Happy Water Rabbit New Year!!

    Lots to do today so I just wanted to wish everyone a happy new year. As I begin a new year, I look at my requirements with a renewed hunger, as I usually do at the beginning of the year. As Sifu Brinker would say, everything we need to succeed is in those requirements, and this being my fifth year in the IHC, I solidly believe that. One of my biggest problems is momentum, starts super high, then falters a little then back up then down and so on. 

   This year I am really going to push myself for much more consistency. I think the easiest was to do this is take a page from the book of Ferris/Bauer, post my numbers!! Last year I didn't even do this once (I am hanging my head in shame right now). I was hiding under that clear rock, embarrassed by my numbers, and that is on me. Such an easy fix but no so easy to do, putting myself out there like that, but I hope the team will help keep me accountable. 

   So off to do some push up, sit ups, shadow sparring, Lao Gar, take the dog for a hike, and read Mastery, so in other words, some Kung Fu (hard work).

Looking forward to meeting this years team, Go Team Rabbit!!

I am working on a little project, the 24 pictures on the Kwoon's wall. I will start with a quick attachment here, please feel free to add, correct, make comment, whatever, these are up there for a reason, let's find out why.

Pictures on the training hall wall in order on the wall

Jhoon Goo Rhee 1932-2018 

Tadashi Yamashita 1941- 

Angi Ueza 1935- 

Dave Kovar ?? 

Ron Balicki 1963- Married to Diana Lee Inosanto 

Morihei Ueshiba 1883-1969 

Ip Man 1893-1972 

Seishiro “ Henry “ Okazaki 1890-1951 

Benny Urquidez 1952 

Chotoku kyan 1870-1945 

Diana Lee Inosanto 1966 Married to Ron Balicki 

Soke Dave Mcneill ?? 

Ron Van Clief 1943 

Gichin Funakoshi 1868-1957 

Masatoshi Nakayama 1913-1987 

Daniel Area “ Dan “ Inosanto 1936 

Mitsuyo Maeda 1878-1941 

Joe Lewis 1944-2012 

Thich Nhat Hanh 1926 -2021 

Jigoro Kano 1860-1938 Founder of Judo?

Mutobu Choki 1870-1944 

Chojun Miyagi 1888-1953 

Keiko Fukuda 1913-2013 

Gogen Yamaguchi 1909-1989 Student of Chojun Miyag