Larry Swal Is a private student of Dr. John Painter in the Li family Daoqiquan arts. He formerly studied Japanese jujitsu and the Sun style of Baguazhang.
Within the Chinese martial arts, there is a saying that to develop gong 功 (skill) one must put in time夫 (fu) and learn the meaning of Ruku 茹苦 (eating bitter). The term Ruku is often translated as suffering. In other …