This is a question that I really have been thinking about these last few days so I figured I would just write it down and see why.
Kung Fu has been a huge part of my life for over 10 years now but why.
1) I find it is a great way to stay in shape and it motivates me to continue to exercise regularly and to be mindful of my diet.
2) I love learning new techniques and how to use different weapons.
3) It helps improve my flexibility and believe it or not it helps alleviate pain (inflict pain to relieve pain, who knew).
4) Being able to teach other people. This is one of my main reasons for still training as it gives me a true sense of purpose and motivates me to ensure I make every class I can.
5) The other main reason is I have found an area that has caused me to focus on and continuously look at ways to improve. This area has been the combative aspects of sparring, grappling and San Shou. My main focus is not to be able to beat someone up but it analyze a technique and then how it can be adapted if this happens or that happens. Once I started to focus on this area it renewed my passion for Kung Fu and I started to work on all areas as they are all interconnected.
There are more reasons I am sure but I wanted to keep this short. If you are feeling disconnected or have lost your passion, find something to focus on and own it. Try to continuously improve it and it will definitely help.
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