Training

This has been a tough few weeks for training. During the 10 days of renos, there was no training. Since then, I've had a few ailments (strains, sprains and soreness). I would say that before renos, I felt good and in the best shape of my life but now I feel like I've lost some of that vigour. Today is the start of the big push to grading. It's time to put aside the negatives and start focusing on forms, techniques, kicks and conditioning. The only one who can really hold you back is yourself so remember the first thing to do is remain focused mentally and the rest will follow.

Whew

Renovations are complete (mostly). That was a busy 10 days of a lot of hard work. Needless to say, the training went out the window as I spent on average 12 hours a day working on the Kwoon. If you add in the 1.5 hours of travel time a day, it does not leave a lot of time for "training". I say training, because I am refering to kicks, forms, techniques etc. I did do a lot of mental training and it turns out suprisingly a lot of physical training as well. All the tiling and construction turned out to be a great workout and I had to take Tuesday off as every muscle in my body was sore. I am still feeling the effects as there is still some soreness (okay a lot in some parts) but that first class made it all worthwhile. When I first walked in, I looked around and I got a tingling senstion in my whole body and in my mind all I thought was yeahhhh!!! The Kwoon looks awesome and I felt a true connection with it. It may sound like hokey but it was truly an experience and everytime I have entered the Kwoon since, I get the same feeling. The Kwoon has a calming aura to it now and I feel almost like I'm at peace when I enter the Kwoon now. I now have to focus on my "training" again as the big day draws nearer and hope that my effort will match my expctations of myself.