THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1969
S'un?-the eyes
hei
kung
Country Club
need one
more
By LEE WAI-KIT
Country Club are only a win away from clinching this year's Women's "A" league tennis title.
Having beaten the Ladies' Recreation Club twice, they only need another win in their re- maining two matches against South China.
Though without the ser- vices of Ling Tsui Yuen- yuen, in England for the county tournaments, they look capable of making it.
Family
The club yesterday LRC 6-3.
beat
Heading the win was their first pair of Greta Ho and Frances Taylor.
They won all their mat- ches, beating LRC's Suzanne Ault and Susan Dennler 6-1, Verna Jagger and
Betty Mair 7-5 and Val Laurens and Nancy Butt 6-1.
The two Men's "A" mat- ches yesterday were all family affairs.
South
The third in a weekly series by CHINA MAIL expert on Chinese boxing, Peter Olaes.
will tell
HEALTH is wealth-wealth in a spiritual sense.
Chor Chong, pictured, is similar to yoga. This is the Lotus position. The fingertips are lightly in contact so that "hei" can be achieved in a circular motion.
GIRLS ON TARGET
Hongkong's women bowlers outclassed
the men in the match against the visiting China's first team Japanese team at Fourseas Bowl last night.
beat their second team 6-3 and CRC's seniors stopped their juniors 72.
Army signed
him first
LONDON: Italian Vin- cenzo Mascia hoped to sign English Third Division
for
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Bank clerk Dora Kwok, neck and neck battle with the visitors before winning had a 578 series
their three-game series by pins more than the top 54 pins. men's bowler.
Local bowler Sheila Lai also finished with
a 555 series.
The best performance by the men was a 552, by Yoshinar Ishikawa, run- ner-up in last year's All- Janan event,
They dropped the first game 524-538, but pulled back 21 pins in the next to lead by seven pins.
However, all three girls struck top form in the final game to roll an im- pressive 591 to their op- ponents' 544.
61. AS
Health means longevity. That is the "profit" you get from leading a healthy life.
To be healthy, one has to exercise.
One who exercises daily attains stamina.
Stamina is the closest word describing the com- bination of "hei" and "s'un."
Hei, as mentioned in the last article, is the ability to direct a stream of force (k'in in this instance) to hit an opponent or to block blow.
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Hei is also the ability to fight for long periods with- out running out of breath. S'un means awareness.
It is whether
not.
easy one
to has
detect s'un or
And this is done by look- ing at the eyes.
Have you ever said to a friend, or commented to someone after looking at person who is sick:
"His eyes are lifeless."
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Or of a person who is al- ways active and in a happy mood: "His
eyes sparkle with life."
A healthy person is a person with stamina.
In Chinese boxing, this is s'un.
A person with stamina in this modern age, then, is bound to succeed in his career he is alert and can put his whole mind
on the job he is doing.
Retired
But modern society has laws which stipulate that a man, even though he is still strong and healthy, must re-
tire when he hits 60. Case in point is Chung.
Mr Lee
Mr Lee, an accountant, is now 65.
An expert in tai chi and
luk hop pat fa'at, he moves, acts and behaves like man of 45.
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