Injuries have become part of the risk of a sport Beijing is pushing to become an event in the 2008 Olympics. It's so popular in Malaysia that there are 2,000 lion dance troupes there. Hawai ' i could see more of the action if an Asian-Pacific tournament in the works for August becomes a reality. For now, only a handful of martial arts schools in Hawai ' i have adopted the style of balancing on stilts. If the head makes a mistake, the tail knows already.
Nothing comes easy.
To me, perseverance is the key. Falling is a lesson in mastering the dance, she said. The lion is like a cat. They have to learn to land like a cat. The Honolulu Advertiser, a division of Gannett Co .