Farmers Day parade June 3 2023. It was so cool to be a part of this. I witnessed so many firsts for my fellow Kung Fu'ers and experienced a few myself as well. First, Todia Mike Kohut, your creativity never ceases to leave me in awe, you rock sir. Todai Kat Thelwall, your first lion dance, really? You did amazing. You are now a veteran, welcome. Young Todia Wolschlager on the gong, way to go young man! Young Todai Hoffman, future Buddha maybe?? Ran with the Lion like you meant it, sweet moves! So many first for so many, great day.
My first revelation (?) was with my weapon. Not a walking in a parade with a crowd of people weapon. I was constantly shoulder checking, thinking about the pointy end and where it was pointing. A couple of time I accidentally stabbed the pavement with it, whoops. I wanted to swing it around and show it off a little but there were way too many ways that could have gone very wrong. Next year, something small, dull but fun, suggestions?
Another first was the demo after. I accidentally(?😏) buried the tip of my Tiger Fork in the ground on my very first move, neat, squishy. But this totally messed up my next move cause I was still grinning from stabbing the ground. As well I had made the choice to go barefoot for my demo because the ground was too tempting not to run my toes through it. I had the foresight to do a broken glass check before hand but left the twigs where they lay. Oops. Halfway into my form, my toes picked up a twig making it look like my toes were having a smoke 😅. Again I lost focus, grinning like a fool but soaking in every moment, lovin it. Would I go back and change this goofy series of events, absolutely not!!
So to sum it up, great day, great opportunity, great experience.
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