Homedo is a physical process with a spiritual result, and a spiritual process with a physical result. Training doesn't require a high level of physical fitness. Almost everyone can do it. We encourage couples, families, and friends to get involved in Homedo training together. When families take Homedo home to practice, the circle of chi is complete.

Like the Homedo families of old, the best way to learn is to practice with friends and families together. Homedo does not require special practice places or equipment. A living room carpet or a grassy spot under a tree will do.

Homedo's goal is to teach children how to get along with each other, with family, and community. It does not aim to teach children fighting skills. Children also learn to think of their natural environment- trees, grass, rivers- as their neighbors too.

 

• Before anything else, students learn the principal that body is home. What's good for the body includes healthy foods and good exercises, which are necessary to maintain a good home. Using analogies from nature, such as the tree, students learn the importance of protecting their body/home from the toxins found in drugs, smoking, and poor diet. 

• Homedo activities begin with the respect and end with respect. Basic self-defense moves involve two responses. The first, "hi," welcomes the assailant's energy, and is followed by the second, "good bye," which is the energy that is redirected and neutralized.

• Effective self-defense is centered on possession of a strong center. Students to center themselves in deceptively simple activities such as Tree Standing and Eagle Flying. With chi at the center, even a small child can deflect aggression with simple, elegant movements.

Homedo offers a traditional way os sharing family time together. It can unite the family with fun and mutual learning. Here is an activity that a grandfather can practice with his four-year old granchild. Here, parents become teachers to their children, adding a new dynamic to family life. Homedo practices improve physical fitness, flexibility, and agility.

In Homedo, find the Bamboo way

A thousand saplings connected

To a thousand saplings reaching

Touching by a flat circle of finger roots

Connecting to a forest of family.

One Bamboo is nothing.

Connected, bamboo laughs at typhoons.