The Tiger Challenge

The Tiger Challenge is this weekend and once agan I will be away at work. I always dreaded and at the same time loved competing. Why would you love it you may ask and I will tell you. I found it was the best tool at my disposal to focus my training not just with my forms but also with my sparring. Nobody wants to go out there unprepared and the best way to prepare is by practice, practice, practice....

The only thing to make sure is that you are practicing mindfully with the goal to get a little better every time you do something. If you are not keeping this in front of you, you are simply going through the motions and the repetitions are not really serving you.

Good luck to all of you this weekend and remeber to just have fun.

Commitment

This year has been a lot different than I thought it would be. We are still trying to navigate through a pandemic which has continued to affect my work life, my home life and my Kungf Fu. My schedule for my work continues to change and the not knowing what will come next continues to be stressful.

My training has been going okay but I am behind with my weapons forms. As some of you may know, I broke my spear and have not been able to get a suitable replacement yet. For my other form, I am using the Chinese Horse Bench. However, I am struggling with a concept on how I want the form to go. It's not on how to use the bench but more not committing the time to put the motions together.

So what to do? Accept the reality of the situation we are in. Commit the time to work on my forms more. And try to fo=ind a spear instead of saying I'll do it later. Sounds easy enough...