2) Chain Whip

I still am working on the new tricks with the chain whip. I have a form but it is very short and boring I find. I am trying to throw in a flip and a flying technique but they are a long ways away from being form ready. Must keep practicing. Sifu Lindstrom

Failure 1

To carry on with my blog from last week. Our demo was rained out after so many people put in a lot of hard work to get ready for it. We have another demo coming up on Canada Day but have no idea where it is going from here. I enjoyed trying to choreograph the last one but being away for 2 weeks really hurt and it felt like some people were unsure of what to do to get in the demo. It feels like the first attempt at a demo was a failure as it was a struggle to get something together. Not so much as a failure by the team but a failure by me. It is true that you will have ups and downs on your journey and this was a low point for me. Time to move on and only reflect on what has happened and learn from it.

My mind today

I am at a loss as to what to write this week. So I have compiled this list of random thoughts. 1) Saturday’s demo was rained out. Dissapointing as it was looking pretty good. 2) Learned a couple of new tricks with the chain whip. Exciting. 3) Shoulder still not right. Frustrating. 4) Shoulder is better. Encouraging. 5) Trying to learn so untested tricks with the chain whip. Scary (it hurts). 6) Going to Kung Fu. Rejuvinating

Demo Ringmaster

Trying to piece a demo together is very difficult to do. We have had a lot of people unable to make practices and some people were unsure of where they stand. I just read Sifu Freitag’s post and I couldn’t agree more. It’s been a struggle to build the demo due to injuries and some team members work schedules. You start to build and then it changes for some reason or another. My goal is to have everyone on the demo team by July 1st. Will that happen? It depends on all of us to make it happen. We all need to practice and continue to improve our forms. For this reason, I do need as many people as possible to show up on Friday’s and Saturday’s so we can continue to grow and evolve the demo. I too am not a fan of having more practices besides those two but as far as this Saturday’s demo goes, we are still a long ways away from a presentable demo. Therefore, we need to practice on Thursday as this gives us one more day to get ready. If you are not there on Thursday, that’s okay as we can still see where you are and fit you in during the normal practices (if you are ready). I hope you guys understand what I’m saying and where I hope we can go with this. Sifu Lindstrom