7/26/07 -

Unfortunately, I have not been able to get brick break video to upload. Fasting and meditation went really well. I was especially proud of Tamara that she was able to complete the meditation after slipping a disc in her back last week. Tamara has to be one of the toughest people I know. When things get tough she never quits. She just finds away around it.

Now I am slowly returning to to physical training and a diet that will be much stricter than my usual fare. I am recovering from stiffness in my back and hips from the 12 hours of sitting, so I am taking it slow.

6/23/07 -

Jung Jwa Kwan Shim!

Time to sit quietly and look inside!

6/21/07 -
I wish I had more time to write right now, but it has been hard enough to find time and energy to work on my thesis paper. I started my fasting period officially as of yesterday, but I have been tapering for some time now. My last practice with Grandmaster Choi was punishing on my first day of fasting! He had us do every basic form: mushim, innae, geukgi, daemahng-chun (including a new number eight many, many times), daemahng-ji, and then all eight palgwe forms, and then all of our sixth dan requirements. It was one of my most challenging work-outs ever.

It looks like I have all of my members of my sixth dan team assembled. I t is just a challenge to get them all on the same night to practice.