When the past makes you laugh and you can savor the magic that lets you survive your own war, you'll find that that fire is passion and there's a door up ahead - not a wall.

But I found tai chi when I was studying with Leung Shum, who teaches Eagle Claw and Wu Hao.

I wanna hear some Diana Ross, I wanna hear some Marvin Gaye. I wanna hear a song that reminds me of a better day.

I don't think I'm in any position to call myself a martial artist. I'm a student of the martial arts.

Dear Pope, send me some hope or a rope.

There were lots of things that I recognized from my experience with Eagle Claw and Wu Hao, and here was the combination of the whole kit and kaboodle, the whole tamale in one.

It's the music that kept us all intact, kept us from going crazy.