Back in Time

I was able to finish my project early this week and will be back home late tonight. I an happy it worked out because I have been really focused on the lion dance and did not want to miss a practice We made some good progress the last practice and want I to keep the momentum going.

I have also joined the team next year as I feel it will help me once again while I am travelling for work. I am still working on my goals as I need to find ones that will best serve me and my family. I am close and I hope to finalize them in the next couple of days.

The wifi is down so I am doing this on my phone but I will post a numbers update soon.

The Lion Dance

I have to admit that this is my favorite time of year because it is Lion Dance prep time for the Chinese New Years Banquet. I have performed Lion Dances in the banquet a few times and I have also helped choreograph them. Last year was a year where I was heavily involved in the choreography. This year, I have a plan for the dance and am hoping we as a team can pull it off.

The plan is very intricate and involves a lot of personality and emotions and I am confident that the dancers will see the vision. I must admit, I do miss performing in the dances personally as it was a big part of my training and it has had a huge impact on who I am as a martial artist. The truth is though, the new (some are not so new but new compared to myself) dancers we have are inspiring to me and they have the same passion that I have so they have should be the ones perfoming.

Anyway, there is a lot of work to do and a lot of questions that I need to get clarification on but that is something that I look forward to working through as this is a new challenge for me that will only help me as I progress in m y training.

Live In Person

I was finally able to attend my first live I Ho Chuan class last week for the first time in a few months. Of course, it was right in time to start doing forms for the Chinese New Years banquet and I was nervous. I have not been able to keep up with my forms that much with my work schedule and I contemplated not going and just saying I wasn't ready yet. That would have been my path in the past but not this year. I just went for it to see more for myself where I am at.

I can say that my form needs a lot of work but I already knew that but now I know what to focus on for the Demo. The best thing I have done for myself this year so far was to just do it

21,500 Pushups

21,500 Situps

175 Spear Form

135 Horse Bench Form

700 Sparring Rounds

2,400 Kilometers

1,058 Acts of Kindness

Commitment

I am having a tough time trying to find enough time to do everything I need to do. When you are away from home for work, the things at home don't just go away. Your time to get them done in just decreases. This has led me to missing some classes and commitments to other things.

I am hoping to catch up on a few things soon which should allow me to be more reliable and consistent.

Home

I am heading home today and it looks like I will be around for at least a couple of weeks. I may have one more trip towards the end of the month for a couple weeks but my plan after that is to be home until the new year.

I know I have a lot of things that I have fallen behind on but I am trying not to stress too much. I plan on doing as much as I can when I can and as long as I am doing that, I know I will make progress.

Hopefully I will be back at the Kwoon tomorrow. I will post a numbers update later tonight when I am home.

Can't Think of A Fitting Title

This has been an exceptionally crazy year so far for me. Between the being away for work and the things with my mom, I feel like I have forgotten what the Kwoon even looks like at this point. The last time I was there was August 10th for open traininmg and that was my only time there since July 17th. I just now ralized that it has been over 2 months since I have attended any classe. With the limited internet and the long days (typically finishing around 8), I have not even been able to attend online.

The one thing I had before was the ability to attend online and that helped me stay connected with the Kwoon and the students. Now I don't know what anyone is working on or where they are at in their training. I am sure it is the same for everyone wondering about where I am at. I can say that some things are okay still and others are not. I have been extremely frustrated at points this year but I have reminded myself on quite a few occasions that I need to do what I can, when I can. This is my 100% at this stage on my journey and It will be a different 100% tomorrow.

I am hoping to be back sometime next week at least for a couple of weeks. I do still have some personal things to deal with though but I am planning to attend as much as I can.

20,100 Pushups

20,100 Situps

75 Spear Form

85 Horse Bench Form

500 Sparring Rounds

1,500 Kilometers

935 Acts of Kindness

Out of Touch

Once again my work trip has been extended to the 9th and possibly to the 16th. This along with the limited internet that does not allow me to attend online is leading to feeling so out of touch. I went from being at the Kwoon 4 nights a week to maybe 4 nights a month.

I am still working on my personal goals and core requirements as much as posible. My big focus is still the grappling and Sanda components and I am fairly happy with where they are at but it is tough to test by yourself. Anyway, hopefully I will be back next week but if not the week after.