Word: skillfulness
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...beautiful. I once woke up from a dream with the most amazing image in my mind. It's really scary and very challenging. I don't want to say what it is, but there will be a day that I do this dream. To do it will take unbelievable skill and endurance...
...training from professionals like Sioux Hall, Harvard Aikikai’s Chief Instructor, who has been teaching Aikido across North America for more than 20 years. Though the instructors practice advanced techniques, Harvard Aikikai’s weekday classes at the MAC and Quad gyms are open to all skill levels. As a freshman, Harvard Aikikai President Jan Ng ’09 was struck by the welcoming environment. “Martial arts can be intimidating to learn, and I really appreciated how encouraging the other club members were about getting everyone to improve as best they could...
...might have picked up the cello at the age of seven and started his international career at the age of 12, but the winner of the 2008 Louis Sudler Prize ultimately does not want to be remembered as a great cellist. Rather than being famous merely for his skill with the strings, Koh dreams that, at the end of his career, he will be known as “an artist who used his talent as a musician to really change things.” Yes, Koh is not your average cello prodigy. On top of maintaining an international career...
When he arrived on the Harvard campus, Miller employed the sames kind of drive to ensure that he developed a set of skills other than music so that he’d be financially stable in the future. For him, that skill set was mathematical. His math concentration took up a lot of time, and Miller, feeling uninspired by Harvard’s jazz scene, took a break from his saxophone...
...near a river or an area where wild pigs roam, and they often fight illnesses like hepatitis with only poorly trained nurses to treat them. (The FARC refuses visits by Red Cross medical teams.) Pinchao, 37, says Stansell taught him how to swim during river-bathing sessions - a skill that later helped him escape. Stansell also tries to keep the hostages' spirits up. "Keith even learned how to tell jokes in Spanish," he recalls. Like Stansell, Gonsalves and Howes have children in the U.S. Howes, from Massachusetts, has eased his depression by adopting a stray dog. Gonsalves, of Connecticut, spends...