Of Course it's Boot Camp

    Of course this blog is going to be about Boot Camp 2021. Let me break it down (from my perspective of course). 

   Morning meditation. Calm, quiet, guided, peaceful, learning about yourself. Focuses on your breathing, let Master Brinker guide you while enjoying the crisp morning air in the peaceful Hamlet of Keephills. Poke and prod thoughts and ideas deep inside you that you would normally not even acknowledge. 

   Joint locks. Worked your body and mind while moving your way through a series of connected moves of joint locks. Helped me enormously with my centering and footwork, because without both, the locks don't work. Thank you Mr Bauer for being my awesome partner.

   Drumming. How fun was this?! Buckets load of fun (if you where there you will get this bad pun). Rhythm, timing, adaptation, coordination, focusing and unfocusing at the same time. While I may never be ready for my solo, I loved the feeling when the beat actually seemed to represent a usable rhythm, something passable for drumming, then I would see a squirrel and it would all fall apart. Alas, back to my day job.

   Lunch, with a side of a motivational seminar on leadership. Nice, thanks John and Greg.

   Fight Choreography. Fun to say the least. Some great performances! And as a bonus, my wife got to kick me in the gut nice and hard, sweet!! Realism, showmanship, and of course proper form and techniques. So much to stuff into a short performance in front of your peers no less, ahh pressure, how I love thee.

   Then the fitness test. Sweat, exhaustion, mental fortitude, focus, dig deeeeep, keep going!! Most will shy away from this test, I relish it. To know yourself you must push yourself. You cannot fake or lie your way through this test, it is all on you. Pass or fail, finish or quit, just do your best and learn from this. I will never be a runner, I will never be as fit and nimble as most the young-lings in our school. Their best years are ahead of them, mine are not, but that drives me even harder. 

   To sum it all up, if you missed out on this day, that is unfortunate, hopefully it was for a good reason cause boy did you miss out. I loved this day, I will immediately sign up for the next one as soon as it becomes available. This is an extremely valuable day of Kung Fu, 9 hours of non-stop learning, both about Kung Fu and yourself. Thank you to all the instructors and to Master Brinker for making this day possible.