Maintanence Week and What its About

The annual Kwoon Maintenance week is coming up next week and I am excited to be a part of it this year. In the past, I have contributed a considerable amount of time to the Kwoon maintenance and it helped me become a black belt.

It was not a direct factor it achieving black belt (hey you helped with the maintenance so here's your black belt) as it was more on the mental side. The Kwoon maintenance made me feel more comfortable training in the Kwoon as it felt like I owned a part of it now. With this change in mindset, I became more comfortable training at the Kwoon in front of other people.

This statement may sound like how everyone promotes the Kwoon maintenance and it should because it is so true. Ask any black belt or que belt who has taken part and see what they have to say about it.

I seem to have forgotten this over the last couple years as I have not had as much to do with the maintenance week and last year I showed up on the last day but everything was mostly completed by then. This made a bad year even worse in my opinion as I lost out on an opportunity that will never come back. I continued to struggle through the year and it was only near the end of the year I started to finally become reengaged with my Kung Fu. I regret not participating in the maintenance week last year even to this day as I know it could have kick-started me in September and not January.

How do I make sure not to miss out again. By volunteering to coordinate the maintenance this year. This way, I know that my commitment will be there and I will be able to benefit again.

This whole blog seems somehow all about what I get out of being part of the Kwoon maintenance but I hope I am inspiring others to come and see what it is truly all about. You get to meet other people who train and/or instruct at Silent River and it will take your training and commitment to a whole new level.

Also, there will be an awesome Potato Bake on Thursday, September 1st. Come hang out, enjoy a baked potato and meet some new people.