Beyond Creation

I think it has been a while since I last recommended metal bands. I listened to way too much Canto/Mandopop lately so I have to balance with some metal. Spotify recommended a track by "Beyond Creation" based on the Death song I just listened to. Like Death, the band is very technical, lots of opportunities for the instrumentalists to shine, even including the bassist (Hugo Doyon-Karout) The band has released two albums so far. The latest was "Earthborn Evolution" from 2014. Really looking forward to their upcoming release. In the mean time, ​check out this YouTube playlist with lots of awesome bass playing:

達摩，少林，武功

我喜歡觀看各種體育項目，當中除了球類，也包括格鬥；十幾年前更親身練過一點太極，又曾「試班」跟少林師傅學過一套復興拳；一直對天下武功出少林，而少林武功則由達摩祖師手創的講法深信不疑！現今網絡資訊發達，要求證及找更多資料實在容易，讀完此文方知完全不是那樣一回事。文中提到以下幾點：

• 達摩不會武功，基本上沒有任何史書傳記記載他會武
• 達摩不是少林僧，由梁武帝撰寫的「禪門第一祖菩提達摩大師碑」說達摩畢生，只是一個遊方和尚，「莫知其所居，未詳其姓氏」，最終圓寂，也不是在少林寺，而是在「洛州禹門山」。
• 少林武功和禪學思想關係不大
• 有名的少林棍法其實由明朝名將俞大猷所授，少林原本的反而有所不及
• 易筋經很可能由道士所寫，主旨是壯陽術

我想我讀得太多武俠小說（尤其是金庸的）了！