Vacation

I am leaving on vacation tonight and I have mixed feelings about it. The demo is coming along nicely but there are some things I would like to adjust. I am leaving it with Sifu Ryback and Sifu Playter to continue on with and I am confident in their abilities it just would have been nice to be able to be a part of it from start to finish. I will see you all in 2 weeks.

Still Going

I am still working through my issues but it is getting better. The one thing that I have realized in all of this is how important family is. I have been neglecting my family for a while now and it is going to take some time to mend that. My wife is the most amazing person that I know and I must focus on showing her that and everything else is secondary to that. Another thing that is helpful is coming to the Kwoon. Just having the connection with everyone is awesome. Thanks everyone.

?? What

I should not have left my blog the way I did last time as there was a lot of questions after. I cannot go into details but there has been a lot of things going on outside of Kung Fu lately. These have affected my home life and my Kung Fu life extremely negatively. I have had a discussion with Sifu Brinker recently and i hope to start getting things back on track. It may take a few days or weeks or maybe longer but I will still be here for my classes (both teaching and participating) as that is the one thing that has kept me connected (especially San Shou). See you on the mats. Sifu Lindstrom

I Quit

This was probably a poor choice for a blog title considering the date. First off, I am not quitting the team. I am referring to my work. I have been under a lot of stress at work lately and it has been affecting my home life and my Kung Fu life. Today I have decided to make changes which will increase my workload but will decrease my stress load. FYI, writing this from a hotel room in Fort McMurray. Awesome hey!

Busy, Busy

It has been really busy at work this week and I have not been at my desk until now. Life always seems to alter your plans every now and then. Hope that next week is a little calmer. Must remember what I promised and uphold it.

Today's Blog is Brought to You by the Number 2.

I wrote this on my phone again and thought I had posted it but just realized that it didn’t so I better get it up now(with some editing). Last week(ish), I mentioned theses three things I wanted to discuss: 1) Attendance: Meetings and Class. 2) Pandamonium : Importance of and inspiring others. 3) Uncomfortableness: Developing a form at the Kwoon and then performing it. I am starting in the middle.1) 2) Pandamonium : Importance of and inspiring others. I asked the students in the advanced and intermediate Teen/Adult classes to do some research and try and find a direct connection between our 5 charities and SRKF. The response has been phenomenal, and I can see people starting to get a sense of how important these charities are. I believe that some of them may have started out by just trying to find the connection and ended up figuring out what the charity was actually about. Hopefully this will inspire them to be more passionate about Pandamonium and make it a successful day. We have covered the Simon Poultney Foundation in both classes and will look for a new one tonight.

Almost Forgot

I almost forgot to blog today hence me writing this an the Kwoon. I have 3 topics that I would like to discuss if my next threee blogs. I will keep this short and just list them here. 1) Attendance: Meetings and Class. 2) Pandamonium : Importance of and inspiring others. 3) Uncomfortableness: Developing a form at the Kwoon and then performing it. I will try and cover these all next week. PS: Must remember to transfer this to theteam blog as well. Sifu Lindstrom