I am starting to discover that one of the requirements of the I Ho Chuan that I think about the most is blogging. Not to say that I don't think about the rest of the requirements a lot, but blogging seems to help me organize the 5 W's into a "where am I at with my journey", "what am I doing to complete my requirements", "who am I doing this for", "why am I doing this", and finally "when this year is over, then ....." train of thought. I thought I would hate blogging, that keeping an online presence was something that was unnecessary. Well.........
Happy to say that I was totally wrong about that! I really like being able spout my verbal diarrhea in blog form. It helps clear my mind of the tangled spaghetti of thoughts that ramble around inside my ginormous melon of a head and helps me move forward, one uncoordinated left handed idealistic step at a time. I look forward to getting up Sunday morning at the crack of silence, pouring myself a cup of excitement, listening to the birds telling me off for getting them up so early, and seeing where my squishy idea of the moment takes me.
I tell myself all week long "ohhh, that would be a good idea to blog about", but then Sunday comes and Flush, that idea seems boring. Case in point, I am blogging about blogging!! Wasn't my plan, had no idea that this was the thought of the moment, but BAM, there it is. Too much over thinking I guess, to many "lists" of to do (too don't). To much planning, not enough action/follow through.
Please fellow TEAM PIG members, let me "hear" you squishy thought of the moment, blog blog blog......
As Forest Gump would say, "that's all I have to say about that".
Mmmmmmm Chocolate, whoops sorry, channeling my inner Gump.
Numbers on day 111 of 365 ( 30% behind us, 70% ahead)
Sit ups 18809 37%
push ups 19360 38/5
Sparring 232 rounds 23%
1609km 730.98km 45%
AOK 507 50%
Hand Form 120 reps 12% (yikes, again)
Weapon Form 207 reps 20%
Personal requirements
4/7 moving nicely
3/7 later in the year start date (sept or oct)
Sunday, May 26, 2019
Sunday, May 19, 2019
Lucky, to say the least.
This blog may ramble a bit. It may not make a lot of sense to some. Worst of all, it may not convey what I am trying to say. But here it is anyways.....
I really wonder at times if I/we really appreciate the chance I/we have been handed/given by Master Brinker.
In Monday's class ( May 13 ), as the class was wrapping up, Master Brinker had us sit down and he gave us a "little" talk. Maybe it was just me, but I swear I could feel a wave of passion pouring out of him to us. To hear Master Brinker talk about Kung Fu and the opportunity we have been handed is awe inspiring to me. The points he tries to get across are so pure and simple, yet so complicated. The commitment he gives to his art is humbling to me. It make me wonder, what have I done in my life that could ever hold a candle to this?
He talks of lineage. He talks of opportunities. He talks of commitment. He talks about how rare our school is. He doesn't "preach" or "lecture" at us. He talks to us. To have someone who has achieved so much try to help us to do the same is almost unheard of nowadays. He is not selling a brand, in fact, he is not "selling" anything. He is willingly and freely offering himself to us. FREE, just ask and pay attention. He wants us to learn. He wants us to succeed. He wants us to carry on the ideals and knowledge he is sharing with us. He wants you to talk to him, share your thought and ideas, your hopes and fears, your achievements or lack of. If he feels a deeper conversation is required, he will say "call me" or "email me" or "lets sit down and talk". He does not leave you alone or abandon you, but instead extends himself to you and says "let me help you".
I get chills just thinking that if the world had a just few more Master Brinkers, men and women with the conviction to do what is needed and what is right and just, what a world it could be. And that is what I feel he is trying to do.
Out of the Kwoon and into the world
Perfect. To the point. A plan of action. A philosophy. A purpose.
So use this opportunity at Silent River Kung Fu to its fullest. Please! Show up for class. Give each class 100% of yourself. Remember and apply what you learned in class as often as you can. And listen. Listen to your instructors, listen to your family, listen to your environment, and listen to yourself.
I really wonder at times if I/we really appreciate the chance I/we have been handed/given by Master Brinker.
In Monday's class ( May 13 ), as the class was wrapping up, Master Brinker had us sit down and he gave us a "little" talk. Maybe it was just me, but I swear I could feel a wave of passion pouring out of him to us. To hear Master Brinker talk about Kung Fu and the opportunity we have been handed is awe inspiring to me. The points he tries to get across are so pure and simple, yet so complicated. The commitment he gives to his art is humbling to me. It make me wonder, what have I done in my life that could ever hold a candle to this?
He talks of lineage. He talks of opportunities. He talks of commitment. He talks about how rare our school is. He doesn't "preach" or "lecture" at us. He talks to us. To have someone who has achieved so much try to help us to do the same is almost unheard of nowadays. He is not selling a brand, in fact, he is not "selling" anything. He is willingly and freely offering himself to us. FREE, just ask and pay attention. He wants us to learn. He wants us to succeed. He wants us to carry on the ideals and knowledge he is sharing with us. He wants you to talk to him, share your thought and ideas, your hopes and fears, your achievements or lack of. If he feels a deeper conversation is required, he will say "call me" or "email me" or "lets sit down and talk". He does not leave you alone or abandon you, but instead extends himself to you and says "let me help you".
I get chills just thinking that if the world had a just few more Master Brinkers, men and women with the conviction to do what is needed and what is right and just, what a world it could be. And that is what I feel he is trying to do.
Out of the Kwoon and into the world
Perfect. To the point. A plan of action. A philosophy. A purpose.
So use this opportunity at Silent River Kung Fu to its fullest. Please! Show up for class. Give each class 100% of yourself. Remember and apply what you learned in class as often as you can. And listen. Listen to your instructors, listen to your family, listen to your environment, and listen to yourself.
Sunday, May 12, 2019
Mother's Day!!
I start today's post with a Huge Happy Mother's day to all those wonderful women out there. All the mothers, grandmothers, great grandmothers, sisters, aunts, etc....., thank you and enjoy your day, you've earned it!
My mom, Vickie, has always been a driving force in my life. When we talk about "eye for detail" in Kung Fu, mine comes from her. She has taught me to ask the 5 W's and to not settle for 1/2 answers. Sometimes my insistence for detail can drive people crazy ( sorry wife! ) but that is who she taught me to be. And I LOVE her for it. She is a major example in my life of what I should try to be. I have never sworn in front of my mom, she deserves and gets manners, I have never kept her waiting, being on time and not wasting hers is the least I can always do for her, I have always given her the respect she deserves and always will. She has poured her live into my sister and myself and I owe her more than I can ever repay..... So today is all about her.
Love you MOM.
Also, my wife ( Deb ) gets a enormous Love you and Thank you today for not only being our kids mother, but for putting up with the biggest child of all, ME.
Love you WIFE
Numbers
Sit ups 16459
push ups 16910
sparring 232
1609km 603.33
AOK 436
lion dance 0
hand form 108
weapon form 195
personal
moving along at a steady pace, all good
My mom, Vickie, has always been a driving force in my life. When we talk about "eye for detail" in Kung Fu, mine comes from her. She has taught me to ask the 5 W's and to not settle for 1/2 answers. Sometimes my insistence for detail can drive people crazy ( sorry wife! ) but that is who she taught me to be. And I LOVE her for it. She is a major example in my life of what I should try to be. I have never sworn in front of my mom, she deserves and gets manners, I have never kept her waiting, being on time and not wasting hers is the least I can always do for her, I have always given her the respect she deserves and always will. She has poured her live into my sister and myself and I owe her more than I can ever repay..... So today is all about her.
Love you MOM.
Also, my wife ( Deb ) gets a enormous Love you and Thank you today for not only being our kids mother, but for putting up with the biggest child of all, ME.
Love you WIFE
Numbers
Sit ups 16459
push ups 16910
sparring 232
1609km 603.33
AOK 436
lion dance 0
hand form 108
weapon form 195
personal
moving along at a steady pace, all good
Sunday, May 5, 2019
Day 90 - I like to analize - progess/perspective
Numbers
Push ups 15460/50000 = 30%
Sit ups 15214/50000 = 30%
AOK 406/1000 = 41%
1609km 543km/1609km = 34%
Sparring 232/1000 = 23%
Weapon Form 189/1000 = 19%
Hand Form 103/1000 = 10% ( Yikes ! )
Amount of year gone ( already ) 90/365= 25% 4/7 on track, better change that!
Personal requirements
Out of the 7 I wrote down for this year, 2 are moving along nicely, 3 are weather dependent ( so just starting to awaken ), and the last 2 I was planning for a late summer - early fall kick off ( so good? ).
Overall - getting there.
Will I keep going after I finish my requirements? I sure hope so. I am really enjoying the morning routine that this has created. Before the I Ho Chuan and the "requirements", I always seemed to have an excuse not to do things. Now I have a reason to push away the sedimentary lifestyle I seem to have adopted and opt for a better "life". Not to say I was wanting for more before this year long journey, but once I started on it, I realized how much more is achievable by wanted action instead of purposeless inaction. So many of my fellow I Ho Chuan team mates have giving me advice and guidance that it is becoming hard to thank them all. So a great big blanket "THANK YOU" to those of you that I have had the pleasure so far to interact with.
Time to get at it, morning routine that is, so chow for now........
Go Team Pig !!!
Push ups 15460/50000 = 30%
Sit ups 15214/50000 = 30%
AOK 406/1000 = 41%
1609km 543km/1609km = 34%
Sparring 232/1000 = 23%
Weapon Form 189/1000 = 19%
Hand Form 103/1000 = 10% ( Yikes ! )
Amount of year gone ( already ) 90/365= 25% 4/7 on track, better change that!
Personal requirements
Out of the 7 I wrote down for this year, 2 are moving along nicely, 3 are weather dependent ( so just starting to awaken ), and the last 2 I was planning for a late summer - early fall kick off ( so good? ).
Overall - getting there.
Will I keep going after I finish my requirements? I sure hope so. I am really enjoying the morning routine that this has created. Before the I Ho Chuan and the "requirements", I always seemed to have an excuse not to do things. Now I have a reason to push away the sedimentary lifestyle I seem to have adopted and opt for a better "life". Not to say I was wanting for more before this year long journey, but once I started on it, I realized how much more is achievable by wanted action instead of purposeless inaction. So many of my fellow I Ho Chuan team mates have giving me advice and guidance that it is becoming hard to thank them all. So a great big blanket "THANK YOU" to those of you that I have had the pleasure so far to interact with.
Time to get at it, morning routine that is, so chow for now........
Go Team Pig !!!
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