Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Work, Home, or Kung Fu?
This week has ben focusing on bettering my home life and my relationships at work. I have been so focused on my Kung Fu that I started to let those areas slip a little. I had a better week at home and at work so I am now going o bring up the kung Fu again. It is all about balance and these three aspects of your life must share your time.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Forms
I started this blog in a totally different fashion but after reading it, I decided to delete and start again. These past 2 to 3 months have been very challenging for me. I have had some tghings to deal with at home, then 2 weeks ago there was a major issue at work that I had to deal with at the same time. The one thing that brought everything back to me was my Kung Fu. It was the one place where I was truly in the moment and everything else was forgotten. Reality came crashing down yesterday as I realized that my forms were not up to par. Something felt wrong for the last while but I couldnt put my finger on in until Sifu Brinker worked with me one on one last night (you must be doing something really bad if he needs to work one on one with you -the first thought that entered my head). What an eye opener as I now know that I have a lot of stuff to fix and a short amount of time to do it in. I thought I was handling everything quite well but I now know that I was not. I have to take care of my home life but there is no reason why I cannot train smarter. The first step on that road is to fix my forms and the way to do that is to practise them daily (not 2 or 3 times a week like I have been).
Monday, July 11, 2011
Back in the Groove.
There are a couple of things I would like to talk about this week.
1) I have to admit that the last week was a tough one as far as training goes. I had injured my shoulder about 2 weeks ago and therefore had to modify my training. Not long after that I hurt my hip as well. Needless to say it was a tough week to train not only physically but mentally as well. I am sure that everyone has gone through a similar experience but it was tough to find motivation and I ended up not going to class on Monday. I'm not sure why but it was like I just did'nt have it in me. Looking back, I should have gone because as soon as class would have started the negative feelings would have dissapeared. It's funny how it seems like its the Kung Fu that your trying to avoid yet its the Kung Fu that picks you up.
2) We have started the renovations on the Kwoon early again this year as there is a lot of work to be done. This is something that I really enjoy doing as it makes going to the Kwoon easier because when you are there you can look around and think "hey I did that". It gives you a sense of pride and accomplishment knowing that you are not only making the Kwoon better to train in for yourself but also for your training mates. I hope everyone gets a chance to participate in some way or another. Even though it takes a lot of time and hard work that you have to somehow squeeze in around your training and your other commitments (like family and work),I look at it as part of my training because after all Kung Fu means hard work.
3) Today was the first day of starting the Rushfit training program. I have to tell you that it was an eye opener. It only took 45 minutes to cmplete but by the end of it I was exhausted, sore and feeling great. I decided to do it first thing in the morning as that way I could gauratee that I would not miss a day. Even though it has only been 1 day, I feel better about my training than I have in a while. It is good to know that no matter what happens, you have already put in some training time in for that day. I will keep updating my progress as I go through the program.
1) I have to admit that the last week was a tough one as far as training goes. I had injured my shoulder about 2 weeks ago and therefore had to modify my training. Not long after that I hurt my hip as well. Needless to say it was a tough week to train not only physically but mentally as well. I am sure that everyone has gone through a similar experience but it was tough to find motivation and I ended up not going to class on Monday. I'm not sure why but it was like I just did'nt have it in me. Looking back, I should have gone because as soon as class would have started the negative feelings would have dissapeared. It's funny how it seems like its the Kung Fu that your trying to avoid yet its the Kung Fu that picks you up.
2) We have started the renovations on the Kwoon early again this year as there is a lot of work to be done. This is something that I really enjoy doing as it makes going to the Kwoon easier because when you are there you can look around and think "hey I did that". It gives you a sense of pride and accomplishment knowing that you are not only making the Kwoon better to train in for yourself but also for your training mates. I hope everyone gets a chance to participate in some way or another. Even though it takes a lot of time and hard work that you have to somehow squeeze in around your training and your other commitments (like family and work),I look at it as part of my training because after all Kung Fu means hard work.
3) Today was the first day of starting the Rushfit training program. I have to tell you that it was an eye opener. It only took 45 minutes to cmplete but by the end of it I was exhausted, sore and feeling great. I decided to do it first thing in the morning as that way I could gauratee that I would not miss a day. Even though it has only been 1 day, I feel better about my training than I have in a while. It is good to know that no matter what happens, you have already put in some training time in for that day. I will keep updating my progress as I go through the program.
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