOANH SON Quyen which could be executed in both styles: gentle and slow or dynamic and clear cut.

Historical facts. During the last part of the 16^th century Vietnam was in chaos situation: King Mac, Lord Trinh, and Lord Nguyen were fighting against each other for gaining the power. On that background a great master appeared: Master NGUYEN BINH-KHIEM (1491-1581). He was the master for all the three antagonists, author of many writings, and especially a book called Sấm Trạng Trình which is considered by some people a book of advices on strategy while many people believe, so far, it is a Vietnamese equivalent book to ‘Nostradamus’. Up to our time NGUYEN BINH-KHIEM is venerated as an Immortal in the Buddhist Sect CAO-DAI.

Story and legend. NGUYEN HOANG was a brilliant officer serving in the army of Lord TRINH-KIEM who was his brother-in-law. Lord TRINH-KIEM was aware of the possibility that later NGUYEN HOANG will challenge his authority, therefore Lord TRINH was awaiting for an opportunity to eliminate his potential opponent. Facing this great danger NGUYEN HOANG called on master BINH-KHIEM for advice. On that meeting the master did not say a word but pointing his forefinger to the south, beyond these mountains, then waved his forefinger three times before stopping and drawing a lateral line. NGUYEN HOANG then understood that the master told him to go far away to take refuge behind the Lateral Mountain Hoanh-Son. And then after what will he have to do? The master still did not say anything, he just gave him a book and motioned him to go. Following the advice of his master NGUYEN HOANG went south with his family and a number of followers. He seriously applied the knowledge and strategy gained from the book of the master and later became a Lord NGUYEN. Generations after, one of his descendent became King GIA-LONG founder of the NGUYEN Dynasty (1881-1945).

According to popular oral-history the advice of master BINH-KHIEM was in this saying:

“Hoành Sơn nhất đái, vạn đại dung thân’ = One Transverse Mountain can protect many generations.

It is believed that the original copy of his book is still to be preserved at a pagoda known under a code name ‘CHUA MAI’, somewhere in North Vietnam.

charles phan hoang, October 2014

NOTE: Each movement has a meaning, a guideline for a better life. In this Set 1: Sincerity and Purity are two virtues to be truth. Deep breathing while executing these movements, several times during 3 minutes.

SET 2 will follow in the next Post 173

	SANTORINI Santorini (Greek: Σαντορίνη). in English Santorini is known by Thera. It is a beautiful island about 200 km (120 mi) southeast of Greece's mainland.
	Pictures of Santorini from Master Paola
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POST 173 25OCT2014 HOANH SON - HOGSBACK OTTAWA- AGIA GALINI

SET 2 of the Form HOANH SON SOUTHERN MOUNTAIN

You will find in this Post 173 :

-A VIEW OF HOGSBACK -Picture of this week

-The SET 2 (continued from SET 1) of HOANH-SON Exercise

-A series of picture from AGIA GALINI

Hope you will enjoy

Best wishes

gm charles phan hoang

	Blog www.clubmasterhoang.blogspot.com POST 173, October 25, 2014 (continued) SET 2 of the training form HOANH-SON ( SOUTHERN MOUNTAIN)
	From the Post 172, and for eight following posts, you will find a set of movements part of the important form: HOANH SON Quyen which could be executed in both styles: gentle and slow or dynamic and clear cut. SET 2 grand master charles phan hoang

	Blog www.clubmasterhoang.blogspot.com POST 173, October 25, 2014 PICTURES
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IN THIS POST 174 - NOVEMBER 01, 2014

-CONTINUED SET 3 HOANH SON SOUTHERN MOUNTAIN

-STARTING PART ONE Series AUTUMN IN CANADA

	Blog www.clubmasterhoang.blogspot.com POST 174, November 01, 2014 (continued) SET 3 of the training form HOANH-SON ( SOUTHERN MOUNTAIN)
	From the Post 172, and for eight following posts, you will find a set of movements part of the important form: HOANH SON Quyen which could be executed in both styles: gentle and slow or dynamic and clear cut. SET 3 charles phan hoang PICTURES Series AUTUMN IN CANADA PART ONE x X X

During the series of International Training / STAGE

in May

(Cesson 9,10 May, Settimo-Torinese 16,17 May, and Poland 23,24 May 2015)

we will post on this Blog related pictures and some documents.

Posts of Bat Dieu (The Eight Birds) will follow later.

Thank you for your attention.

All the best

IN THIS POST 203 MAY 23, 2015

G.M PHAN HOANG VISITNG EXPO MILANO \MILAN ITALY

I am still on the road, writing this at Zyrardow, Poland.

Expo Milano 2015 is a wonderful place to promote mutual understing among people from different roots.

I enjoyed enormous being inside the Pavilion Zero, seeing the huge tree (sequoia), and visiting many nice Pavilion. Malesia has the best movie, a warm welcoming team; Belgium the best beer and chocolate; Lithunia the best wall decoration; Ghana the best orchestra; and my congratulations to many other places.

Life is full of hope and joy.

Charles Steven Hogan