Stu Dunn & SDL

What Makes Couples Commit Crimes Together?

What makes couples commit? Commit crimes together that is.

A lot of you would have seen (or been aware of) the Netflix documentary Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich,  plus seen his ex girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell in the media recently. Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested on July 2, 2020 on multiple charges related to the sexual abuse of young women and girls by Jeffrey Epstein.

A super brief summary: From…

Make Me Smarter #2

Don’t blame your bad hand at the poker table on a stroke of bad luck; it’s really just a matter of math, seeing as there are more ways to arrange a deck of cards than there are total atoms on Earth!

If a card deck is shuffled properly, there’s a pretty high chance that it comes out in an arrangement that has never existed before, because a deck of 52 cards has an astronomically large number of…

Make Me Smarter #1

If you happen to be around a monkey, you might be inclined to feed it a banana. But the fact is, bananas contain far too much sugar for monkeys to handle. “Giving this fruit to animals is equivalent to giving them cake and chocolate,” according to Dr. Amy Plowman, head of conservation and advocacy at the Paignton Zoo in Devon, U.K. “Compared to the food they would eat in the wild, bananas … have…

How (Not) To Trigger Your Partner

Through several decades of my own bumbling, study and observations, I believe that people in relationships have just about created an art form out of severely annoying each other. I’m not talking about the little run-of-the-mill annoyance; I’m talking about stumbling across your partner’s triggers – the things that when tripped creates what someone of the outside (or the receiving end) might…

What is a Sifu Anyway?

Stu Dunn & Sifu Dana Wong – training has to be fun!

Shifu (simplified Chinese: 师傅 or 师父; traditional Chinese: 師傅 or 師父; pinyin: shīfu), or sifu in Cantonese is a title for and role of a skillful person or a master. The character 師/师 means “skilled person” or “teacher”, while the meaning of 傅 is “tutor” and the meaning of 父 is “father”. 傅 and 父 are both pronounced “fu” with the same tones in…

Relaxation. Fluidity. Continuity.

3 simple terms, tips, aims. Any one of these in Wing Chun are a massive bonus, however put them together and they work like magic.

Take this out of martial arts, and insert into your life. How many times have you heard that stress is a killer? Stress kills 120,000 people/ year in America alone as a direct result of work-related stress. Stress causes disease (or…

Stylish Family Character Home

  Stylish Family Character Home – on 965m2 – 73 Golf Road, Paraparaumu Beach

Combine 1960s character with clean modern lines, a sparkling new kitchen and bathrooms, new floor coverings and fresh neutral paint throughout and you have the best of both worlds.

Set in a top, established Kapiti location, this generously-sized elevated…

Someone Having a Rough Time?

We might not be able to be there in person as much as normal with these strange times, however we can be there in other ways. Be nice for no reason, appreciate you never know what’s happening in someone’s life, and take care you yourself and family.

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Practical vs Theory (Martial Arts & Business)

In my opinion, there’s a sweet spot between too much theory and too much practical, which is what I refer to as “applied“.

Too much theory will get run over in a confrontation, and too much practical might not learn or improve much.

In business, the applied area means: Make a plan, then…

Do You Have a Joy Gap?

After making a massive amount of mistakes in previous relationships, meeting Bridget motivated me to look at myself (and relationships in general) and try to figure out what’s gone wrong in the past, what has worked, and try to unravel why couples act the way the do – even when they don’t want to.

This has made for an interesting journey – one I bet I’ll never finish – however it has unlocked…

Laughter a Cure for Depression?

“Laughter is, and will always be, the best form of therapy.” – Dau Voire

Depression: Getting Through

Depression is a real problem, with an estimate of 15% of the population from high income countries (compared to 11% of low / middle income countries) experiencing some form of depression throughout their lifetime – and women being twice as likely to become depressed as men. (Source:…

Learn From Everyone You Meet

“Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t” – Bill Nye

No matter who you meet – this quote is a great one to remember. Having started my own martial arts journey in 1991, and taught since 2005, I’ve had 15 years (so far) learning from my students – no matter who they are – everyone has something to offer. Based on this, my teaching skills have improved, my martial arts have improved,…

Respect Isn’t That Hard

(I originally posted this on a Wing Chun Kung Fu Facebook forum – it wasn’t aimed at me)

I find it interesting that someone can post how they do their training and they get criticised – I’ve learnt Wing Chun from Sifu Dana Wong, who was more recently taught by Kwok Fu from Foshan. Foshan Wing Chun answers so many of the challenges I had with HK Wing Chun – Vietnam Wing Chun is different and…

Risk Management vs Risk Avoidance

Risk Management vs Risk Avoidance – when it comes to martial arts, this is my take. Risk management is the actual assessment of the situation (eg taking note of your surroundings, being aware of other potential problems as well as the attacker/s), and actually implementing one’s martial arts (eg physically defending yourself &…

To Know and Not to Do

“To know and not to do is not yet to know.”

I think it was Lao Tzu who said the above quote, and I often reiterate this by asking; “After reading a book on riding a bike, can you actually ride a bike?” The answer is no, as you have only read about it. To learn how to actually ride a bike, you must practice riding on a real bike.

The same goes for anytime – in particular – martial arts. Being…

Confirmation bias is the tendency for people to favour information that confirms their current beliefs. This is particularly dangerous for someone detecting deception as they can get derailed if their opinion of a subject affects their assessments.

It’s even worse for a person in power.

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