1/25/07 -

Yesterday's lesson with Grandmaster Choi was very powerful! Combining a physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual workout, Grandmaster Choi workd to correct bad habits in my tiger stance, punching, skip front kick. We learned Um/Yang mushim-InNae to improve basics and warm-up. GM Choi showed how we can use this with students, especially children to hide repetition and improve basics. He taught us he original form of chung-kwan (chinese long-fist form) and showed us the two person application. It is very cool! We did partner Geugki and stretching that I thought was going to kill me, but I feel stronger than ever today!

GM Choi used the word Shim-Ryuk (Mind Power) to describe how to tell your body to relax as you work through pain and to re-educate cells from a place of pain and injury to its original form. It was extremely difficult, but it may just work. More on this tomorrow. Off to the pool