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The first 12 posts of this blog, should be used as the foundation of building your game around, adopt and adapt it to your style of play. Thats what IYFT is all about. Never forget tennis is a feel can, so you have to feel as though you are getting better all the time and [...] read more »
Lets talk first about the French Open for a second, congrats to Serena who looks unstoppable right now, also Nadal should take the mens title, okay let me help you with your match play. Match play is one the of the toughest aspects of the game of tennis, the inability to handle their nerves and [...] read more »
This is one of my favorite characteristic about being a IYFT player, which is playing tennis in the ideal style of play that you hold in your mind, this is one the the most important post that you will ever read. Seriously. The key to playing winning tennis is to use your mind more by [...] read more »
Miyamoto Musashi (showing 1-30 of 49) “1. Accept everything just the way it is. 2. Do not seek pleasure for its own sake. 3. Do not, under any circumstances, depend on a partial feeling. 4. Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world. 5. Be detached from desire your whole life long. 6. Do not regret what you have done. 7. Never be jealous. 8. Never let yourself be saddened by a separation. 9. Resentment and complaint are appropriate neither for oneself nor others. 10. Do not let yourself... read more »
I am still in Hunan travelling to different tea gardens. But first just a little thought on “Small cities” in China – you never see them! When you are on the road and you drive past what your guide calls Continue reading read more »
After Bankei had passed away, a blind man who lived near the master's temple told a friend: "Since I am blind, I cannot watch a person's face, so I must judge his character by the sound of his voice. Ordinarily when I hear someone congratulate another upon his happiness or success, I also hear a secret tone of envy. When condolence is expressed for the misfortune of another, I hear pleasure and satisfaction, as if the one condoling was really glad there was something left to gain in his own world. "... read more »
Yesterday I read a explanation byJamgön Mipham Rinpoche, he was talking about the fours school of Tibetan buddhism, for my part on the practice I practice Karma Kagyu only but for the teaching that true I follow and have take refuge in Nigmapa and so on . For my view take first the teaching of my root masters as Karmapa and Garchen rinpoche, but truly I have open my mind to my others masters as Kempo choga rinpoche, Tsem Tulku Rinpoche, The Sakyong Miphan and others master who really help me to go for... read more »
Heaven and earth do not act from (the impulse of) any wish to be benevolent; they deal with all things as the dogs of grass are dealt with. The sages do not act from (any wish to be) benevolent; they deal with the people as the dogs of grass are dealt with. May not the space between heaven and earth be compared to a bellows? 'Tis emptied, yet it loses not its power; 'Tis moved again, and sends forth air the more. Much speech to swift exhaustion lead we see; Your inner being guard, and keep it ... read more »
“There is something to be learned from a rainstorm. When meeting with a sudden shower, you try not to get wet and run quickly along the road. But doing such things as passing under the eaves of houses, you still get wet. When you are resolved from the beginning, you will not be perplexed, though you will still get the same soaking. This understanding extends to everything.”Yamamoto Tsenetomo Hagakure Code to the way of samurai read more »