Talk:Wikinews interviews Chinese-American martial artist Alfred Hsing

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  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)

Does this need WikimediaMention?
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. DEN DODGE  George Watson  12:00, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
 * 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)