The Art of the Straight Line

I had no idea that the singer from the Velvet Underground was for many years a Chen practitioner.

Review in the Guardian.

In his own words…

Available from Faber in the UK.

What strikes me is his complete dedication - training every day for hours where possible.

I had to look up his Chen teacher, Master Den Huang Yi...

And naturally this lead to me being pulled into a Chen vortex. This particular video has a handy scene setting and historical narrative…

As a by the by, I have had these two tracks on repeat for the last few days…

Peng, Lu, Ji, An