An American Girl Learning Badminton in China
I had an idea to compare my current game with a game from six months ago. Last Feb my health was improving, but not the the level it is today. Also last February I hadn’t started training with my coach…
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As a lifelong artist and a new-ish jock, I’ve been doing some deep thinking about the natural social divide between the artists and athletes of the world.
I get a lot of questions about shuttles, mostly “what brand do you use?” China has a huge badminton market and there are a ton of small brands we use regularly. I walked around my courts, and Azhi’s club and…
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I still have some videos from my time in Hong Kong, because honestly, I met a lot of amazing people and shot a lot of amazing footage. This one is about a few unsung heroes of badminton. We think no…
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Before I make my embarrassing confession let me tell you about a podcast I was interviewed for! It’s called the Podcast Tepak Bulu and normally it is done in Indonesian, but this week the host Ibi did it in English…
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We all know that badminton isn’t a mainstream sport, but is it embarrassing to be “caught” playing it? Or is it not the sport but the age? In a recent conversation another 40-something badminton fan and I were talking and…
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When I started badminton I was basically on my own. I left the foreigner group but wasn’t really embraced by my new Chinese club. I also didn’t have a lot of confidence, because most beginners don’t, and didn’t know what…
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We had a competition this weekend so I made my next vlog! This is the same competition we played last year. Last time we didn’t make it to day two, this time….well, I won’t spoil the ending. You’ll…
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So for the past few months I have been a featured blogger over at China Plus America’s Facebook page. I’ve been making videos about my daily life and of course I had to make one about badminton. It’s finally up…
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I was wandering down the rabbit hole of Youtube videos when I stumbled upon this one by Steve Atlas called “Unseen Progress.” It really struck me and I wanted to share it because I think this is something…
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