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Vera Koo: How to become a champion shooter
There is no real formula for becoming a champion. What works for me is focus and a single mindedness that sometimes causes people to think I am aloof. I am hard on myself and do not want to fail....
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Vera Koo: A champion’s mindset to the shooting sports
What does the world think a shooter looks like? Perhaps a middle-aged male, wearing camouflage or blaze orange, speaking with an accent, and driving a truck. Is that a stereotype? Is that our...
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Vera Koo: Shing Ping and facing your fears
One of America’s great leaders, Franklin D. Roosevelt, once said, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” This mantra is etched into American hearts and American history. But, what is our...
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Vera Koo: How I apply the philosophy of Sun Tzu to my life, especially for...
“Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can?” ~Sun Tzu Great athletes are perfectionists. We have a strong work ethic, and the tenacious ability to bite into something and never let go. We...
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The future of women in shooting sports
Vera Koo describes her outlook on the future of women in shooting sports based on her time spent at SHOT Show 2014 Photo courtesy of Yasunari Akita Everyone has something that could make our world...
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One foot in front of the other to return to the Bianchi Cup
Each March marks an inaugural athletic event. No, I’m not referring to baseball’s spring training, or basketball’s March Madness. On my calendar, March 1 marks the first day of my personal spring...
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Vera Koo: 2014 Bianchi Cup wrap up
I went to war this week. Preparing for any major competition, athletic or otherwise, is like going to battle. You practice, drill and train for months. You ensure that your equipment is flawless, you...
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How to prepare for a shooting competition
Shooting, like any sport, requires practice, persistence and dedication. In competition, it’s preparation that can help you win, or at least provide comfort and confidence in your abilities. Ask any...
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On being a woman in the shooting sports
Once in a while, when I am practicing shooting at the Green Valley Rifle & Pistol Club near Columbia, Mo., I still get the question. Someone who does not know me will ask if I’m any good at...
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Shooting and the ‘Ming’ Thing
Vera Koo explains the concept of the ming thing in relation to shooting. Have you ever seen “Madama Butterfly?” It is Puccini’s hauntingly beautiful opera that illuminates a world of love, loss and...
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Vera Koo: From Dolls to Guns — My Journey to the Competition Shooting Sports
I did not grow up playing with toy guns. I grew up playing with dolls. In fact, as a child, I never had any interest in guns. I was raised in a very traditional Chinese family that valued women as...
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Vera Koo Prepares for an Adventure in India
Vera Koo prepares for the adventure of a lifetime – across the ocean to India. I have a philosophy about opportunities. Opportunities are fleeting. When one arises, you should be careful not to miss...
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Women’s Spring Fling in Missouri Offers Clinics on Archery, Fishing, Canoeing...
The Missouri Department of Conservation will offer The Discover Nature – Women’s Spring Fling from Fri., May 1 through Sun., May 3, at Lake Doniphan Conference and Retreat Center in Excelsior Springs,...
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BATFE Retreats on 5.56 M855 Ammo Ban
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) announced March 10 that it had withdrawn its proposal to ban 5.56mm M855 ammo, known as “green tips” after receiving tens of thousands of...
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Adventures with Vera Koo in India
Vera Koo traveled to India last fall, and shares her adventures here at The WON. While much of the Western world was celebrating the holidays with festivity, light, family and gifts, I fulfilled a...
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Vera Koo: Lightning Strikes Twice
Vera Koo knows that lightening can strike twice, especially when it comes to accidents when you’re active. Read about her recent skiing accident and how she, once again, prepares to recover so that she...
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Vera Koo: Why I Pushed Through the Pain to Return to Competition
Vera Koo describes why she has been pushing through pain of a knee injury to return to one of the shooting sports’ most prestigious competitions. They told me it could not be done. The first doctor who...
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Vera Koo: On God’s Plan
Learn why Vera Koo accepts and moves forward through accident and injury, again and again, and about how she looks for, and accepts, God’s plan in the process. The manner in which I tore the anterior...
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Vera Koo: How Windsurfing Kick-Started My Quest to Learn Other Sports
Before I met my husband, Carlos, I had no background in sports. I did not even take physical education classes in school. Carlos and I met before I turned 18 years old, and we married in 1969. One of...
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Why You Should Compete at State and Regional Shooting Tournaments
Competing at the Bianchi Cup is not for the meek and faint hearted. The national event can be very intimidating because of the high number of participants, plus the spectators. The energy is...
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