Talk:Wikinews interviews Chinese-American martial artist Alfred Hsing

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Interview done via email, sent to Wikimedia OTRS system and can be found under ticket https://ticket.wikimedia.org/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentTicketZoom&TicketNumber=2011081510002765

feladó	Alfred Hsing alfredhsing@*****
helyi idő a feladónál	A levél a következő időpontban lett elküldve: 4:27 (GMT+08:00). Jelenlegi idő: 13:50 ✆
címzett	Timea Baksa <timea.baksa [at] wikimedia.hu>
dátum	2011. augusztus 15. 4:27
tárgy	Re: China Visit
	
Hi Timea,

Apologies on the delay in responding. I have been quite busy lately.
How have your travels in China been? Well, I hope.

Here are my responses. Let me know if you need anything else.

Why did you start practicing wushu? Is it a way of retaining your origins?
When I was young my father brought home a lot of Chinese martial arts
movies so my brother and I grew up liking martial arts. For a long
time we would practice moves at home and play fight each other. There
are a lot of styles of martial arts and I took classes in tae kwon do,
karate, and some traditional kung fu, but when I discovered my first
wushu class I knew it was exactly what I was looking for.

I think at first I wanted to learn wushu because I enjoyed it, but as
my training became more advanced and serious I realized that it led me
back to my roots and I learned much more about my own culture because
of it.


What does wushu mean to you personally?
Wushu comes second nature to me and through the repetition of practice
it's like a form of meditation for me. When I practice I can release
all of the stresses brought on by the world.

Do you have an idol or role model in martial arts?
When I grew up my dad rented a lot of Jet Li and Jackie Chan movies.
As I got to learn more about how hard working and dedicated they were,
they became more of an inspiration to me and motivated me to challenge
myself to my limits.

Now you live in China. Do you consider to stay here or would you move
back to the US if you had the opportunity to?
I am living in China right now, but I don't usually limit myself by
setting strict plans for the future because we never know what the
future will hold so I usually stay open minded and keep myself open to
whatever opportunities come my way. Of course since I have family in
the US I do see myself being back there at some point, but Asia also
is like home for me.

How do you find living in China? What is your favourite pastime here?
China is a very exciting place right now because there are so many
opportunities and there is so much growth. Most of my time is spent
working, but when I'm not working my favorite pastime is probably
working out with friends. I enjoy anything with physical activity like
swimming, playing ball, sparring, etc.

Can you tell us what you have been doing lately?
I've been increasing my scope of knowledge lately. Aside from wushu,
I've been training boxing, muay thai, and tai chi. I hope to keep
expanding my knowledge and skill so that I can be versatile and well
rounded in martial arts.

You have accomplished great results in competitive martial arts but an
individual always needs a goal in life. What is yours now?
I have many goals right now. I think one of the biggest ones is simply
maintaining balance in life. Another goal is to keep on improving
myself. Right now I am also doing more acting and action choreography
and following my passions.

You seem to travel a lot, have you ever visited Hungary?
I have been around Asia and Europe, but have not had a chance to visit
Hungary yet. Maybe you could show me around sometime.

And now a different topic: what is your opinion about Wikipedia, as a
project the aims to collect the knowledge of mankind?
I think Wikipedia has been very useful. The ability to aggregate data
onto a single search-able platform is definitely a great contribution.
Mankind has allows been able to improve through building on knowledge
from the past and now Wikipedia is making this process more efficient.

Do you use it? Have you ever contributed yourself?
I do use it when I need to quickly find out information on a certain
subject. I have made some small contributions on Wikipedia in regards
to wushu.

Thanks,
Alfred

Teemeah (talk) 05:53, 15 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Review of revision 1273471 [Passed][edit]

Does this need {{WikimediaMention}}?[edit]

It mentions Wikipedia, so maybe we should add it, but as it's not the focal point of the story, I don't know if it's required. Just a thought. DENDODGE 12:00, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It does need it, yeah. When we mention wmf, we acknowledge our relationship to wmf. --Pi zero (alt acct) (alt talk) 12:11, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]