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POST 442 04APR2020 TIEP XUAN SPRING KHOI A Khau Quyet -CHERRY BLOSSOM

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		In this Post you will find -LEARNING Springtime -EXERCISE Khoi A -PICTURES Spring Flowers -FOLK PAINTING No 10 -SHARING Alice's Adventures Cherry Blossom -

		Blog www.clubmasterhoang.blogspot.com POST 442 04 April 2020 KHAU-QUYET
		“Khau-Quyet”, a Vietnamese term, is a short message – one phrase or two – difficult to understand its real meaning for someone from outside. It carries a key to discover a secret or to understand the deep meaning of a teaching transmitted from master to disciples. Also Khau-Quyet is a memory technique: a phrase condensed in a few words helping remember things. So, it could be a short message for a teaching, or simply a memory tool. Phan Hoang (2012) Qu'est ce qu'un 'KHAU-QUYET'? "Khau-Quyet", un terme vietnamien, est un message court - une phrase ou deux - difficile à comprendre sa signification réelle pour quelqu'un de l'extérieur du contexte. Il porte une clé pour découvrir un secret ou pour comprendre le sens profond d'un enseignement transmis du maître aux disciples. Aussi Khau-Quyet est une technique de mémoire: une phrase condensée en quelques mots aidant à se rappeler des choses. Ainsi, ce pourrait être un message court pour un enseignement secret, ou simplement un outil de mémoire. Phan Hoang (2012) Che cos’è un 'KHAU-QUYET'? "Khau-Quyet", un termine vietnamita, è un breve messaggio - una frase o due - difficile capire il suo vero significato per chi è al di fuori del contesto. Funge da chiave per scoprire un segreto o per capire il senso profondo di un insegnamento trasmesso dal maestro ai discepoli. Il Khau-Quyet è anche una tecnica di memoria: una frase condensata in poche parole che aiutano a ricordare cose. Quindi, potrebbe essere un breve messaggio per un insegnamento segreto, o semplicemente uno strumento di memoria. Phan Hoang (2012)

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POST 442 04 April 2020

THE SPRINGTIME

(extract from the book SPRING, published 2017 by
Vietchi Institute – info@vietchiinstitute.org)

THE SPRINGTIME

We are now at the very first days of the spring. In Canada when springtime is back the whole world feels excited because winter lasts so long with heavy snowfalls and very low temperature, easily under minus ten, minus twenty degrees Celsius.
When spring arrives snow continues to be seen on the ground, on the streets, everywhere in the parks, but soon will disappear under the sun and the blue sky.
I love the sky of Canada in springtime, a kind of inalterable blue sky that covers a light atmosphere, still cold enough, for giving us some sense of its immensity and purity.
Canada is a so vast country and Canadian people seem quiet and happy, maybe thanks to the cold weather and the way we have learned to live in good understanding with each other, and to be tolerant.
When the spring is coming young people drive their car much faster than in winter then you can hear a bit more noise in the streets, and you know it is time to go out enjoying springtime after a so long period of icy winter.
Coffee shops and restaurants in downtown of Ottawa become especially active in regaining new customers.
Last week, on Saint Patrick Day, the Irish Pubs were full all day and people lined up patiently.
At a corner of ByWard Market a bagpipe player, in colourful Irish attire, blew out in high pitch his nostalgic music which dominated the whole place.
I stayed for a while in the other corner of the street observing the way he was breathing in and out, filling air into the bag of his pipes.
There was something slightly similar to the way I did when playing the Vietnamese flute: keeping the rhythm of air flows. And there’s something also similar to playing the Vietnamese flute in doing our Quyens of breathing exercises, that is: keeping the rhythm of our breathing.
The length of air flows, in and out, doesn’t need to be equal all the time, but the rhythm needs always to be observed, like in music. Breathing is music, breathing is life.

Why do sometimes people feel tired when spring arrives?
It is known that some sick people survive during the winter and die at the beginning of the spring.

One of the answers is the change of season follows a natural course of cosmic evolution while our day to day activities, for many reasons including modern lifestyle, are not organized in a way to adjust our body, our vital energy, to the change of Mother Nature.
Last Friday, at the Pagoda TU-AN in Ottawa, I taught methods and exercises to prepare our body and mind to accommodate the change of season. Then on the next day I went to a nearby park to do these exercises under a very old tree, you could see it on the pictures attached in this document.
A tree is just a tree if our mind cannot see something beyond its physical form. But a tree can tell us a lot of stories and teach us many things if we open our eyes, our mind, and our soul to it.
At least it can witness how strong or how weak our breathing was the day we did our exercises at its feet, how powerful or how weak the sounds we made which resonated through its leaves and by its trunk.
At the end of my exercises, I felt really happy for having been working with that beautiful old Master Tree at the beginning of the spring.

This tree taught me that if it can live a so long time is because it occupied a place where its presence was useful and enjoyable to others, no one wanted it out. It told me why it could rise so high, because when it rose it made all branches rise in order to keep the whole tree in equilibrium so the strong wind cannot destroy it. I also got some other lessons from it about the soil, the sun, the wind, the snow, the color of leaves etc.
Trees emanate substances that help boost our immune system, reduce blood pressure, as well as remove stress and other benefits for our health. Go regularly exercise, meditate among trees in a park or in a wood could make us really happy. Spring is a great time to go out and do our four Spring Exercises with five deep Breathing Methods. That is a key to a healthy and happy long life ./. (Phan Hoang, 2011)

(Cover of the book SPRING TIEP XUAN, published 2017 by
Vietchi Institute – info@vietchiinstitute.org)

		Blog www.clubmasterhoang.blogspot.com POST442 04 April 2020 The form TIEP XUAN , SPRING EXERCISE ONE - KHOI A
		The form TIEP-XUAN consists of four exercises: POST 442. KHOI-A - Raising the Primeval Sound and Energy POST 443. TUOI-DAO - Watering the Peach Tree POST 444. KHAI-QUAN - The Mountain Guardian POST 443. PHI-YEN - Flying Swallow These four exercises are to be performed separately, nine times each. Then after, the whole set will be executed as a form (Quyen), three times. EXERCISE 1 KHOI-A Raising the Primeval Sound and Energy The aim and benefit of this exercise: stimulating the circulation of inner energy. Quiet mind and positive thinking It is good to know that this movement “KHOI-A” implies five related aspects: 1. Physical form and physiological function- The physical form is to be executed in a continuous and flowing manner. Physiological function: relaxing muscles, maintaining and stimulating good function of heart and kidneys. 2. Breathing method- Lungs Breathing (Tho-phoi): Natural inflows and outflows of air with slight thoracic movements and respiratory muscles activities. 3. Inner energy and vital points- Movement Khoi-A has two main missions: stimulating the circulation of inner energy -by “raising the primeval energy (nguyen-khi) which related to the sound “A”, and ensures the balance between the “upper-warm-energy” (Thuong-Hoa/fire) and the “lower-cold-energy” (Ha-Thuy/water). The two meridians involved, in this exercise Khoi-A, are the Heart Meridian and the Kidneys Meridian. For those who are familiar with acupuncture the vital points to keep in mind for digital-pressure purposes related to this exercise Khoi-A are: - C1 (Cuc-tuyen); C3 (Thieu-hai); C9 (Thieu-xung) - R1 (Dong-tuyen); R5 (Thuy-tuyen); R11 (Hoanh-cot) 4. Mind and Thought: Quiet mind and positive thinking. Be Happy like flowers in spring, flourishing with youth and vigor. 5. Symbolism and Behavior: Khoi-A is the symbol of Growth. Adapting to the environment and growing through natural process. Now please work this Exercise KHOI-A every morning, for one week, with a clear understanding of its five related aspects while your body is moving, your mind focussing on what you are doing. I can only help in teaching this but I cannot help in doing it for you every morning! After one week, if you like it, continue. If you don’t like it, just put it aside. Spare it for later use. Charles Phan Hoang

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Sunday, March 29, 2020

POST 441 28MAR2020 Program Spring - Palenque - Charles Phan Hoang Adventure

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		In this Post you will find -LEARNING Program Spring 2020 -My Adventure: the last part -PICTURES Palenque Ruins -SHARING My name is nobody -Folk Woodcuts No 9

2020 - PROGRAM SPRING at CLUB MASTER PHAN HOANG

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	P0ST 442 APR. 04, 2020	EXERCISE: KHOI-A (from the book TIEP-XUAN SPRING, Ed. Vietchi Institute, 2017) Learning & Discovery: Subjects will be selected among Nature Art, Mural Art, Pictures from the World, Historic Pictures, Travel, Text, Sharing Online, etc.
	P0ST 443 APR. 11, 2020	EXERCISE: TUOI-DAO (from the book TIEP-XUAN SPRING) Learning & Discovery: Subjects will be selected among Nature Art, Mural Art, Pictures from the World, Historic Pictures, Travel, Text, Sharing Online, etc.
	P0ST 444 APR. 18, 2020	EXERCISE: SON-THAN KHAI-QUAN (from the book TIEP-XUAN SPRING) Learning & Discovery: Subjects will be selected among Nature Art, Mural Art, Pictures from the World, Historic Pictures, Travel, Text, Sharing Online, etc.
	P0ST 445 APR. 25, 2020	EXERCISE: PHI-YEN DAO-VAN (from the book TIEP-XUAN SPRING) Learning & Discovery: Subjects will be selected among Nature Art, Mural Art, Pictures from the World, Historic Pictures, Travel, Text, Sharing Online, etc.
	P0ST 446 MAY 02, 2020	EXERCISE: REVISION AND LEARNING ON TIEP XUAN SPRING Learning & Discovery: Subjects will be selected among Nature Art, Mural Art, Pictures from the World, Historic Pictures, Travel, Text, Sharing Online, etc.
	P0ST 447 MAY 09, 2020	EXERCISE: THO-PHOI LUNG BREATHING Learning & Discovery: Subjects will be selected among Nature Art, Mural Art, Pictures from the World, Historic Pictures, Travel, Text, Sharing Online, etc.
	P0ST 448 MAY 16, 2020	EXERCISE: THO-BUNG ABDOMEN BREATHING Learning & Discovery: Subjects will be selected among Nature Art, Mural Art, Pictures from the World, Historic Pictures, Travel, Text, Sharing Online, etc.
	P0ST 449 MAY 23, 2020	EXERCISE: THO-PHOI-BUNG LUNG-ABDOMEN BREATHING Learning & Discovery: Subjects will be selected among Nature Art, Mural Art, Pictures from the World, Historic Pictures, Travel, Text, Sharing Online, etc.
	P0ST 450 MAY 30, 2020	EXERCISE: THO-NGUC CHEST BREATHING Learning & Discovery: Subjects will be selected among Nature Art, Mural Art, Pictures from the World, Historic Pictures, Travel, Text, Sharing Online, etc.
	P0ST 451 JUNE 06, 2020	EXERCISE: THO-VAI SHOULDER BREATHING Learning & Discovery: Subjects will be selected among Nature Art, Mural Art, Pictures from the World, Historic Pictures, Travel, Text, Sharing Online, etc.
	POST 452 JUNE 13, 2020 Last Session	EXERCISE: SPRING REVISION Learning & Discovery: Subjects will be selected among Nature Art, Mural Art, Pictures from the World, Historic Pictures, Travel, Text, Sharing Online, etc.

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	www.clubmasterhoang.blogspot.com POST 441 28 March 2020 PUEBLA ADVENTURE, Last Part Charles Phan Hoang (From Post 437 to Post 441)
	(Start at Post 437) I said to myself, today it will be a nice day, nothing to do, no plan for any kind of research to prepare. My next teaching will take place only in ten days so I have plenty of time to do whatever I like in this quiet place called Villas de la Hacienda. My apartment was at 206A Paseo del Aquaducto, in one of the two high buildings uphill, just close to the university “El TEC”, the popular name for the Monterrey Institute of Technology in Estado de Mexico. It was Sunday January 07, 2007 and I was enormously enjoying the warm weather of Mexico while in Ottawa, my home town, the temperature must have been down below minus 20 degree Celsius, heavy snow everywhere! At eleven o’clock I went out just for a walk and thought that I will be back after taking lunch at Mondo-e, a modern shopping center in the city of Atizapan. Then I did not go back that day; not the next day; not the day after... I disappeared for a whole week! What happened to me in this unsafe country? No one among my colleagues could really know about my story, I just told them I went to Puebla, a picturesque town, two hours south of Mexico City. In fact, an unexpected adventure happened to me around noon of that day. (Post 438) I said at eleven o’clock (January 07, 2007) I went out just for a walk and thought I will be back after taking lunch at Mondo-e, a modern shopping center in Atizapan. Then I did not go back that day neither the next day and nor the day after... I disappeared for a whole week! What happened to me in this unsafe city? Mexico is a large city with a population of about eight million people. But I believe, adding all these populous suburbs to it, the metropolitan area would have more than 20 million people covering many hills and flat areas. So this is a complicate and intriguing mega city. No one could pretend to know all parts of this city. A giant network of buses tries hard more or less to cover the whole city, and the traffic jam on the Periferico is just incredible. That Sunday morning I had time and I wanted to take a bus to go to Monde-e. The bus was a very old but picturesque one that climbed very slowly uphill and then went downhill with crazy speed and full volume of music. It was a dangerous game, but also it was an exciting bus to me, the unforgettable Mexican bus. So I changed my mind when the bus was approaching the place of Mondo-e. I did not get off. I wanted to know at what part of this immense city the last stop will be. After a long run through some busy avenues and narrow streets the bus dropped me in a dirty area that did not seem much safe. Another bus passed by and I quickly got in, no matter where it will go. Finally this bus took me to a large place, clean and pleasant: the busy terminal of inter-city bus. Most of Mexican buses that link cities to cities are quite comfortable. Arriving here I did not want simply to go back home, so I came forward to a ticket counter and asked the lady the time of a next departure. She was surprised and asked back: Where do you want to go? I said I don’t know, but I will take any bus departing soon. She smiled and told me that in a few minutes the bus to Puebla will leave. Without hesitation I bought a ticket to Puebla, two hours away, thinking that I will go back to Mexico City late at night. But I did not go back... (Post 439, 440) Upon arriving to Puebla I thought that I will go back to Mexico City late evening. But the ambience of Puebla that day was so attractive. Music, dances, shows of street entertainers, interesting shops, artifacts exhibition, restaurants, people … all were for me to discover. Like a child I was curious about everything, enjoying each of the wonderful moments I was there until late night. Then I thought why go back to Mexico City where no one was awaiting me that evening? For less than fifty dollars I got a room in a nice hotel, right at the Zocalo, central place of Puebla. The next day morning I went to the bus station intending to take a bus back home. But the weather continued to be really pleasant; the call for adventure became higher and higher in my soul. I found that a bus will soon depart but going south to Oaxaca rather than north to Mexico City. Three days later, after Oaxaca, Juchitan, and Tuxtla, I arrived in San Cristobal de Las Casas, 900 kilometers away from Mexico City. Would my adventure end here or will it continue further? (Post 441) Once I am on the long road of adventure it is always hard for me to go back. The reason is quite simple, I was born for traveling, I believe. Yes, I left Hanoi 66 years ago, in 1954, and Saigon 1962, so far I have no plan for returning there. In my opinion it does not require permanent residence to love a country, but it requires contribution, in various ways of action that include ‘doing’ and ‘not doing’ for the good of the country. In my life, among 79 countries I have visited or I have known well, I think “My Country” should include several countries by citizenship, by profession, or by heart. In case of conflict between these countries my choice of side will follow a simple principle: Do not follow the blind love for a country, follow the duty of good people in a civilized society. After visiting San Cristobal de Las Casas, I continued heading south for the three next days through Villahermosa, Campeche, and Merida. In the evening of Saturday 13 January 2007 I arrived in Palenque, a small town famous for its Palenque Ruins and nice water falls. I got a room in a small hotel, just ten minutes from the bus station, in following two travelers who already had a room reserved here. It was a happy evening in this quiet Mexican town. The “Zocalo”, the central place of the town, was just in a short distance from my hotel and the lively music attracted me to go there. Someone was playing flute and the first piece I heard was the El Condor Pasa! Oh, that is a piece I loved so much that I have created in 1996, a “quyen” ( a “kata”, a series of martial art movements) bearing the name of Eighteen Birds (Thap Bat Dieu) using El Condor Pasa as a background music. I sat quietly enjoying the music, dreaming to be in a world of wonder, a world of imagination, a world of multi-dimensions where we can change destiny. At that evening, in Palenque, my mind started creating some movements for another “quyen” that years later will be known as the Eight Birds (taught at Caldonazzo, Italy, 2014). I left the central place when it was already getting dark. Out of my dream, back to the reality, I realized that I got lost because I could not remember from what side I had come to this place. After a few moments I finally found the way back to the bus station. My hotel is not far from this place but in the dark I could not find it and I had not written its address somewhere. After one hour turning around I felt hopeless when the streets became now deserted. Then I decided to knock at a door that was half closed but still having light inside, to ask for help. A young lady kindly opened the door and I recognized her face. I was at my hotel! I could not find it as they did not have a sign and moreover they had closed the door early that evening… The next day I visited the Ruins of Palenque, about 10km away. I forgot my misfortune of the last night to live some intense moments of thoughts and questions at this impressive historical place. What caused the fall of these intelligent and strong people many centuries ago? The way back to Mexico City was not easy. By bus, there was only one departure late evening, the bus ran for 13 hours through the night to arrive in Mexico City the next day morning. After about one hour on the road the bus stopped; some immigration agents got on board and started checking passengers because we were not far from the borders. Oh my God! I left my apartment last week without my passport, only two credit cards sleeping in my pocket and my strong inner power, that’s all I had to prove who I am or I am not! Luckily, the bus arrived on time in this busy Mexico City. I was tired but happy. My adventure of January 2007 ended there, but my question continue in 2020 when I am writing this letter: Today, what are the key factors that could help Mexico, a great country of 130 million people, just next door to the USA, to take off rapidly when our world is in a dramatic change? Charles Phan Hoang (March, 2020)