3/22/07 -
Last Friday I kicked-up my training by starting a weekly training with Rob Radford. Rob is one of the top trainers and boxing coaches around. He is the trainer for Rich Franklin, the current UFC middle weight world champion. I met Rob around 1992 and we started having Sunday morning boxing classes at our Wooster Pike center.
The training is only 30 minutes, but it is a very intense thirty minutes starting with swinging a heavy sledge hammer into a mat, doing interval punch mitt work in the ring, and ending with some new stretches for my hip.
In my lesson with GM Choi yesterday, I learned the opposite side of my two-person kung-fu form. Learning the opposite side of a form is really trying mentally, because you have to be totally aware of your opponent's action to stay in time with them, but stop yourself from doing the first side of the form! I also learned Dae=Mahng Chun # 8, "hot off GM Choi's mind." I am not sure who will learn this form yet, so we will wait to debut it.
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
3/14/07 -
I have had the honor to teach thousands of students of the last 24 years of being a black belt. I am constantly learning from my students, not only better ways to teach, but better ways to live! Two of my students and closest friends started when they were about 9 years-old and are in their thirties now gave me two very basic but profound messages that I use all the time to put things in perspective:
Thank You Tony for "It's all good!"
Thank You Rachel for "It is what it is."
Thank you to all my students who are teaching me new things every class!
I have had the honor to teach thousands of students of the last 24 years of being a black belt. I am constantly learning from my students, not only better ways to teach, but better ways to live! Two of my students and closest friends started when they were about 9 years-old and are in their thirties now gave me two very basic but profound messages that I use all the time to put things in perspective:
Thank You Tony for "It's all good!"
Thank You Rachel for "It is what it is."
Thank you to all my students who are teaching me new things every class!
Thursday, March 8, 2007
3/8/07 -
I had another amazing lesson with Grandmaster Choi yesterday! As I have always taught, the difference is in understanding the basics correctly. Yesterday, I came to understand back stance, cat stance, and mantis in a way superior way. My flexibility and strength improved immediately from this practice. GM Choi was also able to help me modify my side kick and roundhouse kick to keep from injuring hip. I felt like had turned a corner in confidence, and I am working on re-vamping my creative form!
I had another amazing lesson with Grandmaster Choi yesterday! As I have always taught, the difference is in understanding the basics correctly. Yesterday, I came to understand back stance, cat stance, and mantis in a way superior way. My flexibility and strength improved immediately from this practice. GM Choi was also able to help me modify my side kick and roundhouse kick to keep from injuring hip. I felt like had turned a corner in confidence, and I am working on re-vamping my creative form!
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