The past few months have been chaotic between work and travel and time seems to have slipped away from me once again. Working in Nunavut has been a challenge as it keeps me away from home and Kung Fu for 15 days at a time which means I miss over half of my classes now. The other challenge I am having is the travel that I have to do when I am home as this also cuts into my time at home and the Kwoon. I think I have been averaging only about 30% attendance at classes this past 5 months.
it has been a bit tough to feel engaged with the team as my schedule has me missing most of the meetings and half of the mandatory classes. The other issue is that the internet at the mine site is restricted so I cannot access Mighty Networks while on site so reading posts or blogs is a no go. When I get home, I try to catch up as much as I can but I never really do so I try to get to the ones I feel are important and comment where I can.
The other issue is the lack of training space available up there and surprisingly they dont have a bench that I could just swing around without destroying a few things. So what do I do? I utilize what I have available to me and work on what I can. I work on my conditioning and cardio everyday while on site. I will hit the gym in the morning and either treadmill or bike and then in the evenings I work on strength and endurance training. So far it has worked out well and it is something that I plan to continue.
This leads to next Years I Ho Chuan team. Do I join knowing the challenges or do I take a step back? We all know what the easy path would be, but I have never been accused of doing anything the easy way (according to September anyway). So I am committing to next years team knowing that I may miss out on some demos, half the classes, maybe most of the meetings and with being out of touch for aver half the time. I want to do this because it is something that I feel strongly about and it is a new challenge that I know will benefit me.
Back to this year. We are just over a month away from our banquet and with the holidays coming up I will be at one more official practice only and a few Thursdays and Saturdays in between. This means that I dont have the benefit of being able to rehearse with the team as much as I should be but that is something beyond my control. I will be there every chance I can get and I am looking forward to seeing how the demo is progressing and also how the lion dance is coming along. I will do what I can and am looking forward to being a part of this years banquet.
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